Month: December 2019

2019 was the year of youth activism. Around the world, students and young adults took matters into their own hands, fighting for social issues like gender equality and climate action. Some movements in Asia saw significant leaps forward, like the legalization of gay marriage in Taiwan. In other places like Hong Kong, now in its

Blevie Meyia Lucchesi was only 13 years old when she first held a basketball. The Gabonese basketball star said the sport made her feel “free,” and she learned to play the game after a childhood friend encouraged her to do so. “My friend, she was a little girly girl. She told me, ‘Come try basketball,

Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, and it has absolutely nothing to do with your empty gift boxes. Here’s what you need to know about the holiday. What is the point of Boxing Day? It’s a day to give to the less fortunate. Way back during the Victorian era in Britain, servants were allowed

Happy Kwanzaa! The seven-day festival honoring the ancestral roots of African Americans begins today. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces

British troops have helped a conservation organization relocate critically endangered black rhinos from South Africa to Malawi, the Ministry of Defence announced Thursday, in what it described as “one of the largest international rhino translocations to date.” Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles worked alongside African Parks to transport the animals by air

Anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong over the Christmas holiday, clashing with riot police in malls and busy shopping districts across the semiautonomous Chinese territory. The city’s embattled leader, Carrie Lam, accused the demonstrators of ruining the holiday. Her critics say the government and police used unnecessarily heavy-handed tactics to disperse what