2020-02-21 How Women Leaders Govern Differently
A record number of women currently serve in the United States Congress. They hold 23.5 percent of the 435 seats…
2020-02-19 Syria’s Aleppo Airport Restarts Flights as Fighting Continues Nearby
A passenger jet landed in the Syrian city of Aleppo Wednesday from Damascus. It was the first commercial flight between…
2020-02-18 Iranians Tire of Tensions, Restrictions as Elections Near
As elections near, Iranian leaders appear to be worried about several crises that have left people with little hope for…
2020-02-18 Photographers Document King Tides
Vacationers, nature lovers and other people are using their cameras to document the effects of extreme high tides. By doing…
2020-02-18 Questions Remain as France Marks 60 Years Since Nuclear Tests
This month, France marks the 60th anniversary of nuclear weapons tests that made the country one of the world’s first…
2020-02-17 South Sudan’s Government Ignores Oil Industry’s Harm to Population
The oil industry in South Sudan has left land with hundreds of open holes containing poison waste. In the water…
2020-02-17 The Real Neighborhoods of Oscar-Winning Film ‘Parasite’
South Korea’s Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” tells the story of class struggle through the sights and smells of Seoul. “Parasite” made…
2020-02-17 Iceland’s Basketball ‘Family’ Plays at Top Level US Colleges
Three basketball players from a small island country are playing at the highest level of American college sports. Thorir Thorbjarnarson,…
2020-02-16 Girl Drowns Getting Drinking Water, Causing Riots in South Africa
Eight-year-old Musa and her older sister Moleboheng walked slowly downhill to get water from a dirty waterway. The girls really…
2020-02-16 End of Catfish Fishing Ban Threatens Amazon’s Pink Dolphins
The Amazon river dolphin faces new threats because its meat is used as bait to catch a popular catfish. The…
2020-02-16 Ninety-Year-Old ‘Chef of the Poor’ Cooks for Rome’s Homeless
Dino Impagliazzo cuts onions like a professional cook. The Italian man makes a great vegetable soup, but most of his…
2020-02-15 Snowless French Ski Area Considers Future in Warming World
France is experiencing an unusually moderate winter, which has led to low snowfall in ski areas across the country. One…
2020-02-12 Shrinking Country: Serbia Struggles with Falling Population
Uros Trainovic remembers when his small village in eastern Serbia was home to about 200 families. Now, over 60 years…
2020-02-15 Many South Africans Welcome a Vegan Lifestyle
Vegetarianism is growing in popularity in a lot of countries. And now, South Africa is one of them. Today, more…
2020-02-12 At Home with Australian Couple who Protected Baby Kangaroos from Fires
Even as a bushfire threatened the rural Australian community of Wytaliba, Gary Wilson and his partner Julie Willis decided not…