Zaatari refugee camp, where 80,000 Syrians yearn to go back home
Non lontano dal confine con la Siria, il campo profughi di Zaatari è diventato ormai una delle città più grandi della Giordania. Dove si vive di speranza.
8 women who are changing the world without you even realising
Nina Gualinga She has become the face of the indigenous Kichwa movement to protect the Ecuadorian Amazon from corporate interests. Her village, Sarayaku, sued the Quito Government in 2012, resulting in the protection of its land from oil exploration. Gualinga was present at COP21: she sailed down the River Seine in Paris in a canoe from
Ultracyclist Paola Gianotti talks about women. From the vantage point of pedalling around the world
Born in Ivrea, northern Italy, Paola Gianotti is a world citizen. This is the most suitable definition for this woman, who, after obtaining a degree in economics and working a few years in a communications company, dropped everything to travel around the world by bike. This was her dream and she managed to realise it:
A photo of baby Leonardo DiCaprio got people talking about women’s armpit hair
Who would have thought that we would be talking about female armpit hair in relation to Leonardo DiCaprio. Sadly, this conversation is really happening. The Facebook page History in Pictures posted a photograph taken in 1976 to pay tribute to the great actor and climate advocate, who recently won the Oscar for Best Actor, which
Somalia, US drone strike against al-Shabaab kills more than 150
The US army carried out a drone strike over the weekend against an al-Shabab training camp, about 150 kilometres north of the capital Mogadishu. According to the Pentagon, the strike killed 150. Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told the strike destroyed a training camp where an “imminent large-scale” attack was being planned: “We know they were
Scott Kelly returned to Earth after a year in space. Why his mission is so important
L’anno trascorso sulla Iss ci servirà a capire come risponde il corpo umano ad una prolungata permanenza nello spazio. Secondo Kelly arrivare su Marte “è assolutamente possibile”.
My love story, born in the Calais Jungle, with a Sudanese refugee
Marguerite Stern, militante del gruppo Femen, volontaria nella giungla di Calais, si è innamorata di un profugo. Ecco perché ha deciso di raccontare tutto.
Universal abolition of surrogacy: the movement launched in France
The French Parliament spent a day examining the issue of surrogacy. The result is a universal charter for the abolition of surrogate motherhood.
HUMAN, Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s documentary asks us to have more empathy for others
HUMAN, latest documentary by French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, started being screened in Italian movie theatres on 29 February, after being presented at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival and premiered at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Through the stories – full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence – of women,
John Oliver. Make Donald Drumpf again!
Using irony, outright hilariousness as well as hard facts and logic, presenter John Oliver tore Republican candidate Donald Trump (who won seven out of thirteen states on Super Tuesday) to shreds during his show Last Week Tonight, aired on the 28th of February. By unpicking the presidential-hopeful’s declarations and stated qualities he demonstrated that his