The Week in Stories Around the Globe

The Treacherous Path Out of Modi’s India

Mass Indian migration has become so widespread that migrants have coined the term ​“dunkis” to describe their rapidly growing numbers. The term originates from a Punjabi idiom meaning to hop from one place to another and the English word ​“donkey,” both referencing the long walks immigrants undertake. The trend is so notable that in 2023 a Bollywood movie featuring one of India’s top stars used the term as its title.

#Dunkis #PunjabNews #BorderCrisis #Modi

Aid delivery in Gaza is nearly impossible. Why hasn’t the US intervened?

“The United States government has run out of words and hasn’t even issued its usual performative statements to comment on the UN suspension of its aid operations in Gaza,” said Raed Jarrar, the advocacy director at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a human rights nonprofit based in Washington, DC.

#GazaGenocide #GazaAirDrop #UnitedStatesofAmerica #UnitedNations

East Africa’s Swahili coast grapples with legacy of slave trade

Dotting East Africa’s Swahili coast, Zanzibar, Lamu and Mombasa are synonymous with pristine waters and white sandy beaches. But many tourists are unaware that these UNESCO World Heritage Sites were the scene of a gruesome chapter in history. For centuries, the Swahili coast was central to the slave trade. 

#Kenya #SlaveTrade #History #African

Bonobos are the only primates, including humans, that don’t kill others in their species

“Humans are capable of both: we can commit horrific acts to those we see as outside our group, but we’re also capable of collaborating and working together across borders,” said study senior author Shinya Yamamoto.

#Bonobos #Nature #apes #Science


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