Featured
Two Restaurants In India Are Fighting Over Who Invented Butter Chicken And Now It’s Gone To Delhi’s High Court
The roots of this dispute can be traced back to pre-independence India, when the country was still under British rule.
Isha Jain
Isha Jain is a reporter and producer for Almost and is based in Delhi. Contact this reporter at isha@almostmag.co.
Politics
People Are Calling Out US President Joe Biden For Talking About Gaza While Casually Eating Ice Cream
Biden has been called out for being insensitive and tone deaf, considering Israel’s attacks have killed more than 29,000 Palestinians in Gaza and its blockade has pushed millions of others to the brink of famine.
Video
Kuwait’s Representative Broke Down Talking About Palestinians’ Suffering Under Israel’s Occupation At The ICJ
Kuwait’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Ali Al-Thefeeri, had to pause multiple times during his speech as he kept breaking down.
Activism
Russian Police Have Arrested More Than 400 People For Mourning Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny
Police forcefully restrained people in the snow or simply detained them for putting flowers in memorials.
Politics
The US Has Blocked A UN Resolution Calling For An Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza For The Third Time
The US representative said that the resolution draft would jeopardize ongoing negotiations for releasing hostages held in Gaza.
Impact
In A Landmark Moment, Greece Has Become The First Orthodox Christian Country To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Same-sex partnerships have been legal in Greece since 2015, but now same-sex couples can get married as well as legally adopt children.
Activism
This Indian Woman Chess Player Has Called Out Sexism In Chess And People Are So Inspired By Her Bravery
18-year-old Divya Deshmukh’s post inspired other women chess players to come forward to share their own stories of discrimination and harassment.
Video
Three Teen Girls Have Died In Sierra Leone After They Underwent Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
FGM involves the partial or complete removal of the female genitalia and can cause lifelong health complications.
Featured
This Indian Model Faked Her Death To Raise Awareness For Cervical Cancer And People Are Not Happy
Poonam Pandey said while she didn’t die of cervical cancer, she could not say that about the hundreds of thousands of women who did.
Activism
More Than 1.4 Million People In Germany Are Holding Huge Protests Against The Far-Right Party In The Country
Millions of people are protestig against the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) and its plan to mass deport millions of refugees and immigrants, including those with citizenship.
Cute
The Prince of Brunei, Asia’s Most Eligible Bachelor, Has Married His Commoner Girlfriend In An Extravagant 10-Day Wedding
Prince Abdul Mateen, who is sixth in line to the throne, is a trained helicopter pilot, a major in the Royal Brunei Air Force and a polo athlete.
Climate
Killer Fire Ants In Australia Have Been Filmed Making Rafts To Survive Intense Floods And It’s Terrifying
The video has raised concern that the floods could allow the fire ants, which are one of the world’s worst invasive species, to travel to new places and spread across Australia.