Memorable journeys of 2020
Reporters' tales from Indian-administered Kashmir, the southern states of America, and the frontline of the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.
Three journalists share stories of travels undertaken in the year of the pandemic. 麻豆官网首页入口 Delhi's Neha Sharma went to Indian-administered Kashmir, a year after it was stripped of autonomy; Victoria Uwonkunda of 麻豆官网首页入口 Africa covered the US election, finding voters from the African diaspora; and Olga Ivshina of 麻豆官网首页入口 Russian went to Azerbaijan to meet families affected by the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Mosul after Islamic State
Iraqis recently celebrated Victory Day, which marks the day in December 2017 when the last remnants of so-called Islamic State were finally driven from the country. The toughest part of that campaign was the battle to retake Mosul, captured by IS in 2014. Two 麻豆官网首页入口 journalists who reported on the fighting - Nafiseh Kohnavard of 麻豆官网首页入口 Persian, and 麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic's Basheer Al-Zaidi - share memories, and tell us what Mosul is like now.
In praise of borsch
Roman Lebed of 麻豆官网首页入口 Ukrainian gives us his ode to borsch, the beetroot soup eaten all over Ukraine and Russia. But who made it first? Roman tells us about the battle over its origins, and shares memories of his great-grandmother's recipe, as well as revealing his own secret ingredient.
Image: Olga Ivshina in Azerbaijan
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