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Updated 2025-07-02 13:46
'Vaccine hesitancy' is on the WHO's list of 10 threats to global health in 2019
The list of biggest health threats ranges from Ebola outbreaks to weak primary health care.
A tale of two sanctuary churches: Congregants in Ohio and the Netherlands find ‘instant connection’
When a Columbus, Ohio, church heard The World’s story on the Netherlands congregation's efforts to shelter an Armenian family facing deportation, it sounded familiar. After all, the Columbus church was sheltering an undocumented Mexican immigrant, too. So, the pastor from Ohio flew to The Hague to help.
Mexico's gas crisis, explained
At least 89 people died on Friday when a cracked fuel pipeline ignited and exploded. The explosion comes as Mexico has shut down six pipelines to fight fuel theft, which has caused shortages that some say added to Friday's death toll.
A US transgender activist is stuck in Sweden. The UN wants to investigate.
The UN has been able to investigate human rights complaints within the US, but the Trump administration has rejected international oversight.
Kurdish protesters attacked by ErdoÄŸan's bodyguards at DC demonstration sue Turkish government
A group of protesters who were attacked by Turkish security officials back in May 2017 are suing the Turkish government. Murat Yasa, a Kurdish activist who is among those suing, says the attack has left with him long-term physical and psychological issues.
A little yellow book full of Xi Jinping quotes is the new version of Mao's 'Little Red Book'
Mao Zedong's 'Little Red Book' is an icon. Curators Julie O'Yang and Fernando Eloy have created a similar book — a yellow one — of quotes from Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Here's why the US census citizenship question stokes mistrust
The question would have required respondents to answer whether they and everyone in their household is a US citizen. The ruling has been appealed. There’s a small chance it could still end up on the census if the Trump administration can convince the Supreme Court to step in on its behalf. That would all need to happen by the June deadline for finalizing questions so the questionnaires can go to print.
An Olympic hopeful from Senegal hopes to inspire more black women to surf
Black female surfers say they often have to battle aggression and isolation while out in the water. One group from Northern California hopes to change that by helping more black female surfers compete professionally.
Aha Moment: An odd path to Plath
Where a troubled teen discovered Sylvia Plath: in a Charlie Sheen TV movie.
Can you ever forgive Lee Israel?
The literary con artist talks about her criminal past — now adapted into the film “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” starring Melissa McCarthy.
Rediscovering Hilma af Klint
The mystery behind the mother of modern abstraction.
Global Women’s Marches persevere despite divisions among US activists
This year's Women's March in the US is experiencing some tension at the top, but that hasn't slowed down other women across the globe who are also marching for their rights.
Amid 1619 anniversary, Virginia grapples with history of slavery in America
As Virginia marks 400 years since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the English colonies, it confronts the problem of silenced voices in history.
This busy LA immigration court is now a ‘ghost town’ in wake of government shutdown
Nearly 43,000 cases are estimated to have been canceled nationwide. California has seen the most cancellations — about 9,000 — followed by New York with more than 5,100. And immigrants who've waited years for their court date will now have to wait even longer.
Mexicans support president’s fight against fuel theft despite long lines for gas
What began as an inconvenience — longer lines at the gas station — is dragging into its second week after Mexico's president shut down fuel pipelines to prevent theft.
You can take selfies with once-secret KGB spycraft at this NY museum
A new museum of KGB objects has opened its doors in New York. Of the 3,500 pieces on display, only two are reproductions.
Pirates brought enslaved Africans to Virginia’s shores. Where, exactly, is debatable.
This year marks 400 years since the first Africans were taken from Africa and sold as slaves in the English colonies. It was the largest migration in history: 12 million or more Africans forcibly moved to places across the Atlantic Ocean to be slaves. Today, all of those places are still dealing with the fallout.
Forgotten and crumbling, a PA steel town turned to Trump. Two years later, it's a mixed bag.
When presidential candidate Trump visited Rust Belt cities like Monessen, Pennsylvania, he made some bold promises to bring back jobs from overseas. Many voters, including lifelong Democrats, loved his message. How are they feeling now?
British lawmakers reject Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal
British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday, triggering political upheaval that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.
'Congo Tales' book dramatizes myths from Mbomo people
A new photo book tells legends from the Mbomo people from the Republic of the Congo.
The 'Green New Deal' started with six college grads. Now, they're recruiting an army of young people.
The Green New Deal is often linked to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman congresswoman who is the idea’s most visible champion. But in its current form, it’s the brainchild of a bunch of 20-somethings sick of older generations’ inaction on climate change.
When the US pulls out of Syria, what happens to ISIS?
President Donald Trump closed out 2018 with the announcement that ISIS has been defeated. Analysts say otherwise.
No, the president can't destroy records. Here's why.
In 1978, Congress created the Presidential Records Act, which makes the records of a president public, not private. Here's what that means amid some of the latest revelations that US President Donald Trump has withheld records of his conversations with Vladimir Putin.
This Nicaraguan journalist is still reporting in exile
After being arrested in his home country of Nicaragua, well-known political commentator Jaime Arellano refuses to give up, even after being exiled to Miami, Florida.
Ada Hegerberg, first female Ballon d'Or winner: 'A huge step forward'
Women's soccer player Ada Hegerberg is the first Ballon d'Or Féminin winner. For her, it's a symbol that the women's sport is getting more attention, even though she says all women and girls are still fighting sexism, both in the sport and in the world.
