Alexander Smalls helped curate the book. The James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur joined The World’s host Marco ...

The Belarus Free Theatre has been banned by its country's government, so the company is making plays in exile. The troupe's ...

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon today killed more than 356 people and injured at least 1,200 others, marking a major ...

A new publication by Atlas Obscura catalogs some of the most remarkable living creatures on our planet. The World’s Host ...

Climate change appears to be supercharging hurricanes. Meanwhile, storm warning systems in Bangladesh are resulting in fewer ...

Israel says it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in a huge explosion that shook the Lebanese capital. We have the latest from Beirut, and reaction from Israel. And in Kenya, the self-proclaimed cult ...

Japan’s ruling LDP party has selected Shigero Ishiba as its leader, paving the way for him to become the county’s next prime minister. The former defense minister, a centrist, unexpectedly beat out a ...

The UN Food and Agriculture organization says that in the next 25 years, salinity will affect more than half of the arable land around the globe. Growers in regions where the soil has gotten too salty ...

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a defiant speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York. He said the Israeli military will do what it needs to do to degrade Hezbollah in ...

Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous region at the heart of a multi-decade conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. It’s historically been inhabited by a majority Armenian population, but now it’s ...

Brazilian musician Laíz grew up in a conservative, religious household in Sao Paulo. Music wasn’t exactly banned at home, but it fell into two ‘safe’ categories — Phil Collins and Bach. It was only ...

An NGO established in Warsaw, Poland, to help refugees from the war in Ukraine provides up to 500 people a day with food and clothing. It’s recently added another bit of aid to its portfolio: ...