Professional rakugo storytellers all over Japan practice an art form dating back to the 14th century. One such performer is Katsura Sunshine, a white man from Canada, who fell in love with it, and who ...

As tensions over immigration reach a crisis point in South Africa, the Nigerian government has even offered to repatriate its ...

Some 25 million Americans live with rare genetic diseases — that’s nearly 1 in 13. More than half are children. The path to discovering what the condition is, and finding treatments, can take years.

In a fit of excitement, Hungary’s incoming health minister danced wildly at the victory party for the country’s new Prime Minister Péter Magyar. As Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain, he ...

Around 200 hippos are roaming freely near the Colombian town of Doradal, descended from four animals that Pablo Escobar ...

The Siberian region known as the Kuzbass is right in the heart of Russia’s coal country, and pollution from open mines there has gone ignored by authorities, despite a high rate of respiratory illness ...

Relatives of Mexico’s disappeared took to the streets yesterday for a Mother’s Day march, calling on authorities to do more to deter kidnappings, abductions and murders. A new report finds many of the ...

The US-Israeli war against Iran has triggered a plastic shortage in Asia. The region gets most of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz, and as a result of the effective blockade, countries cannot ...

Mawlynnong in India has been called the cleanest village in Asia and has become a popular tourist destination. But now, ...

Russia’s annual Victory Day Parade this weekend is expected to lack the usual show of ballistic missiles and tanks. Meanwhile ...

Long waits, crowded clinics and gaps in access are pushing many Mexicans out of the public health system. Now, the government ...

Since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran, the government in Tehran has executed 25 political prisoners — the highest ...