Nutrition science is changing: low-fat is out, whole foods are in
Years of nutrition advice has urged consumers to cut fat. Well, now cutting edge science says healthy high-fat products could lower the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes.
The US is currently in 31 other national emergencies. Here's what that means.
US President Donald Trump has suggested he could declare a national emergency to get a border wall. This hasn't happened yet, but the US is still technically in crisis. There are 31 national emergencies currently active, ranging from last year to 1979.
This Egyptian musician's passport was revoked for his political songs. He still can't wait to go home again.
Ramy Essam wrote a song in 2011 that became the anthem of the Tahrir Square protests. But fast-forward eight years and Essam is living in exile in Sweden making music protesting some of the very same things about the Egyptian government.
Welcome to ‘The Jungle’
How a new play puts the audience inside a migrant camp.
Make me a summary of Rina Banerjee
Gourds and dolls heads, Chinese umbrellas and Kashmiri shawls, Victorian birdcages and African masks: That is what the artist’s sculptures are made of.
The under-‘Doug’: the story of Nickelodeon’s enduring cartoon
How the quietest show on TV cut through all the noise.
Wall would be 'wasteful and ineffective,' says former Homeland Security chief Napolitano
Although in favor of adding a few new barriers in strategic locations on the US-Mexico border, Napolitano says building a wall from "sea to shining sea" would be wasteful. The border is "not in a crisis situation," she says.
Japan’s shrinking labor force is finding new ways to fight karōshi — ‘death by overwork’
One Toyko company has started playing "Eye of the Tiger" at quitting time and last year, the government placed a cap on overtime hours, but workers suffer from a labor shortage that causes too much work for each worker.
Former Mexican ambassador: US-Mexico border collaboration strong despite Trump's 'Mexico-bashing'
Though the US president has used Mexico as a "political-electoral piñata," cooperation is in both countries' best interest — and it's been working for years, says former Mexican ambassador to the US Arturo Sarukhán.
Japanese student rejects tabloid’s apology for ranking women by ‘easiness’
Kazuna Yamamoto is a college student who started an online petition to get a Japanese tabloid magazine to apologize for an article that rated Japan's universities according to how easy it is for men to get female students to have sex with them. She succeeded and along the way got 40,000+ responses to her online appeal.
As the West jeers, durian mania rises in Asia
It’s difficult to overstate how silly the Western dislike for durian looks from East and Southeast Asia. Across Asia, durian is actually selling like never before. Long a coveted fruit, the durian has, in recent years, become the focus of a full-on food craze.
US official Rod Rosenstein, overseeing Russia probe, set to leave
Deputy US Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has overseen the Russian election meddling probe, is preparing to leave the US Department of Justice.
What happens if Trump declares a state of emergency to get his border wall?
President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of declaring an emergency over the current crisis at the US-Mexico border. What would that entail, exactly?
The legacy of Stan Lee: 'Marvel let us dream'
Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, a screenwriter and hip-hop editor, says that Marvel comics gave him a common language with other kids after his family moved from Guyana to Brooklyn, New York, in the 1980s.
The ‘real’ border crisis: The US immigration system isn’t built for kids and families
Donald Trump is made a case for a border wall during a Tuesday night address to the nation. A wall won't fix the problem, experts say, which is that the US immigration system isn't prepared for the types of immigrants — kids and families — currently coming into the country.
Food inspections continue through shutdown but with some compromises
Among the US federal agencies shut down are the United States Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, the two agencies tasked with keeping our food safe.
Stuck in Bangkok, Saudi teenage apostate deftly turns to Twitter
An 18-year-old Saudi woman is using social media to alert the world to her situation: As she was attempting to flee what she said was an abusive family, Thai officials stopped her while she was en route to Australia. She's now holed up in the Bangkok airport, but the world is watching, thanks to her Twitter account.
Last in, first out: Policy change moves longtime US asylum-seekers to back of the line
Alex Bukasa has translated for fellow asylum-seekers in USCIS's Boston office. "It could have been me," he thinks when he sees someone approved.
Le Pen’s niece opens grad school to train new generation of French far-right leaders
Marion Maréchal — previously known as Marion Maréchal Le Pen — quit politics last year and dropped her famous last name, but she hasn’t dropped her focus on giving the far-right a boost. Maréchal's latest endeavor has been to start a school aimed at training the ultra-conservative elite in France.
Will China’s moon landing launch a new space race?
China became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on Jan. 2. What does this mean for the future of space exploration and relations between the US and China?
A #MeToo moment for Afghanistan's women's soccer: 'It happened so many times'
The abuse reportedly happened inside the country and also during a training camp held in February of last year in Jordan. Players flew out, and two male representatives of the Afghanistan Football Federation came with them. Khalida Popal, former captain of Afghanistan's national soccer team, had organized the training session in Jordan and had reservations about the men.
Artist Tania Bruguera says Cuba's latest crackdown on the arts is 'the legalization of censorship'
Under the new law artists, musicians and performers are prohibited from operating in public or private spaces without prior approval by the Ministry of Culture.
Argentine actress’s #MeToo story provokes national outrage
Sexual abuse allegations against a popular actor have rocked Argentina in recent weeks. Thousands of women have come forward with their stories of sexual assault using the hashtag, #Miracomonosponemo, meaning, "Look at what you've done to us."
Day Job: Mastering quality control technician
Casey Trela watches movies for a living.
The fantastic woman who plays ‘A Fantastic Woman’
In the face of bigotry, Chilean actress Daniela Vega looks toward a more hopeful future.
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