The internet has transformed the way the world shops, as fast fashion behemoths challenge traditional retailers and influencers supercharge new trends. Let’s see how well you know the global fashion...
On the eighth day of her journey across the Sonoran desert in the summer of 2004, Jessica Maribel Morales collapsed. She was trying to make it from Mexico to the...
The first time that Ana, a Filipino housewife, visited a gambling platform on her mobile phone, she was only looking to unwind for a little while. Soon, she was spending...
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South Africa has long been a hub for migrants and refugees, who come from neighboring countries seeking opportunities in Africa’s strongest economy. But the country is also notorious for high...
Brandy Leigh, a 50-year-old mother of six in Indiana, was looking for a career that would allow her to work from home. After raising children for most of her adult...
The Philippines has long been a hub for semiconductor manufacturing services — largely assembly, testing, and packaging. Now, the government is keen to go up the value chain with increased...
BINZHOU, CHINA - APRIL 1, 2024 - A worker is producing semiconductor products for export to Europe and the United States at a production line of a semiconductor manufacturer in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, April 1, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
On August 3, Love Disk, a tobacco and liquor shop, posted an ad of a saleswoman holding three vapes up to the camera on Instagram. “The little beloved ones have...
When he’s not chasing after criminals in São Paulo’s dangerous neighborhoods, police lieutenant Flavio Goncalves da Costa is busy discussing his risky operations on police-themed shows on YouTube. The shows...
Military police patrol Parque Alegria favela during a joint public security operation to install a Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) in Caju, a newly pacified favela in the city's North Zone.
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At 5 a.m., the air around Ijen volcano in eastern Java, Indonesia, is thick with bright yellow smoke. Undeterred, young Chinese tourists don gas masks and flock to the rim...
In September, Ammar Hmid, the founder and CEO of Presto, celebrated a new milestone for his delivery company in Libya: The startup had surpassed 23,000 orders in a single day....
For Apple suppliers in Vietnam, the end of summer is recruitment season. In the months ahead of the busy holiday shopping rush, companies like Luxshare and Foxconn try to fill...
After watching Coco, the Disney-Pixar film that depicts the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico, Zhang Xin was inspired to do something to help people in China pay their...
When Aravind first saw the 3.5-meter-tall elephant waving its trunk at the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Thrissur, Kerala, he couldn’t believe that he was looking at a robot. “He...
In a popular video on her TikTok account, Şule Kayatürk, a Turkish influencer and beauty store owner, promises to hand out gold to employees who repent for their sins and...
Meera Krishnan says that the QR codes at her local temple in Chennai, Tamil Nadu’s capital city, have made her life easier. The QR codes allow visitors to buy entry...
When Ayşe Yılmaz discovered the Zikirmatik Pro app during Ramadan last year, she said she appreciated the discipline and calm that it brought to her day. The app reminded her...
With a wide smile on her face, Josefina Cattaneo, 28, attempts to do the cumbia dance TikTok challenge with a friend. It’s winter in Argentina, and she’s wearing a Gap...
Do blessings exist in the metaverse? That’s a question that Adnan Maqbool has posed to many people. He’s the project director at Labbaik VR, a Pakistani company that has created...
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