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Updated 2025-07-09 19:47
The Standing Rock Sioux 'know what they're doing' in North Dakota
For weeks, members of the Standing Rock Sioux have gathered in Cannonball, North Dakota, standing against the Dakota Access pipeline. The government has now halted construction pending reassessment of the project.
South African women share their experiences with racism at schools
Protests in Pretoria have sparked an anti-racism movement in post-apartheid South Africa.
These days of Eid are blessed — and trying —for American Muslims
Many American Muslims breathed a collective sigh of relief when they heard the annual Eid al-Adha holiday would fall on Sept. 12, instead of the painful anniversary of Sept. 11. One religious leader hopes the coincidence will spark some deep reflection.
Skepticism over latest ceasefire in Syria
It seems everybody is on board for the latest ceasefire in Syria. Except for those actually doing the fighting.
Scientists say an ancient Mayan book called the Grolier Codex is authentic
The Mayan manuscript would be the oldest surviving book from ancient America. And unlike its pre-Columbian cousins, the Paris Codex and the Dresden Codex, it will stay in Mexico.
Clooney's group says South Sudan leaders get rich from brutal civil war
South Sudan's war has killed tens of thousands of people and forced over 800,000 to flee. Rights groups say both government and rebel troops frequently use rape as a weapon of war. Meanwhile, according to a new report commissioned by George Clooney, the leadership of both sides of the war are profiting.
Sing to me in Vietnamese: A daughter learns the language of her refugee parents through song
A Vietnamese-American woman stays in touch with her cultural roots through language and song. But which languages will she pass on to her own children?
Taiwan now covets Miami Marlins swag
Marlins pitcher Wei-Yin Chen has brought Taiwan to Miami, and vice versa.
Eid memories: 'The highs and lows of my childhood depended on the moon.'
As a Muslim kid growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the 1990s, I had a really strong interest in astronomy. That's because my holidays off from school, which are the greatest reprieve for any child, followed a lunar cycle.
Is there anything funny about 9/11?
What we can (and still can't) laugh about when it comes to the 2001 terror attacks.
If other animals can regenerate their limbs, why can’t humans?
Modern fish and salamander genes tell us a lot about where our hands come from — and a little about why we can’t regrow them after a fight.
How much math should kids learn in school?
Or better yet, what kind of math should they learn? Educators disagree.
How the fight against terrorism has transformed America since 9/11
Journalist Lawrence Wright told the story of al-Qaeda's rise and the planning of 9/11. Now, he's worried that Washington's reaction to terrorism is robbing a generation of basic freedoms.
The Paralympics are on. But here's what it's really like to live with disabilities in Rio.
The Paralympics are off to a spectacular start in Rio de Janeiro. But we found another side of the city: “Our city isn’t prepared for people in wheelchairs in any way!”
Propaganda, American style: A Khrushchev's perspective
Many Americans might think propaganda is something that happens elsewhere, but in the War on Terror, Nina Khrushcheva saw and heard tropes familiar to her, having grown up in the Soviet Union as the great-granddaughter of former leader Nikita Khrushchev. Now a US citizen and New School professor in New York, she teaches propaganda, and hopes more Americans will become more propaganda-literate. She shares some ideas on where to start.
We were just kids on 9/11. And no one really explained it to us.
"I remember discovering the Time magazine 9/11 issue in my parents' bookshelf. And I was just shocked."
How a viral dance video set to Beyonce got Pakistan talking
In Lahore, Pakistan, a clothing ad featuring a mini flashmob to Beyonce’s "Run The World (Girls)" sparked a backlash from both feminists and religious conservatives, and cyber threats to the performers.
Islamophobia is on the rise in the US. But so is Islam.
A Pew study says that 20 percent of Americans who identify as Muslims are converts. With surges in hate crimes and negative media portrayals, here what makes them faithful.
US veterans who enlisted after 9/11 reflect on the past 15 years
It's become a cliche to call Sept. 11, 2001, a day when everything changed. But for men and women who chose to join the US armed forces after the attack, that day really did change everything.
In an era of 'enormous rage,' I’m still finding love in America
Valarie Kaur became an activist 15 years ago on 9/11. Today, her heart is breaking, but here’s how she finds hope.
Helping Syrian refugees is the Christian thing to do, say these church leaders
Republican politicians, including many US governors and the presidential nominee Donald Trump, want to close the door to Syrian refugees. But many conservative Christians say that, on this issue, the politicians are wrong.
Providing safe illegal abortions in Myanmar is a ‘karmic balance,’ says one doctor
Abortion is illegal in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, but many women still seek access. Illegal abortions are a leading cause of maternal death there.
Fashion for people with disabilities, made in Rio
Christiano Krosh couldn’t believe there wasn’t a store where Brazilians with physical disabilities could find clothes. He created his own line just for them.
