Asia Pacific Dec 22, 2019

Massive bush fires send Australia's clean and green reputation up in smoke

Breathing masks are selling out in Sydney with the city enveloped in the smoke from bush fires sweeping across a large swath of Australia's east coast, damaging the country's clean and green reputation. Office workers wearing protective masks, previously a rarity, have become a common ...

Asia Pacific / Social Issues Aug 16, 2019

Samoan diaspora ink bonds with ancestors and motherland

Oliver Fagalilo takes a labored breath and tenses his body before a sharp steel comb, dipped in ink, is driven into his skin. Six hands keep him still and his skin taut as a Samoan artist works on the traditional tattoo that will cover more ...