Indian Single Mom’s Facebook Group for Good Samaritans Has Responded to 22,000 Pleas for Help
Volunteers for Mahita Nagaraj’s “Caremongers India” perform selfless “little acts of love” in their communities.
Risqué Pakistani Show Pushes Modesty Boundaries
Pakistani director Asim Abbasi’s “Churails” depicts pre-marital sex, drugs, and feminism
Traditional Toy Makers of South India Struggling to Find Enough Wood
Craftsmen are making traditional toys out of industrial fiberboard instead of the softwood they have used for generations.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
VIDEO: White Woman Pulls Gun on Black South African Protesters
Though no shots were fired, the near-fatal altercation reflects high tensions at protests about a pair of hair care ads
Pokémon’s ‘MastersEX’ Hashtag Turns Bawdy in Latest Twitter Marketing Failure
Singer Susan Boyle’s managers once tweeted about throwing a #susanalbumparty—which, of course was an album party and nothing more.
College Tuition Is Rising at TWICE the Rate of Inflation—While Students Learn at Home
The average cost of a bachelor’s degree in the U.S. rose by 497% between the 1985-86 and 2017-18 academic years.
Amazon Expands while Congress Makes Postal Service Fund Retiree Benefits 75 Years in Advance
Amazon is opening more delivery stations in places where the postal service once had a package-delivery monopoly.
Mom-and-Pop Stores to Give Reliance a Run for Its Money
Reliance goes for big retail investment but faces bigger competition from 13 million small grocers.
Gulf Region No Longer Attractive Option for Kerala Workers
People who have returned from the Gulf countries are looking for options at home.
Dolores Huerta: Sí, Se Puede, Together We Can Build a Better Future
Americans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote.
Sexual Assault Rate Climbs during Nigeria Covid-19 Lockdowns—and Police Are Helpless to Intervene
Victims in Nigeria are often pressured by rapists’ families to drop all charges. And now the courthouses are all closed.
Drastic fall in India’s GDP Upends PM Modi’s Economic Message
The country’s GDP shrunk by 23.9% in the second quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 2019.
Women Data Scientists Created GPS-Driven App to Help Kenya Keep Covid-19 Numbers Low
Test data, GPS coordinates and contact tracing help an innovative project spot outbreaks in real time.
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Politics
There’s No Ship like Partisanship! Trump Fans Hold Boat Parades in 8 States the President Must Win
One Trump flotilla’s leaders want Guinness World Records to certify their gathering of 12,000 boats as the largest in history.
Mexican Migrants’ $40 Billion Bonus Sent Home From the US
Huge boost to cross border cash in 2020, says Bank of Mexico.
U.S. Maul: Retirement Law is Crippling U.S. Postal Service, Claim Protesters
Democrats say ‘absurd’ Republican bill has put the USPS $11 billion in the red, but it’s only a debt on paper.
Logging Efforts on Ancestral Land Pit Community Against Economic Interests
Cameroon started the process to turn the Ebo Forest into a national park, but local communities feared losing their land.
World
Warrior Statue Sparks Protests in South Indian Town
A statue of a 19th century warrior has led to clashes between two communities in Belgaum, a town in Southern India
India’s Ruling Party Rebrands Ahead of Tamil Polls
In a bid to win an absolute majority in upcoming polls, Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party playing up Tamil identity.
Turmeric Smuggling Spikes in Sri Lanka After Import Ban
An import ban on turmeric in Sri Lanka has led to soaring demand and increased prices in the black market.
Neither Here Nor There: India’s citizenship registry keeps fate of 1.9m in limbo
NRC rejects complain of discrimination despite government assurance that they will continue to enjoy rights.
Offbeat
VIDEO: Schoolboy Steers Huge Tanker Truck; Mom and Dad May Be in Big Trouble
The 14-year-old maneuvered the giant vehicle flawlessly.
But What Is That in Human Years? 20,000-year-old Remains of a Dog May Be the World’s Oldest Pet
The discovery in Italy is changing how scientists think about how long ago wolves evolved into dogs.
World’s Fastest ‘Human Calculator’ Aims to Make Math More Accessible to Kids
This prodigy can add up 1,177,482,929 + 2,773,462,284 + 3,748,388,748 + 5,728,919,928 + 2,372,388,838 in just 11 seconds.
Cameroon Couple Cries for Help for Conjoined Twins
Hundreds of Cameroonians have visited the twin girls in the hospital and their parents hope they can be separated.