youth culture
Norway survivor: "I lay on the beach surrounded by bodies, playing dead"
TeleGhetto: reporting from Haiti with an oil can and a hairbrush
Youth supporters of Gbagbo and Ouattara clash in Cocody
France cracks down on Facebook gatherings after reveller dies
Enjoying an aperitif with friends is almost mandatory in France. But just how many friends? The latest craze is to get together with hundreds of strangers in an open space. And it's no longer a case of one pre-dinner drink. Prearranged by anonymous organisers on social networking sites, particularly Facebook, the booze-fuelled events have become increasingly popular in the traditionally refined state. That is, until somebody died at one of them on Wednesday. Read more...
“Sex bracelets”, a harmless craze or a dangerous game?
"Sex bracelets" are the latest craze amongst Brazilian teenagers. A successor to friendship bracelets, each of these cheap coloured wristbands relates to a type of sexual activity. While it was initially supposed to be a bit of fun, for one teenage girl, the game turned into a nightmare. Read more...
Sanitizing gel: great for your hands, not so great for your stomach
Hand sanitizer sales have shot up since the outbreak of the swine flu pandemic, giving rise to an unexpected side trend: getting high on the alcohol-based substance. Read more and watch the videos…
Beijing graduates crammed into slums like "ants"
Don't expect a university degree to guarantee you a decent standard of living in the Chinese capital. So poor and desperate are the city's young graduates, they have been labelled "ants" for their hard-working ethic and limited living space. Read more...
YouTube assault video worsens Somali reputation
A group of Minneapolis teenagers have found themselves headline news after publishing a video in which they push people over in the street. Identified as of Somali origin, the pranksters will, our observer there explains, only add fuel to the fire for the local anti-Somali press. Read more...
No Halloween for “stupid foreigners”
For some years now expats and travellers in Tokyo have been piling into metro carriages on October 31 to celebrate Halloween. This year however, the masked partygoers were stopped in their tracks by groups of exasperated locals. Read more...
Women can't drive, but children can
Women are strictly forbidden from driving in Saudi Arabia. So you can imagine how Susie, an American expat living in Jeddah, feels when she sees boys barely older than ten cruising at the wheel of their flashy SUVs. Read more…
