The World: Latest Stories

A Japan Meteorological Agency official asked residents to tweet photos of the snowflakes to help with "researching the mechanism of snowfall."

Many Americans are nervous about the incoming Trump administration banning Muslims from entering the US. That includes some Christians in the state of Georgia who've been helping Muslim refugees resettle in the US.

Former political prisoner Francisco Marquez says he witnessed beatings and torture during his four months in Venezuelan prison. He's now in the US trying to draw attention to the human rights crisis back home.

If the No. 1 one rule for surviving autocracy is "believe the autocrat," what's to be done when the autocrat contradicts himself on a daily basis?

In the former Soviet state of Georgia is a sprawling open-air hardware store called the Eliava. Vendors there sell building materials, tools and machinery — much of it from Soviet days and Russian-made.

The Indian government took 500 and 1,000 rupee notes out of circulation to crack down on tax evasion and corruption. But the people feeling it most are at the bottom of the economic ladder — women without bank accounts.

Soul singer Sharon Jones died this month at age 60 after a battle with cancer. Jones got major love from a lot of places overseas, including the UK and Australia. But her US fame didn't take off until she was 50.

Mosquito population densities in the tiny island nation of Singapore are a fraction of those in neighboring countries. That's no accident.

Donald Trump's business empire stretches from the shores of Bali, Indonesia to Azerbaijan, Istanbul, Panama, Canada and myriad points in between.

There's no vacancy in the British Embassy in Washington, DC — but if there were, Donald Trump would like to see Nigel Farage appointed ambassador.

There are no longer any functioning hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo.

In America, you can say pretty much anything without getting in trouble with the law. Even if you shout hateful things about minorities. So how did we get here?

Black clouds replace the black flag as the Islamic State leaves behind a toxic parting gift to a liberated town south of Mosul, Iraq.

El Perro Del Mar is a musician from Gothenburg, Sweden. Her real name is Sarah Assbring. The inspiration behind her latest album started with a visit to a museum that had instruments from around the globe. She included many of these on her new album, Kokoro.

Before you head out for Thanksgiving dinners, consider these tips for keeping all of your holiday plans running smoothly.

Magunga Williams never forgot the way that a house full of books, in a city with too few, enriched his young life in Kenya.

After their school was tagged with anti-immigrant graffiti, teachers at an elementary school in California asked students to put pen to paper.

How did Swahili go from a small Bantu dialect spoken in Zanzibar to a major language all over the African continent?

We’ve all heard the promises. But will Trump follow through?

Before Donald Trump was president-elect, Daily Show host Trevor Noah compared him to various African dictators. But the comparison doesn't hold up all that well — well, until you get to the nepotism part.

Social media is chipping away at democracy, and everyone saw it coming

He's a stateless migrant who is now the proud owner of the first ID card he's ever been issued. But it doesn't guarantee him anything more than the chance to have his asylum case heard.

An effort to amend Kyrgyzstan's constitution uncovered something shocking: No one knew where the constitution was located.

"We are getting blessings from places we didn’t even anticipate,” says one imam in Los Angeles.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she would seek a fourth term in elections next year to defend democratic principles in the face of looming threats at home and abroad.

Recently, trials of a hormonal contraceptive for men were halted, despite high efficacy rates. Other options are on the way.

Tesla and Toyota are among the major manufacturers making the leap into car-sharing.

In recent weeks, we’ve gotten fresh perspective on electron microscope images, and Pluto

While the world waits to see what a President Donald Trump will actually do on climate and environmental issues, negotiators are making quiet progress in some important areas.

No, it won't help this election.

Americans discard about 100 billion plastic bags each year. Some states and municipalities have passed measures banning or limiting their use. In Western Massachusetts, a more individualized approach has emerged. It's called The BagShare Project.

Elon Musk wants Tesla to be your one-stop-shop for all things solar — and he's making good progress.

One of them is Thilmeeza Hussain. She's from the tiny, low-lying island nation of the Maldives, which is slowly being inundated by the rising waters of the Indian Ocean.

That is how Turkish President Recep Erdogan has described a radical policy to fire or arrest anyone suspected of supporting an attempted coup against his government this summer.

A pooch from Belfast, Northern Ireland, has only one skill. But he's a genius at it.

Leading climate scientist and educator Katharine Hayhoe talks to PRI's The World about the prospects for changing President-elect Trump's mind on climate change, and the prospects for progress even without Trump.

New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says: “I don’t think there’s ever been a president who has anywhere close to the number of potential conflicts that Trump has.”

Mike Pompeo, a Tea Party hawk chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, also opposes the Iran deal and efforts to close Guantanamo.

Hurricane Matthew devastated cacao trees at the heart of Haiti's burgeoning cocoa export business.

Standing Rock is more than a movement for clean water rights. It's also where the Lakota language is re-inventing itself.

One of the taller tasks facing President-elect Donald Trump is to find ways to restore faith in an office, and in a government, that he helped degrade. But he didn't do it alone. American trust in government and other institutions has been sliding for years. Weighing in on why, and how to move forward, is Garry Wills, professor emeritus at Northwestern University, and author of many books and essays on faith, trust and politics.

Seun Kuti blames the rich and powerful for the social and economic inequality in the world today. And he's not surprised that a populist movement has voted someone like Donald Trump into office.

The Oakland Raiders will battle the Houston Texans in Mexico City's famed Azteca Stadium. Players are warned about not going out alone. But if they do, they'll probably run into people crazy about the game.

Have you been mansplained? Wanna vent about it? If you're in Sweden, you can. Gender specialist operators are standing by.

Angel Gallegos voted for Donald Trump in a heavily Latino and Democratic part of South Texas. For him, immigration wasn't a top priority, rather the economy.

Over the next five years, the CDC is investing more than $2 billion to prepare itself, developing countries and state and local health departments to be able to respond to health emergencies.

Guess where most of it is headed?

Hundreds of Yazidi women are believed to be held captive by ISIS in Mosul. But when ISIS leaves Iraq's second largest city, will the women still be there?