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The Ice Man of Ladakh building artificial glaciers in the Himalayas
BBC News· 4 days agoA local inventor is building artificial glaciers in the Himalayas to provide farmers with water for...
‘They suggested I sell my daughter’: The dark side of global microfinance
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThe two bank representatives stood for several hours outside Dara’s house. They came from Amret, one...
Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water
AFP via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFar from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas...
The Sweet Rewards of Bitter Melon
New York Times· 5 days agoThis is the final savory course of the kamayan dinner, a Filipino family-style meal, at Naks in the East Village of Manhattan. Small but mighty, raw and...
The Latest | Netanyahu dissolves War Cabinet that was steering war in Gaza, Israeli officials say
WSB Radio· 9 hours agoIsraeli officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential War Cabinet...
China's 'art factory' goes from Van Gogh copies to originals
Nikkei Asian Review· 3 days agoPainters village in Shenzhen adapts to shifting economic conditions
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan's Golden Steppe after some 200 years
Reuters· 7 days agoThe endangered sandy brown horses once roamed across Central Asia. Now, the Prague Zoo in the Czech...
The Most Luxurious Train in Asia Has Returned—Here’s a First Look
AFAR· 3 days agoFollowing a four-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the most luxurious train in Asia officially returned to the rails in February 2024 with two new seasonal routes to take travelers ...
Scorching heat, wildfires to start the week; ‘Inside Out 2’ wins at box office | Hot off the Wire...
The Journal Times· 9 hours agoThe United States is bracing for chaotic weather this week, as the South is set to experience...
DuPage Children’s Museum pilots new East Asian play exhibit
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoChildren and their families can celebrate East Asian culture through a new pretend play exhibit at...
