Security is the main issue on the minds of Ecuadorians as they go to the polls in the presidential runoff election on Sunday. Leftist Luisa González is facing off against conservative president Daniel ...

As Jews around the world prepare for feasts known as seders commemorating the biblical exodus from slavery, there’s a whole list of provisions people are busy gathering to bring the traditions to life ...

The arrival of white storks in Europe has long heralded the beginning of spring. But ornithologists believe human driven climate change is making the birds arrive earlier. And some storks have stopped ...

Anoush Froundjian grew up attending Armenian school on weekends, in the 1990s. But at her American school, on weekdays, she worried that her cultural heritage was a social liability. That all changed ...

Diplomats at the United Nations have agreed on a new plan to charge shipping companies a carbon tax. The global economy relies on shipping, but the industry is powered almost entirely by fossil fuels.

Pedro Sanchez had planned his state visit to Beijing before the Trump administration’s tariffs upended the global economy. But now, there’s more on the line than a bilateral trade agreement. The World ...

For the past decade or so there’s been a growing trend in Iran. Historic homes and caravanserai are being turned into boutique hotels, restaurants and cafes. In most cases, investors pay for ...

The cuisine of Nigeria packs in all kinds of global influences and ingredients: curries from India, sauces from China, spices from Lebanon. They all commingle with with a particular repertoire of ...

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez becomes the de facto trade representative for much of Europe, on a visit to China. And white storks arrive in Europe every spring, and they’re starting to arrive ...

It’s the largest and most-intricate map to date of the neural activity and connections in a mammal’s brain. Scientists used AI to track the equivalent of 4,000 kilometers of neural cables packed into ...

Ecuadorians head to the polls this Sunday, in one of the most hotly contested elections in decades. Thirty-seven-year-old ...

In Nigeria, yams, corn and rice have been staples in people’s diets for centuries. But today, anyone who spends time exploring Nigerian cuisine will quickly discover global influences and ingredients ...