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Russia is celebrating the Kalashnikov rifle as "a cultural brand." It has literally put the weapon's inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, on a pedestal. A statue was unveiled in Moscow on Tuesday, amid much pomp and ceremony.

More than 200 people are dead as buildings collapse in dense sections of Mexico City.

Some neighborhoods in Miami only got power on Tuesday, 10 days after the Irma hit.

For some women from conservative Muslim families, US health care practices can clash with what they are used to.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi also uses Twitter to communicate with the people, often generating the same sorts of controversies as President Donald Trump in the US.

President Donald Trump has again mentioned the idea of having a massive military parade in Washington for the Fourth of July. Historically, the US has never put the military on such a pedestal. The Founding Fathers, in fact, despised the idea of a standing army of any sort.

Alaska’s salmon fishermen were nearly destroyed by a worldwide glut in farmed salmon. But they went from fighting global competition to embracing it.

“She is not acting like a beacon of hope for democracy, in my book. Nor is she protecting the human rights of all of the people of Myanmar."

Just days before the German general election, a new report by the Oxford Internet Institute finds that the types of bots and fake accounts that played a big role in the US election are largely absent from the online political conversation in Germany.

Robert Mueller may think Paul Manafort holds the key to many unanswered questions.

A large luxury cruise ship doubled the population of a small Inuit town for a day this summer as it sailed through the once ice-choked Northwest Passage.

President Donald Trump had tough words for North Korea, Iran and Venezuela in his first address to the UN General Assembly.

The founding father of modern Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh. He led Vietnam's communist revolution against French colonial rule and then took on the United States. But it seems he long had an admiration for the US and repeatedly sought the country's help in the decades before the Vietnam War.

President Donald Trump makes his debut at the United Nations General Assembly this week. Thousands of world leaders, diplomats and advocates will debate issues ranging from North Korea's nuclear threat to the Paris climate accord.

Women in Germany are paid 21 percent less than men — a higher pay gap than the European average of 16 percent.

How 'Mayim, Mayim,' an Old World Jewish song, made its way into Japan is a mystery, but how it stayed is a geopolitical mess from the 20th century.

Ask Germans to define the word "Volk" and you may get a bunch of different answers, each suggesting different attitudes to German identity and immigration.

Several weeks ago, about 160,000 Atlantic salmon escaped into Puget Sound from a broken net pen, raising concerns about damage to wildlife and the environment.

University of Chicago scientists discovered that if you record iceberg vibrations and speed them up, humans can hear them.

Residents, environmentalists, engineers and government agencies agree that they need a coordinated strategy to manage flooding.

Three psychologists debunk a persistent myth about how we learn.

All it takes is a little news and some top-notch teachers.

Opponents of the law say it could be used to target science in the classroom.

David Harrington of Kronos Quartet shares his thoughts about the term "world music." The term was coined 30 years ago this year.

After more than 20 years, NASA today said goodbye to the Cassini space probe and sent it plunging into Saturn's atmosphere to burn up. It was the end of a remarkable mission that revealed deep secrets of the ringed planet and its many moons.

Whistleblower Chelsea Manning is at the center of a dispute after Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government invited, then disinvited her to become a visiting fellow.

North Korea is making a play on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Seoul calls them “defectors,” but North Korea accuses the South of kidnapping a dozen waitresses and insists on their return.

The nuclear standoff with North Korea goes back decades. But it might be time for Washington to make some tough decisions.

London officials are investigating an explosion at an Underground station, Parsons Green, that US President Donald Trump was quick to call a terrorist attack.

Author Suzy Hansen didn't think she was naive about America. Then she moved to Turkey and realized what she'd missed.

Jagmeet Singh is being widely praised for his level-headed response to an Islamophobic woman shouting in his face. But some are asking, when is it OK to get mad?

Motel 6 has responded to a news report that staff at two of its Phoenix locations have been sharing guest information with ICE, leading to the arrests of at least 20 undocumented immigrants.

In an unusual move, the plan was announced publicly.

Can climate change be blamed for a devastating flood in Peru? The local government says yes and is preparing for future extreme weather.

As Netflix gears up for Season 3 of "Fuller House," "The Office" star BJ Novak defends the much-maligned reboot.

The Grammy-nominated musical duo Amadou & Mariam performs live in Studio 360.

How a painter duped the Swedish government with a lifelike self-portrait.

The long-time New Yorker writer shares his tips for writing creative non-fiction.

Historians still argue about what exactly happened in the Gulf of Tonkin in August of 1964. What’s not in dispute is the aftermath: A resolution from the Senate passed by a vote of 98 to 2 authorizing President Lyndon Johnson to use whatever force he thought he needed against North Vietnam. The resolution was a major escalation of US involvement in Vietnam and helped Johnson win the presidential election. But it was built on a lie.

One of the first public acts of this new US citizen was to get arrested in support of the rights of DACA recipients.

The Mexican government is working to coordinate recovery and relief efforts, but some citizens worry it won’t be enough.

The US Virgin Islands are in the news because of the appalling devastation from Hurricane Irma. But what's the islands' backstory?

Some on the left had hoped the new taoiseach, as a gay man and son of an immigrant, would usher in a progressive agenda for his center-right party, Fine Gael. But Varadkar has held fast to his conservative politics, and that’s proving to be a lesson for the left.

At least 100 Americans have gone — and some continue to go — to Syria to fight against ISIS. Many have joined a Kurdish militia group called the People's Protection Units or the YPG. What these volunteers are doing isn't illegal, but it raises many questions.

The case of a Dutch tourist who was imprisoned in Myanmar for unplugging a loudspeaker has people talking about the ear-splitting level of noise.

“We are a small island community — the gross domestic product of Antigua is $1 billion a year,” he says. “We cannot afford to take on this responsibility by ourselves."

Florida utility representatives say parts of the state will require a "wholesale rebuild of our electrical grid" after Hurricane Irma left millions without power. How can Florida and other states build electrical grids that are resilient to natural and other disasters?

On Sept. 25, Iraqi Kurds will be holding a referendum over whether they establish an independent Kurdish state.

The surrendered firearms have included weapons from the 1800s and World War I and II, part of a three-month amnesty allowing Australians to turn in unregistered guns without penalty.