Move over Orlando, Brazil’s Balneário Camboriú is on the rise

Development

Balneário Camboriú is known as Brazil’s Dubai for the rows of skyscrapers that line the beachfront. It’s home to the three tallest buildings in Brazil. But there’s another city that Balneário Camboriú seems to be increasingly emulating: Orlando, Florida, for its theme parks.

The rise of an Armenian church opposition leader

Global Politics

In rural Japan, a closed school becomes a new kind of community hub

Japan in Focus

Out of Eden Walk: Walking through western China

Out of Eden Walk

Paralympian Oksana Masters says she represents both the US and Ukraine as she competes in Paris

Summer Olympics 2024

Big Ocean breaks barriers as the first K-pop group whose members are hard of hearing

Music

The three South Korean musicians use hearing aids and cochlear implants and mix sign language with dance moves, reaching out to deaf and hard of hearing K-pop fans around the world.

In Yerevan, Armenia, a school serving exiled Russians helps families put down roots

Ukraine

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens have left the country. According to some estimates, more than 100,000 Russian citizens fled to Armenia alone. This reality has led to some changes within Yerevan, the Armenian capital, where some exiled Russians started a school.

Israel begins military operations in the West Bank

Israel-Hamas war

The Israeli military is conducting extensive military operations in the West Bank. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Fatima AbdulKarim about the situation.

The precarious state of green tea in Japan

Food

As it gets harder to make a living growing tea, some Japanese farmers are leaving the industry, while others are exploring new options.

‘The Great Elephant Migration’ traveling exhibit imagines a world where humans and wild animals share space

Environment

The 100 elephant sculptures were made by Indigenous artists across southern India. Each figure is an anatomically perfect re-creation of a real, wild elephant.

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