The war in Ukraine is now approaching its fourth year. To understand how Ukraine reached this moment, we turn back to one of the most devastating chapters of the conflict: the siege of Mariupol. As ...

Sanae Takaichi was taking a huge risk when she called for a snap election just 110 days into her first term as prime minister. Today, she won big. Her struggling political party — the Liberal ...

Ebo Taylor was one of Ghana’s top musicians and an artist who garnered international attention for the country. Host Marco Werman tells us that his death was announced over the weekend by his son. We ...

In a large archive building in Tirana, Albania’s capital, a team recently began reviewing 45 years of films produced at the behest of former dictator Enver Hoxha. The team is slowly digitalizing ...

Hong Kong authorities today sentenced pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai to 20 years behind bars. And the Milan Cortina Olympics are the first to feature a ban on ski wax containing PFAS, the forever ...

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are the first to feature a ban on ski wax that includes PFAS, the forever chemicals linked to a range of health problems and diseases. The chemicals had made the wax ...

In the days leading up to the 2026 Winter Games in Italy, excited young athletes have been posting videos of themselves opening up their boxes and bags of gear and Olympic apparel. From pajamas to ski ...

No, not the scary Terminator-like ones beloved of science fiction writers … We’re talking about the cute, helpful ones ...

A new project in Albania aims to restore and digitize decades-old films. Some view it as preserving history, while others ...

A high-profile retrial is underway in Bratislava after investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová ...

Officials from the US and Iran met today in the Persian Gulf country of Oman for talks. Also, newly released Epstein files are fueling political crises, criminal investigations and renewed questions ...

Host Carolyn Beeler brings us the sounds of Colombian trio Balthvs, who are bringing back the short-lived psychedelic music era in their country, with just enough funk to make it their own. This story ...