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Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring was born from a desire to preserve online expressions of outrage, grief and dissent, say editorsThe first literary work to emerge from Myanmar since the military seized control of the country a year ago r…
Fans who had seen the programme before were quick to notice the absence of several scenes, including those relating to Ross’s ex-wife, Carol, who is gayFriends has been stripped of its lesbian storyline for the Chinese re-release of the sitcom, prompti…
Eva B, who was brought up in a notorious slum, has become Pakistan’s latest music sensationHer phone has been buzzing with non-stop messages and calls. Eva B, once a little-known rapper from the Karachi urban-slum settlement of Lyari, has become Pakist…
There are shades of 90s erotic thrillers in this enjoyable if overcooked tale of romantic dissatisfaction and infidelityRomance in your 30s is no puppy-love business: youthful idealism ebbs with each passing year, while regrets gradually encroach. Sett…
Decision to avoid word in exhibition on Indonesian independence led to accusations of genocide denialThe director of the Rijksmuseum said he was “happy” as Dutch prosecutors announced they would not proceed with an investigation into complaints over a …
This extraordinary tale of the desperate lengths a gay Afghan man was forced to go to in order to escape persecution is a powerful testament to human enduranceThis animated documentary from Danish film-maker Jonas Poher Rasmussen is an irresistibly mov…
With the military increasing its use of informants, rappers and artists must keep their identities secret, even from one anotherEarly one morning last February, a group of young people gathered on a street corner in Myanmar armed with brushes and bucke…
From Qatari fishermen to Peruvian chimpanzees, these images represent the best of the Sony World Photography awards 2022, taken from 61 countries Continue reading…
‘Dystopian’ reversal of 1999 cult film’s ending showed police winning outThe Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video has restored the original ending to the film Fight Club after it amended the Chinese edition to tell viewers police had “rapidly figur…
The singer who defined music and melody for generations in India has died in Mumbai Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s most influential singers, known as the “nightingale of Bollywood”, has died in Mumbai aged 92, with two days of national mourning declar…
Faced with increasing state violence, young people across Myanmar are learning to fight. This is one young woman’s storyRead more in our Reporting Myanmar seriesIn the year since the 1 February coup, young people across Myanmar have risked their lives …
Faced with increasing state violence, young people across Myanmar are learning to fight. This is one young woman’s storyRead more in our Reporting Myanmar seriesIn the year since the 1 February coup, young people across Myanmar have risked their lives …
RIBA’s international prize 2021 has been won by Kashef Chowdhury’s $2m Friendship hospital in a water-logged part of Bengal, beating competition from David Chipperfield and Wilkinson EyreA small brick hospital in rural Bangladesh with its own zigzaggin…
Éléonore Weber’s documentary, air-strike footage of pilots on night missions, could work well in a galleryThis hypnotic meditation on modern warfare from Éléonore Weber is an experimental cine-essay that feels closer to a gallery installation than a do…
The photojournalist Alex McBride has been embedded with rebel forces in Chin state, Myanmar, during a critical moment for the country, as the regime assaults the area in a worrying echo of the Rohingya genocideAs a 17-year-old, Mai Zacer Mawi* was used…