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…
2020-02-12 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…
2020-02-11 Iran Marks 41 Years of Islamic Revolution
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians marked 41 years since the Islamic Revolution in the country as tensions with the U.S.…
2020-02-13 Smiling Japanese Man Is World’s Oldest
A Japanese man who believes in smiling has become the world’s oldest male, Guinness World Records reports. Chitetsu Watanabe was…
2020-02-11 U.S. Agency Says Rebuilding Afghanistan Cost Thousands Of Lives
Rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan have left 5,135 people killed or injured since 2002, a new report by a U.S. government…
2020-02-11 Philippines Tells US it Is Ending Military Agreement
The Philippines has informed the United States that it is ending a security agreement that permits American forces to train…