Champion of Andean culture, Colombian artist Totó la Momposina, dies

Justice denied as last person accused in Patrice Lumumba assassination dies

Songs that inspired African liberation

The French president sings ‘La Bohème’

An old standard gets a Cameroonian twist

Africando oldie music

A new indie-pop group from Germany wows The World

Looks like a guitar, sounds like a sitar

The Strokes band at Coachella emphasizes US and CIA overseas assassinations

Nigerians inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Music from the ruins in Iran

The last living member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo has died

Japanese Baby Boomer Masayoshi Takanaka is all the rage

10 years since The Rolling Stones rocked Cuba

A symphonic work for ‘lost birds’

A new appreciation for a late Icelandic composer

Welsh harpist records ‘Note to Self’

The soundtrack to Brazilian dictatorship

Counting the dead and those who fled Ukraine

Legendary trombonist and composer Willie Colón dies

Why airplane wastewater is key in detecting emerging health threats

Toll of extreme heat on mental health

Physical activity globally hasn’t increased in 20 years

After 17 years in exile, he’s now the prime minister of Bangladesh

In a historic election, Bangladesh chooses someone from a political dynasty

Where do youth in Bangladesh stand on election day?

TEPCO plant reopens in Japan

The view from Greenland

Covering the environment in the age of climate change

Abandoned village in Greenland sees a revival

Tourism out-pacing capacity in Greenland

Greenland’s independence movement

Studying melting ice in Greenland for clues to key Atlantic ocean current

Meet the global climate activists who grew up in the movement

Evacuated Icelandic town in strange limbo

‘Abandoned’ settlement in Greenland still hums with life

The spooky sounds near the sun

Climate change fuels adaptation in remote East Greenland

The UK’s great cheese wheel chase

The famed Chelsea Flower Show gets spicy this year

Professional mourners in Kenya honor the living

This year’s World Cup final will have the first-ever half time show

More and more Americans are making a run for the border

A couple of grandmothers in Taiwan take lifting weights to the extreme

Today marks international hummus day

Hungary’s incoming health minister busts a move ahead of boss’s inauguration

Update on news headlines

A town in Taiwan that moves at a snail’s pace

UAE suggests it will quit OPEC

Canadian prime minister details country’s separation from the US

Interviews began today for a new UN secretary-general

Humanoid robots win half marathon in Beijing

Japanese are working around the law requiring couples to have the same last name

Hungary’s prime minister-to-be vows to shutter state TV’s ‘factory of lies’

Anniversary of the oldest-known voice recording

Astronauts are just like us

Some stories from the animal kingdom

Denmark releases apps to help Danes boycott certain products

The vinyl-collecting scene in Dubai

An international friendship built on music

The electronic sounds of Cumbia

How a voyage to Antarctica inspired the sounds on a French horn

Voters on Cape Verde and in the diaspora get ready to head to the polls

Joy comes to the band Ireke

Music to make you smile from Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

Athens and the birth of democracy

The devastating impacts of ‘rain bombs’

A dreamy Swiss pop song for the road

‘The Electric Oud Man Speaks’

Meditative sounds from the handpan and hammered dulcimer

One man’s attempt to protect his newspaper from the Taliban

Musical journey continues for Sami Yusuf

The ancient statues on Easter Island inspire a new composition

Da Cruz traces her Brazilian and African musical roots

What’s cooking in a Ramadan kitchen?

The kings of Chigiyo music

Brasiliano in language and in song

FIFA’s no-politics policy challenged by Iran flag lawsuit

French volunteers adopt university students

Spanish former prime minister charged with fraud

For many global soccer fans, the idea of traveling to this summer’s World Cup is unthinkable

Spanish chess whizkid beating pros and politicians alike

Spain taps into immigrant and refugee communities to fill vacant shepherding jobs

Spain’s pistachio production gets a boost

Musical duo ‘Los Sara Fontan’ takes sonic experimenting to the next level

Translating a film’s title is harder than it seems

Beavers are back in Spain after mysterious ‘bombing’

