In Uganda, scientists have found a new use for catnip: mosquito repellent. A new study presented at the Society for ...

Reading Lolita in Tehran, the best-selling memoir by Azar Nafisi, came out in 2003. It told the story of how Nafisi and seven ...

After Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes, many international rescue teams have left as the window for finding survivors narrows.

We listen to a track from Marlon Williams. She’s New Zealand’s hottest Māori singer right now, and she’s accompanied on the ...

For the past four years, Matariki, the Māori New Year, has been an official holiday in New Zealand. Māori poet Tayi Tibble ...

Health workers on the frontline of the Ebola outbreak are on strike. Complaints include a lack of protective equipment and ...

From the Iran war to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, events this year have highlighted the way nations use the global energy ...

The strategic central Sudanese city of el-Obeid is now the focal point in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The ...

Following twin earthquakes last week, Venezuelans are struggling to rescue survivors and recover. Many people say they’re not ...

Scent is a powerful thing. In people, it’s connected to taste, memory, even cognitive health. For wildlife, smell can even ...

Dozens of people have died, and hundreds have been displaced in flooding across West Africa. The World’s Marco Werman speaks ...

DW reporter Stephanie Wolf brings us the story of a ballet about Soviet defector Rudolf Nureyev that’s getting a revival in ...