Ashes and memories: one family’s return to the site of Hong Kong’s worst fire in decadesAshes and memories: one family’s return to the site of Hong Kong’s worst fire in decades

Yip Shun-Ting Carbon returns for the first time to his apartment to salvage belongings after last year’s fire that killed 168 people, including his mother The Yip family once imagined moving to a country house, all three generations under the same roof, with their own vegetable garden and away from ...

Logging, murder and money: can Mexico’s ancient forests be saved from the cartels?Logging, murder and money: can Mexico’s ancient forests be saved from the cartels?

In the Sierra Tarahumara, gangs ‘disappear’ those who resist their lucrative illegal tree-felling operations Decades ago, the children of Rochéachi village in the Sierra Tarahumara – pine-covered mountains of north-west Mexico’s Chihuahua state – would run through the forest by night. In the rainy season, they would collect fireflies whose ...

Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warnIsrael’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligation The UK’s most senior progressive rabbis have warned that Israel’s current political direction risks becoming “incompatible with Jewish values”, while insisting that criticism of the country’s government is “a Jewish obligation” rather than ...

Sudan paramilitary leaders acquired £17.7m property portfolio in Dubai, investigation revealsSudan paramilitary leaders acquired £17.7m property portfolio in Dubai, investigation reveals

The RSF leadership, accused of committing genocide, used UAE as a ‘safe haven’ for family members and their wealth, records show A network linked to the leadership of a militia accused of genocide has amassed a vast property portfolio in Dubai as part of a sprawling “paramilitary-industrial complex” across Africa ...

Congress unlikely to fast-track Trump’s ballroom after dinner attackCongress unlikely to fast-track Trump’s ballroom after dinner attack

The News Republicans will find it very difficult to make good on their vows to fast-track President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, even after Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner attack targeting him and his administration. Democrats are not convinced that the $400 million ballroom is needed, seeing little connection ...