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New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol

By: Roni Caryn Rabin
Now the government’s recommendation is to “limit” drinking, without specifying safe amounts for men and women. The guidelines no longer warn of risks like cancer.

New guidelines issued on Wednesday say that people should consume less alcohol “for better overall health” and “limit alcohol beverages,” but they don’t recommend clear limits.

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Clashing Visions of Syria’s Future Play Out in Ancient Alleys of Damascus

By: Vivian Yee, Hwaida Saad and Nanna Heitmann
Many in the capital worry that the secular freedoms they enjoyed under the Assad regime are under threat from the new Islamist government.

A police patrol in the old city of Damascus, Syria, in April. Under the new authorities, some of Syrian society’s most religious people have suddenly come to rule over some of its most socially liberal.

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5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

By: Megha Rajagopalan
Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

Loading sugar cane to transport it to mills in the Satara district of India’s Maharashtra State in March last year. Laborers often work in couples, paid through contractors.

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Austria’s Schnapps Distilleries Tempt Winter Tourists and Skiers

By: Aishvarya Kavi
All across the Tyrol region of Austria, Alpine farms and distilleries tempt skiers and other wintertime visitors with a strong nip of a local tradition.

Alexander Rainer, who runs the Rochelt distillery in Fritzens, Austria, lets his schnapps rest in demijohns to balance the alcohol and fruit flavors before filling the bottles by hand.

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