Many species of animals and birds were injured and displaced by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred several weeks ago. Now, an effort ...

As Myanmar ramps up its response to the earthquake that struck last week, those efforts are being complicated by the country’s civil war. The military government has been blocking emergency aid from ...

Sequencing the human genome enables scientists to study human biology in a granular fashion and use that information to create treatments for things like cancer. Yet, of the human genomes studied so ...

The Bahai faith hasn’t attracted many followers in Africa. But there is one Bahai temple on the continent, located in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. It’s one of the few green spaces in the city, and ...

Since the end of the Korean War in the 1950s, South Korea provided an estimated 200,000 children for international adoptions. That’s believed to be more than any other country. But the Truth and ...

Pranks, hoaxes and deepfakes — there’s a long and very human history of bending reality and catching the gullible off guard. April Fools’ Day, one of the most-famous, prank-laden international ...

When artist Noah Angell heard rumors that the British Museum in London was full of ghosts, he set about documenting ghost stories that were circulating among the museum’s staff. In his book, “Ghosts ...

The rural minority community of Gagauzia, which makes up only 4% of Moldova’s population, has previously made a big splash for its pro-Russia inclination. Many Moldovans have worried that Russia would ...

Spaniards are celebrating one of the wettest months on record: 22 days of rainfall in March. After three years of virtually no precipitation, reservoirs were running dry. Now, they’re topping up ...

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Author Jeanne Carstensen details a deadly shipwreck she witnessed through accounts from survivors and rescuers alike.

The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with former US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about the implications of the shifting ...