World War II pilot Elaine Harmon is finally laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery
The US government didn't officially recognize retired WASPs as military veterans until 1977, and didn't grant them burial rights in Arlington until 2002. Last year, Harmon died about a month after the Army revoked those burial rights over concerns about available space at the cemetery.
Britain, too, wants a wall (and is building one)
The wall will be the latest barrier to go up around Europe as the continent struggles with its biggest migrant influx in decades.
Pain lingers one year after Hajj tragedy in Saudi Arabia
Despite scars from the tragedy, the faithful have returned to Saudi Arabia for another pilgrimage.
Chemical watchdog warns on Aleppo barrel bomb attacks
The world's chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday it was "disturbed" by the alleged use of toxic chemicals in Aleppo after dozens of people had to be treated for breathing problems in the Syrian battlefront city.
At the World Nomad Games, top athletes compete in horseback archery, eagle hunting and more
The mission of the World Nomad Games is the revival and preservation of nomadic people's historical cultural heritage.
“You’re not Muslims!” Iran and Saudi Arabia in new war of words.
Iran and Saudi Arabia have upped the ante in their war of words. Both are now denouncing the other's Islamic legitimacy. The two Persian Gulf powers are already locked in numerous proxy conflicts across the region. The US is not happy about the mess.
Ocean warming called 'greatest hidden challenge of our generation'
Oceans absorb most of the heat humans create in the form of carbon dioxide. And it's changing the species that live in them.
A German school welcomes its refugee students with a special classroom
A town south of Berlin had to act fast when it was assigned 16 refugee students from an overcrowded school district nearby. Administrators hired a recent college grad to teach a "welcome" class where the new students study German and prepare to integrate into regular classrooms.
Black Lives Matter UK says climate change is racist
Activists were arrested after blocking the London City Airport runway to raise awareness about the "racist climate crisis" — the latest sign of a movement that's going global and adopting new calls.
A history of undiplomatic insults
The Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte got a lot of attention for using a crude insult when talking about President Obama. But he's not the first statesman to be crass and insulting.
The Ukrainian connection in DJ Shadow and Run the Jewels' new music video
It's much more than just a bunch of gray-suited politicians taking swings at each other. Although it's that, too.
'Stop telling us what to do!' What's behind a Filipino leader's scolding of Washington
The anti-American outburst by Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte reflects a deeper erosion of US credibility on the world stage, some analysts say.
Obama visits Laos, pledges money to rid country of Vietnam-era bombs
During the US dropped more than two million tons of bombs on Laos. Now, President Obama is pledging assistance to rid the country of unexploded — but still dangerous — ordnance.
Iron Maiden and Turkish folk music? That's what inspires this musician.
The island of Crete is a crossroads for migrants and refugees. It's there that musician Stelios Petrakis finds his inspiration.
Welcoming refugees to the pool —in a most German way
Germany's struggle to integrate more than a million Middle Eastern refugees and asylum seekers has led to some drama at the pool.
Grilling this Labor Day? Ditch the wire brush.
Some Canadian doctors say you should ditch the brush if you don't want risk ending up in the hospital.
Hong Kong's anti-China activists are celebrating their victory
A record 2.2 million people voted in the city-wide election for members of Hong Kong's lawmaking body.
Giant pandas are no longer endangered in China
"When push comes to shove, China has done a really good job with pandas."
'If we don't care for it, the vitality of the Earth will be destroyed'
Pope Francis' environmental encyclical, Laudato Si, inspired a global conversation about the moral dimensions of climate change. Even before this, however, some lesser-known religious leaders, like Father Albert Fritsch, had been trying to bring this message to their parishioners and the world.
Actress Hari Nef wants to see complex, even difficult, trans characters on TV
Hari Nef is fierce and funny and helps bring reality and relevance to one of TV’s most interesting new shows, "Transparent."
Medical marijuana just became more accessible to US scientists
The Drug Enforcement Administration just cracked open a marijuana monopoly — but it’s not what you might think.
This strangely orbiting space object could have ties to Planet Nine
Niku, a piece of icy debris in the Kuiper Belt, has an orbit unlike almost any other object in our solar system. Why?
Why private companies are racing to build small rockets
There’s a new space race underway — and this time, it’s headquartered in Silicon Valley.
There’s a movement to turn Hong Kong back into a British colony
These Hong Kongers aren’t clamoring for freer elections. Nor are they demanding outright independence. They want to transform Hong Kong back into British territory — and proclaim Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state.
We’re finding more links between immune responses and our ‘body clocks’
Hint: Our bodies may fight infection better by day.
What a solar eclipse and laser physics could teach us about malaria-carrying mosquitoes
On Sept. 1, in a tiny Tanzanian village called Lupiro, a group of Danish and Swedish laser scientists and local experts on the behavior of malaria mosquitoes stared into the sky.
Obama seeks to cement a climate legacy with China before the US election
The US and China have just announced their commitment to the Paris climate deal, in a strong push to lead almost 200 countries to pledge to cut carbon emissions. But the future of that tandem climate change approach depends on the outcome of US elections.
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