Chile’s biggest carnival is kicking off at full speed on Monday. As many as 150,000 people have traveled to the northern Chilean town of Arica to participate. But this is not your typical carnival.

For Memorial Day, we have stories of conflict and devotion, and how they are told through memorials.A well-known memorial in Washington, DC, pays tribute to the US service members who lost their lives ...

A combination of ancient knowledge and modern research techniques may be closing the gap between who some of the earliest people to settle in Taiwan could have been and its current residents. The key ...

This year marks a half-century since the end of the Vietnam War. A well-known memorial in Washington, DC, pays tribute to the US service members who lost their lives in that war, but few memorials ...

Yaroslav Simkiv has played the trumpet for over 50 years and is a recognizable figure in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Several times a day, he plays his instrument from the towering mayoral ...

Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler remember Cuban musician Luis Manuel Mirabal Vázquez, who died last year at age 91. A founding member of the Buena Vista Social Club, Mirabal was considered one of ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek's walks through the countryside of Japan have been unexpectedly lonely. That's ...

After delaying an earlier ultimatum, the European Union has passed a new sanctions package against Russia. The sanctions come ...

Summer is in full swing in India, and many cities are experiencing scorching heat, fueled in part by climate change. And in ...

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As part of The Big Fix series, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Chris Bataille, a fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy ...

Alaa Hassan was 25 years old when the uprisings against Bashar al-Assad began in Syria. He was part of the movement that grew ...