Two people wearing protective masks and Red Crescent uniforms stand on rocky terrain with a backdrop of thick black smoke and clouds.

After Israeli strikes on Tehran’s fuel depots, residents face a toxic aftermath

US-Israel-Iran War

Israeli strikes have ignited fuel depots across Tehran, releasing toxic pollutants into the air. Now, residents say the air smells of smoke and gunpowder and scientists warn the toxic fallout could linger for years.

A vast rural landscape featuring dry grasslands with scattered shrubs and bushes, set against a backdrop of distant hills and a clear blue sky.

Turkey’s Izmir facing severe shortages as water levels continue to drop

Environment
A child using a laptop for an online math lesson in a dimly lit room, with a colorful paper figure next to the screen.

AI is rapidly changing math, and mathematicians are defining their role in the equation

Science & Technology
Protesters in winter clothing hold signs reading "Hmong Against ICE" during a demonstration on a snowy street.

Minnesota’s Hmong community feeling a sense of betrayal amid ICE crackdowns

Immigration
A plate of crispbread topped with potatoes, herring, red onions, dill, and red berries, accompanied by two glasses of beer.

Surströmming challenge: How Swedes actually eat the world’s worst-smelling food

Food
A large plume of gray smoke rises above a cityscape with multiple buildings in the foreground, indicating an explosion or fire event.

A brief history of US, Israeli and Iranian relations

US-Israel-Iran War

The current war in the Middle East is just about a week old, but the history of US intervention in Iran dates back to the 1950s. We take a step back to look at the history of relations between Iran, the United States and Israel with Naghmeh Sohrabi, a professor of Middle East history at Brandeis University. She joins Host Carolyn Beeler to explain.

A riverbank scene with several boats moored, including a large wooden boat where people are working on its roof, near a dirt road lined with small buildings, and a white pickup truck parked nearby.

Measuring patients’ vital signs virtually in the heart of the Amazon

Health & Medicine

Seven “medical totems” have been brought to the remote town of Jordão, Acre, in the Brazilian Amazon. They can be translated into the local Indigenous language, enabling virtual appointments in a state with the country’s lowest doctor-patient ratio.

Aerial view of Prague's Old Town Square with the Church of Our Lady before Týn prominently in the background, surrounded by colorful historic buildings and numerous people gathered in the plaza below.

This family in Prague holds classical music concerts in their own living room

Music

Deutsche Welle, DW, Reporter Rob Cameron brings us the story of a family in Prague that is holding classical music concerts in informal settings.

A soldier in green camouflage uniform stands beside a large military tank, holding a rifle and examining its exterior in a dusty environment.

Trump rules out talks absent Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel strikes Lebanon

US-Israel-Iran War

Israeli warplanes have continued pounding the capitals of Iran and Lebanon. Tehran has responded with another wave of strikes against Israel and Gulf countries, as the war moves into its seventh day.

Aerial view of a group of people standing on a concrete surface, forming the letters "SOS".

Descriptions of struggle at an art exhibition in Prague

An art exhibition in Prague is stirring up quite a bit of concern, as it highlights the political fight for cultural expression in nearby Slovakia.

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