Summariess

Every week, we publish three summaries of longer articles which have caught our eye in media beyond the Anglosphere, selected and summarised by our team, regular contributors, and guest editors – including stories recommended to us by you, our readers.

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Where did Sudan’s food aid go?

An investigation by Al-Taghyeer reveals a multitude of factors that have prevented humanitarian aid from reaching millions of people facing famine in Sudan

South Korea’s abandoned children

A three-part investigation from Korean outlet OhmyNews looks at a new phenomenon known as K-Kopino, where the Korean-fathered children of migrant women lack citizenship and basic social welfare Mun Vanna

The young Europeans set on making Latin a pillar of European identity

The EU currently has 24 official languages. Lithuania's national broadcaster LRT reports on a group of young Europeans who want to add a dead one.

Why is no one listening to French students?

A small French media outlet is – and it turns out they have a lot to say

Postcard from a ghost village

Five years since a volcanic eruption erased the town of Todoque, is there a chance to build a different future?

No room to wait

How the disappearance of waiting rooms in Italy’s train stations is the latest symptom of the country’s neoliberal turn

The terror that came from the sky

The deadly, destructive flood in Nepal must prompt the country to look inwards at its own model of development, argues a Nepali writer

Downstream from prosperity

An Indonesian reporter speaks to flood victims who blame a nearby nickel project for destroying their homes and farms

Not just another warehouse fire

As warehouses inch closer to residential areas, a South Korean journalist looks into the safety and social concerns of this urban transformation

In Russia, phone scams can kill

A spate of deaths connected to phone scams have been reported in Russia. The law is struggling to keep up.

Fighting over eggs in India

Ingredients in a school lunch programme for kids are sowing divisions along caste and religious lines

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