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Wed or I’ll shoot: Inside the criminal world where young men are forced to marry at gunpoint FEATURE
The practice of kidnapping young people to get married has made a comeback in Bihar, India, highlighting high unemployment, a stagnant economy, and a rigid caste pyramid
Jan 10, 2025 12:36
The Big Fat Indian Wedding: How $71 billion celebrations power the economy FEATURE
Extravagant marriage ceremonies, on which the average family spends beyond its means to emulate celebrities and industrialists, are a cultural tradition with a positive effect on the GDP
Dec 7, 2024 06:09
Russian officer, Finnish hero, Hitler’s ally: The fascinating story of Carl Mannerheim FEATURE
80 years ago Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim became President of Finland. An extraordinary person, he was a military commander and statesman in both Russia and Finland, and left behind a controversial legacy in each country.
Aug 24, 2024 15:33
Card-carrying Communist turned neo-Nazi MP: How the victim of Ukraine’s latest political murder promoted hatred in her country FEATURE
The killing of ideological chameleon Irina Farion is a symbol of both the victory and defeat of radicals
Jul 24, 2024 16:32
Gangsta Girls: The number of women in India’s criminal underworld is on the rise FEATURE
Women in North India have featured in recent headlines for being gangsters. Used for recce, honey traps or an occasional shooting, even in crime they come up against millenia-old patriarchy
Jul 23, 2024 04:07
Wedding of the century: Asia’s wealthiest man throws a $600mn celebration in a land of debt-related suicides FEATURE
Mukesh Ambani, whose businesses range from petrochemicals to telecoms and retail, splurged on his son’s marriage that began in March and traversed the globe
Jul 16, 2024 17:03
Five conservatives, one reformer: Who is running for power in Iran’s presidential elections FEATURE
Most candidates are vying to continue the late Ebrahim Raisi’s legacy, but a lone reformer also has a chance to win
Jun 21, 2024 19:13
‘God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah’: Why the Western push to promote LGBTQ in this African country could backfire FEATURE
Ghana’s Family Values bill seeks to balance a reliance on foreign aid with tradition, religion, and the anticolonial narrative
Jun 18, 2024 16:58
Who is Narendra Modi, the Indian strongman seeking a third term in the 2024 polls? FEATURE
The world’s largest democracy begins its mammoth electoral exercise covering 969 million voters this Friday. Will the incumbent PM win a third term, and what would his reelection mean for India’s future?
Apr 16, 2024 13:11
Death of empires: History tells us what will follow the collapse of US hegemony FEATURE
The turn away from expansion, production and trade toward lending and speculation has precipitated decline for centuries
Apr 3, 2024 11:12