When Sri Lanka's economy crashed in 2022, people sought work abroad wherever they could find it -- including ex-soldiers who joined forces fighting in Ukraine after Russia's invasion.The war in Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on Russian troops, and Moscow has been on a global quest for more forces to fight.Â
When Hong Kong author Kay So left her home city in 2020, she had in her luggage two short stories she had written about the huge, at times violent democracy protests that upended the city in 2019.She has since completed a collection of eight short stories written in Chinese that draw inspiration from the protests, entitled "Gazing Into a Fire".Â
Murray is back on court after early exits in the singles and doubles at the French Open