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May PascaudMP

May Pascaud

InternThe World
I'm a student in International Development and History at McGill. My research has been focused on Latin America, but I'm interested in all things global and multicultural: I am Franco-American, go to school in Canada, and have done work on Africa and Asia within my development major. I'm thrilled to be entering the world of radio production, and to have the chance to explore topics that I'm passionate about. When I'm not reading about the crazy things happening all over the world, I enjoy taking long walks while listening to podcasts, playing three different chords on the ukulele, and plenty of Netflix.
Experts investigate the Erawan shrine at the site of a deadly blast in central Bangkok, Thailand.
Conflict
Who’s behind the Bangkok bombing?
A boar forages in Bainem Forest, Algiers.
Conflict
Elderly man killed by wild boar in Sicily makes a tense situation worse
Dill
Food
Russia’s dill obsession is getting out of hand
A man stands at a bus stop in front of campaign posters advertising Buenos Aires' province governor and presidential candidate Daniel Scioli, ahead of August 9 party primary elections
Global Politics
In Argentina, primary elections are mandatory for everyone
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe addresses supporters during celebrations to mark his 90th birthday in Marondera
Environment
Zimbabwe has a lot more going on than the death of Cecil
Brazilian top model Gisele Bundchen poses before the showcase of the Colcci Summer 2016 Ready To Wear collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week.
Culture
Did Gisele Bündchen hide from the Paparazzi by wearing a burqa?
A player holds petanque bowls during the semi-final of the "Mondial La Marseillaise de Petanque" in Marseille July 8, 2010.
Sports
Pétanque might become the next Olympic sport
Niloofar Rahmani
Business
Meet two women who are the first female pilots in their countries
Nigel Richards of New Zealand plays scrabble at the 2011 World Scrabble Championship in Warsaw
Culture
The new French-language Scrabble champion doesn’t speak French
Onlookers stand behind a police cordon as a policeman stands guard at a crime scene in Garcia, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico.
Conflict
Mexico’s drug kingpins are being taken out, but crime is still rising
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, French President Francois Hollande, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi take part in a euro zone EU leaders emergency summit.
Global Politics
Nobody can agree on what Europe’s future holds
Blackboard with mathematical formulae
Education
Mathematicians mourn the loss of the ‘Rolls-Royce of chalk’
A police officer walks past blood at the Imperiale Marhaba hotel after a gunman opened fire at the beachside hotel in Sousse, Tunisia.
Conflict
Tunisia suffers worst terrorist attack in recent history
A pilot flies a Phantom drone by DJI company at the 4th Intergalactic Meeting of Phantom's Pilots
Health
Abortion rights advocates will launch an ‘abortion drone’ into Poland this weekend
A Salvadoran father carries his son while running next to another immigrant as they try to board a train heading to the Mexican-U.S. border, in Huehuetoca, near of Mexico City, June 1, 2015.
Global Politics
Is Mexico doing the US’s dirty work on Central American migrants?
Fans at the Download Festival in Donington Park, Leicestershire, England
Justice
UK police scan faces of 90,000 people at a festival without forewarning
Evelyn Ojwang teaches children about HIV/AIDS at a health clinic within the Korogocho slum in Nairobi, February 16, 2015.
Health
The life or death reason this nation has to talk about sex. And early.
Spc. Jorge Villanueva, 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, peers over the gunner's turret at Checkpoint 507 in the Daman District.
Conflict
A trailblazer for women in the military sees ‘unlimited opportunities’ in US Army
Christopher St. Cavish outside the BBC London office
Food
A food writer uses math to pick out the best dumplings in Shanghai
Singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo
Music
Angélique Kidjo defied the school of hard knocks to become the knock-out musician she is today
Three sisters form the band The Warning
Music
These Mexican sisters give Metallica a run for their money
French taxi drivers protest against Uber
Business
In France, a new fight against Uber
A watchtower from jail is seen from the street. March 13, 2015.
Justice
Architect: Stop building US prisons with ‘spaces intended to torture people’
In Hong Kong, pro-democracy protesters take to the streets every year to mark the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. This type of protest would never be allowed in mainland China.
Justice
China now targeting moms of Tiananmen victims to erase memory of its bloody crackdown
Stop the Yulin.
Food
Reviled China fest prompts dog-eating debate