The World: Latest Stories

Spinal cord injury treatment in Brazil offers path to recovery

Families of Air India crash victims still without answers a year later

Mexico opens World Cup with victory and celebrations

Robot magician denied entry into magicians' club

Living in the shadow of Indonesia's Mount Merapi

'Life gave me lemons, and I'm pickling them'

A season of shrine festivals kick off in Japan

How gender shapes a global walk

Gender dynamics profoundly influence the human experience of travel and exploration, as evidenced by National Geographic explorer Paul Salopek’s multi-year "Out of Eden Walk." While the project maintains a near 50-50 gender balance among local walking partners, this distribution is uneven; conservative regions like Sau...

A view from South Africa on Day 1 of the FIFA World Cup

Do social media bans work?

Border conflicts are common. Here's a rare resolution.

The resolution of a decades-old border conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan offers a rare diplomatic success story amidst a global surge in "forever wars." Following a 2023 peace deal, communities in the Fergana Valley are reconnecting after years of military skirmishes and resource disputes. The conflict, rooted...

Trapped in an era of forever wars

Teaching the American Revolution abroad

What's fueling attacks on immigrants in Belfast neighborhoods?

What it means to 'Eat Like a Sardinian'

'Radical hope' in the face of climate change

One Boston neighborhood on the eve of the World Cup

Fiji rejects 'waste colonialism'

Thousands of Iranians left without water after strike on reservoir tanks

Taliban forces fire on civilians protesting morality police in Afghanistan