Every year, tens of thousands of people in Japan go missing on purpose to get a second shot at life. The South China Morning Post spoke to two men who have disappeared from their old lives. "I was ...

Though Isabella Mogeni lost everything she owned, she was lucky to survive the heavy storm waters that swept through the Mukuru kwa Reuben slums in Nairobi, Kenya, last week, killing dozens of her ...

This video goes inside Pakistan’s largest slum, home to millions of people living in one of the most densely populated urban areas on Earth. It shows daily life beyond statistics, focusing on homes, ...

On May 24, the same day 19 students and two teachers were murdered in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Brazilians also had their share of gun violence in Rio de Janeiro. Before ...

University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Charles Darwin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Urban green spaces like parks with ...

Africa has the youngest population, with 70 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa under the age of 30, according to United Nations 2021 data. With a population of over 1.4 billion people, it means close to 1 ...

In March, Argentina had a monthly rate of 6.7 percent, suggesting that economic conditions will not get any better in 2022. Food prices were especially affected, increasing 7.2 percent. “To make ...

The government has declared May 10 a day of mourning to mark the deaths from disastrous floods and pledged to help. But some say the authorities... In Kenya's flooded slums, people mourn their losses ...