Selina Wu is a reporter and social media editor for Almost. She is based in Taipei, Taiwan.
Climate
A baby elephant interrupted a Kenyan journalist reporting on the aftermath of a drought and its effects on wildlife at an elephant shelter in Nairobi.
Activism
As France launches an energy efficiency plan following Russia’s cutoff of gas to Europe, these Parisian teen parkour athletes are taking to the streets of the capital at night to contribute in their own way.
Activism
An Iranian schoolgirl was reportedly beaten to death in the classroom by security forces for refusing to sing a pro-regime anthem.
Activism
A Japanese woman lawmaker who proposed a bill to protect teens from being exploited by the adult industry was laughed at by other MPs, shedding light on sexism in Japanese politics.
Climate
A UNESCO-backed scientific research team has discovered and mapped out a massive reef of rare rose-shaped corals off the coast of Tahiti at unprecedented depths.
Featured
Amid Russian shelling, Ukrainian mothers are being forced to give birth in makeshift maternity hospitals in basements.
Activism
Tens of thousands of people have turned out on public squares and outside Russian Embassies around the world to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Activism
About 100 diplomats walked out of a speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Featured
The English-language interpreter for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got emotional and broke down while translating Zelensky’s speech to the European Parliament
Activism
Ordered to surrender by the Russian navy, a group of Ukrainian border guards instead replied, “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.”
Featured
Russia has invaded Ukraine in what Russian President Vladimir Putin called a “special military operation” to demilitarize its neighbor.
Featured
In a historic victory for women’s rights, Colombia’s top court has voted to decriminalize abortion, making it the latest Latin America country to decriminalize the procedure.