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From soy sauce to pumpkin exhibitions and pole vault records

August, 2024
From soy sauce to pumpkin exhibitions and pole vault records

Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault in Lausanne on August 21, 2024. He would beat his own world record five days later.

Sanaullah Seiam / AFP
Sanaullah Seiam / AFP

An Afghan worker offers his evening prayer at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Kandahar on August 21, 2024.

AFP / China Out
AFP / China Out

Workers make soy sauces at a village in Rugao, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on August 22, 2024.

Thomas Kienzle / AFP
Thomas Kienzle / AFP

A depiction of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at a pumpkin exhibition themed around 'strong women' at Ludwigsburg Castle in southern Germany, on August 22, 2024.

AFP / State Police in Iceland
AFP / State Police in Iceland

Lava and smoke erupting from a new volcano near Grindavik on the Icelandic peninsula of Reykjanes on 22 August 2024.

R. Satish Babu / AFP
R. Satish Babu / AFP

A college student dressed as Hindu deity Krishna, ahead of Janmashtami festival, in Chennai on August 23, 2024.

Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)

A man carrying his livestock wades through flood waters in south-eastern Bangladesh on August 24, 2024. Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis took refuge in emergency shelters.

Lourival Izaque / AFP
Lourival Izaque / AFP

Firefighters battle a fire in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 23, 2024.

AFP
AFP

A man watches smoke billow after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Qsair on August 25, 2024.

Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP

Activists protest to condemn the rape and murder of a doctor in India's West Bengal state, in Kolkata on August 25, 2024.

Opinion

Israel and Hezbollah return to their corners after the latest round

As military escalations go, the latest round of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict was a more measured bout, neither side going all-out in their quest to…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 August , 2024
Gold heads east as Russia, China, and India seek its safety
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Gold heads east as Russia, China, and India seek its safety

With escalating geopolitical tensions, increased sanctions, and discussions around de-dollarisation, interest in gold is rising.Central banks,…

Al Majalla - London 27 August , 2024
A painting by Hamsah Shalhoub, who has held her first solo exhibition in Damascus
Culture & Social Affairs

Faces laden with memory in Hamsah Shalhoub’s solo exhibition

The Blue House Gallery in Sarouja, Damascus, recently hosted 32 paintings by Syrian artist Hamsah Shalhoub in her first solo exhibition.A graduate of…

Nawwar Jabbour 27 August , 2024
US envoy to Sudan Tom Perriello at a press conference following the unconstructive Sudan peace talks in Geneva. Reuters
Politics

Envoys empty handed after Sudanese army skips peace talks

The latest initiative to negotiate a ceasefire in Sudan has collapsed after one of the two warring parties failed to attend the talks in Switzerland…

27 August , 2024
Just when you think you have the wind behind your back... Fares Garabet
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Just when you think you have the wind behind your back...

Fares Garabet 26 August , 2024
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the entrance of the Mariinskyi Palace, in Kyiv, on August 23, 2024. AFP
Politics

All in the hug: After embracing Putin, India’s Modi visits Kyiv

It was with a warm embrace and a big smile that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo…

Shakir Husain 26 August , 2024
US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on August 22, 2024. Robyn Beck / AFP
Politics

Kamala Harris’s mission to ‘Save America’ will be put to the test

Over the course of four eventful days, the Democrats successfully wrapped up their party’s convention, reigniting hope of retaining the White House,…

Aqeel Abbas 26 August , 2024
Lebanon's new central bank chief has had a year to make progress on the mess he inherited. So far, so disappointing. Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

No magic wand: Lebanon’s new central bank boss comes up short

In early August, Wassim Mansouri marked his first anniversary as governor of the Bank of Lebanon (officially called the Banque du Liban, or BdL),…

Toufic Chanbour 24 August , 2024
Opinion

Gaza’s resistance has been crushed… and not just by inevitability

Nearly 11 months have passed since Israel initiated its genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza and in many ways the Middle East is a…

Majed Kayali 24 August , 2024
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The Houthis: the new Hezbollah?

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Just as Iran used Hezbollah to expand its influence in the Levant, it is now using the Houthis to give it leverage in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea amid its war with the US

Al Majalla - London
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Backlash over Macklemore ban shows major US culture shift

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A rebel fighter seen behind a Kingdom of Libya flag near the front line along the western entrance gate of Ajdabiyah, on 18 April 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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In Libya today, things have never been better. They have also never been worse. Just depends on who you ask

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Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

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In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS
Politics

Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

15, Sep 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

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