Washington targets Cuba’s military-run business empire

A glimpse into the lives of northern Nigeria’s craftsmen

Investors rush to explore Venezuela’s economic opening — but big bets remain elusive

Ripple effects of Iran war felt in the Caucasus

US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrives in Croatia for repairs as ground troops move to the Persian Gulf

Cuba’s crisis, as told through Cuban voices

Housing affordability around the world

‘The Swedish Experience’: Tobacco companies want snus to be an alternative to smoking, as young people drive sales

Demand for Christmas ornaments hand-crafted in Kashmir drops amid US tariffs

How Shenzhen, China, became the electric car capital of the world

India’s mango farmers race to adapt to changing markets and a changing climate

Inside China’s plan to create a new super-metropolis

Shenzhen: The city that rewrote China’s future

An iconic French mountain in Aix-en-Provence may soon disappear

‘How much can you afford to lose?’ Gambling in Norway is tightly controlled. Could that work in the US?

Amid influx of tourists, Greenland’s capital sees strained infrastructure

Trade pressure from US rallies Brazilians against foreign interference

A place where they haven’t raised the rent in 500 years

An AI that speaks the languages of Latin America

The street call that became Mexico City’s soundtrack

Former US envoy to China says both countries need ‘to give a little’ to secure a trade deal

Spain’s new eviction law may not keep squatters out

Trump vows to lift US sanctions on Syria, expressing confidence in the country’s new leader

President Trump hints at compromise ahead of US-China trade talks

‘Make America go away’: Canadians head to the polls amid tensions with US

Tijuana’s factories are caught between uncertainty and opportunity amid Trump tariffs

South Korea says it sent babies abroad for adoption ‘like luggage’

German voters weigh options ahead of election hinging on immigration, sluggish economy

This dying Spanish town is turning to books to put it on the literary map

As Japan’s economy adapts to a tourism boom, so does daily life 

Traders in Ghana face uncertain future after world’s largest secondhand clothing hub razed in fire

Denmark is fed up with Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

Ten years after Washington’s historic deal with Havana, Cuba remains adrift

Struggling economy and youth unemployment weigh heavily on voters as Ghana heads to the polls

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

The rocky road to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

The number of Americans studying in China is a fraction of what it once was

Syrian refugees in Lebanon face growing restrictions and deportation

How Spain’s rent control is failing locals

As Dutch residents struggle to find housing, some are trying new initiatives

Migrants take to social media to document their risky journey to the US

The push to end harmful cooking methods worldwide

‘Dönerflation’: Outcry in Germany over rising cost of döner kebab

Nigeria’s low-income communities bear the brunt of faltering economy

Russia’s wartime production fuels its economy 

‘I’ll go for the American dream’: After struggling to get legal status in Colombia, many Venezuelan migrants are heading to the US

‘We are helpless’: Protesting farmers in India pose challenges — and demands — to Modi

Oil refineries in northeastern Syria are sickening people and polluting the environment

The shadow of the United Fruit Company still reaches across the globe today

10 years ago, the Sunflower Movement pushed Taiwan away from China

‘No one is helping us’: Palestinians in West Bank barred from Israel face unemployment, financial insecurity

Venezuela’s public sector workers take on multiple side jobs just to get by

A year on, a Kurdish village near Turkey’s earthquake epicenter says it’s been overlooked

Miami’s Little Haiti: What is lost when a community is displaced?

Cubans worry about inflation explosion after government austerity measures

New York City’s older Chinese American population faces increasing housing challenges, poverty

Surrogacy advocates fear pope’s position will create stigma

‘Justice doesn’t exist here’: Uzbek farmers and cotton workers say abuse, exploitation continues despite reforms

COP28: African nations resist fossil fuel phaseout, citing economic realities

‘We saw an immediate drop’: Jordan’s tourism industry is suffering amid the Israel-Hamas war