Over the weekend, Japan’s crown prince and others released eight crested ibises in north-central Japan. It was the first time ...

A sherpa who was missing for a week on Mount Everest has been found alive by a cleaning crew on the tallest mountain. The ...

Voters in Peru head to the polls this weekend for a runoff presidential election, with one key issue stemming from a wave of ...

Kenya is a powerhouse when it comes to geothermal energy. The country generates about half of its electricity by harnessing ...

This Fourth of July marks 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Although a defining moment for the ...

It was the era of Charlie’s Angels, and a young Palestinian American girl living in Maryland struggled to fit in among a ...

Today marks 37 years since Chinese troops opened fire on peaceful protestors in Tiananmen Square. For three decades after the ...

The US, Canada and Australia all have sports they call football, and they’re not “the beautiful game” that’s soon to get ...

The Iranian author Marjane Satrapi has died at the age of 56. She was famous for her graphic novel “Persepolis,” which ...

The ongoing bloodshed between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon almost hit a pause, when the two sides announced a ceasefire ...

Today marks 37 years since Chinese troops opened fire on peaceful protestors in Tiananmen Square. But in Hong Kong, even ...

Conflicts around the world impact people’s daily lives, but wars also impact our understanding of the past. That’s true in ...