Most people have heard of the Underground Railroad, which helped enslaved people escape to the US North, but “Mexodus” is a ...

Vienna’s coffee houses are such an integral part of the Austrian capital that UNESCO has included them on its Intangible ...

The International Olympic Committee has announced that transgender women will be banned from competing in women’s events at the Olympic Games, under new rules coming into force from 2028. Also, ousted ...

Inside Europe’s Lars Bevanger from Deutsche Welle reports on the end of the winter tourism season in Norway.

The United Nations has voted to name the trans-Atlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity.” The landmark resolution, first proposed by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, also calls ...

The International Olympic Committee has announced that transgender women will be banned from competing in women’s events at the Olympic Games, under new rules coming into force from 2028. The decision ...

The towering, stone statues on Easter Island continue to awe and inspire people since they were first built somewhere between the 13th and 16th centuries. This includes Philadelphia-based composer and ...

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is in court today. He was abducted earlier this year in a US military raid and has been charged with drug trafficking and narcoterrorism. The World’s Host ...

As part of its attacks on Ukraine, Russia has targeted the country’s energy system, taking out power plants and sub-stations. As a result, Ukraine has turned to cheaper, faster, decentralized ...

In Yemen, after more than a decade of war and economic collapse, thousands of women seeking financial independence thought they’d found a way out of poverty. Online trading platforms — often promoted ...

In Denmark, cremations are helping to heat the homes of the living. While crematoriums generate only a small portion of ...

Ukraine’s president recently said he had a “very bad feeling” about the impact of the Middle East conflict on the war in ...