Month: March 2024

Each year, about 90% of world trade is transported by ship. While commodities like oil and grain make up 40% of that cargo, large steel containers, filled with appliances, smartphones, and couches, make up the remainder. Maersk, the world’s second largest container shipping company, transports about one in five of those containers. In addition to…

Thousands of Palestinians have been left buried under rubble in Israel’s attacks. Rescuers have been resorting to digging with bare hands. Here’s one boy who had a lucky escape in Gaza City. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile…

South Africa is the region’s biggest cereal producer but a heatwave has been scorching crops. Prolonged drought is fuelling price increases and damaging livelihoods. It’s also triggered water shortages in the country’s economic hub, Johannesburg. Here’s a farmer explaining the difficulties they face, in his own words. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on…

Drug trafficking has been on the rise among young Iraqis in recent years. A shortage of substance addiction rehabilitation centers has prompted some hospitals to launch their own recovery programmes. Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Baghdad. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website:…

March the 30th is observed as ‘Land Day’ in the occupied Palestinian territories. On this day in 1976, six Palestinian-Israelis were killed by Israeli forces for protesting against plans to sieze their lands. Illegal settlements have been expanding more rapidly in the occupied West Bank during the war on Gaza. Earlier this month, far-right Minister…

A Thai student activist is in a critical condition in hospital – more than a month into a hunger strike. She was arrested in February on charges of harassing the royal family’s motorcade. Human rights advocates say the case demonstrates how laws are being used to suppress freedom of expression. Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports….