Curators at the National Museum of World Culture in Sweden recently invited a group of Zambian women to help understand the meaning of some ancient artifacts and the communities that used them. Samba ...

A court in Colombia has convicted former President Álvaro Uribe on witness tampering charges. To some Colombians, Uribe is a ...

Forest bathing dates back to ancient Japanese Shinto and Buddhist beliefs that spirits inhabit natural elements, which can ...

The civil war raging between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces took a turn this week, when the RSF and its allies announced the formation of a parallel government in Darfur.

When Tijn Hoezen began his undergraduate studies at the University of Amsterdam in 2015, he wasn’t entirely sure what he ...

Every day in Mexico, people fill up their cars at gas stations that look completely legal. But a surprising share of that ...

In many parts of Latin America, evangelical churches have grown at a feverish pace. In tiny Ecuador, they’ve had huge success ...

The Dutch city of Rotterdam is home to some of the lowest lying areas in the country, with some neighborhoods more than 20 feet below sea level. As climate change raises the risks of increased storms ...

In recent years, Brazil has become the world’s top consumer of shark meat. That’s because of a law that requires fishermen who catch sharks to bring the entire animal to port — not just the fins, like ...

Shinrin-yoku is a Shinto spiritual practice of nature-immersive meditation, also known as forest bathing. It’s an ancient practice from Japan that’s been gaining new traction around the world. This ...

On Monday, a court in Colombia convicted former President Álvaro Uribe on witness tampering charges. To some Colombians, Uribe is a national hero who walked the country back from the edge of collapse, ...

Since Spain became a democracy in 1978, governments of all stripes have gotten themselves mired in high-level corruption scandals. But this year has been a doozy, with Spain’s two main political ...