Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon

Conflict & Justice

Fifty years ago today, the fall of Saigon on April 30th, 1975, marked the end of the Vietnam War. Most Americans remember it as one of US history’s longest and most unpopular conflicts. But in Vietnam, the anniversary is being celebrated as the end of a much longer struggle for liberation, one that predates US involvement by several decades.

Astropical band fuses electronic music with Caribbean rhythms in an ‘optimistic’ album that ‘takes you to beach’

Arts, Culture & Media

The lawyers in Russia representing political prisoners despite the risks 

Ukraine

Brazilian hip-hop artist Brisa Flow brings Indigenous issues to the fore

Music

US and Syrian officials visit each other’s countries as Damascus finds footing on global stage

Syria

‘I live very cautiously:’ International students in the US fear deportation

After revoking hundreds of international students’ visas, the Trump administration paused the process on Friday. But the crackdown that changed the legal status of over 1,800 students has left a chilling effect on students on college campuses, as The World’s Joshua Coe reports, leaving some students wondering if they should stay or go.

Out of Eden Walk: Sea Crossings

Out of Eden Walk

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has traveled many miles across land on foot since 2013, when he began his long walking journey tracing the footsteps of early human migration from Africa across the planet. But he’s also crossed several sea crossings as well. Salopek joined Host Marco Werman to talk about them, the types of ships he took and the people he met along the way.

Nearly 3 million immigrants got amnesty under Reagan. Some of them still work on Washington state farms.

Immigration

Nearly 3 million immigrants got amnesty under President Ronald Reagan. It had certain requirements. Among them, people had to prove they weren’t guilty of a crime and had lived here at least five years. Some of the immigrants granted amnesty still work on farms in Washington state.

‘Nowhere is safe’: The teenage guitarists who fled Afghanistan — and are now in limbo

Conflict & Justice

A group of Afghan teenage girls once found hope through music. They were then forced to escape Taliban rule and take refuge in Pakistan. Now, Pakistan wants to send them back.

A new global study allows dogs to ‘talk’ to their owners by pressing buttons that say human words

Development

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, owners have been training their dogs to “tell” them what they want by mashing buttons with their paws to express words in various human languages. A UCSD study began to explore the practice further and now includes participants in dozens of countries around the world.

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