The one village in Spain that didn’t lose power in last April’s blackout

Coffee raves keep the party going — without the hangover

Don’t say climate change

Spain opens program for mass immigrant amnesty

Hyper-realistic baby dolls are gaining popularity in Spain

Spain takes lead as European relations with Israel fray

Turkey thanks Spain for its stance on Iran war — with hair

Robo-monk ordained in South Korea

Working from home just got a new meaning

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Path to top of Mount Everest open again

The latest Polymarket scandal: French weather

‘Planet Earth: You are a crew’

A happy update on a stolen helmet

‘These stories kept coming back to me’: A conversation with novelist Sahar Delijani

Seagulls deterred by ‘googly eyes,’ study finds

Eurovision expands, with a new song contest in Asia

Making matzo with a Jewish food historian in Montreal

UN votes to name trans-Atlantic slave trade ‘the gravest crime against humanity’

A new species has been discovered in Cambodian caves

The latest news from the war on Iran

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Oldest whale sounds recordings could unlock new secrets about the mammals

Melting snow at Winter Paralympics creates dangerous conditions for participants

US-Israel-Iran War update

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Dominican Republic targets Haitian mothers and newborns for deportation

Meteorologists predict an El Niño for the history books

What is a whale fall that comes after the death of sea mammals?

New Zealand to change landmark climate law

Cuba runs out of oil

World Health Organization declares emergency in response to Ebola outbreak

Pakistan’s solar revolution

Heat expected during World Cup raises concerns over climate change and sports

Anti-immigrant sentiment rises in South Africa

US-Israeli war in Iran triggers plastic shortage in Asia

Sir David Attenborough, voice of the planet, turns 100

India cracks down on illegal sand mining

What to know about hantavirus

New report finds high levels of nutrient pollution tied to Norway’s fish farms

Scottish soccer fans aim to skirt World Cup train costs by hiring a fleet of school buses

Big cars take center stage at Beijing Auto Show

Airlines hit by dwindling global jet fuel supplies weigh their financial options

Iran war boosts global EV sales

Pilots call for final say on flying over conflict zones

Chinese EV giant BYD faces ‘forced labor’ investigation at Hungary factory

From gas prices to canceled flights, Iran war sows travel chaos

War in Iran sparks global travel chaos

Canadians remain confident Gordie Howe Bridge will open even as Trump’s threats sow confusion

Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge to Canada

‘GTFO’: The Americans moving overseas in search of a better life

Pope Leo apologizes for Church’s past support for slavery

Use of Patois in Jamaica’s parliament reignites debate about colonial legacy of English

Taiwan is a persistent sticking point in US-China relations

Christopher Nolan’s film ‘The Odyssey’ sparks controversy

Transport workers in Kenya strike over rising cost of fuel

Norway to expand fossil fuel production as countries seek secure energy supply

Trump meets Xi in Beijing to talk tech, Iran and, possibly, Taiwan

Coalition of experts gives more accurate name to condition affecting 1 in 8 women

What a scaled-back Victory Day Parade and growing security concerns say about Putin’s Russia

Territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana related to oil

‘You’re basically in a floating prison’: Uncertainty for 20,000 seafarers stuck in Persian Gulf

In Senegal, concerns mount over impact of anti-LGBTQ laws on HIV treatment

15 years after US killed Bin Laden, al-Qaeda faces steep competition with ISIS

US indicts Mexican governor, alleging ties to Sinaloa Cartel

With war on its doorstep, Iraq taps a political outsider to become prime minister

Coordinated attacks in Mali expose weaknesses of military junta

Iran war deepens divisions among Gulf nations

Global cooperation still hanging on at the International Space Station

Malala Yousafzai discusses radical hate and her Oscar-nominated documentary

Politically, Israel’s conflicts are a ‘ticking time bomb’ for Netanyahu

Ebola spread challenges global preparedness

Raúl Castro indicted by US government

Global leaders continue steady visits to China

Russia stalls in Donbas, as battlefield deadlock deepens

The humanitarian catastrophe the world continues to overlook

New Israeli report finds ‘systemic’ rape central to Oct. 7 attack

Mexicans vanish, and it’s not just criminals who are to blame

Pope Leo XIV’s first year brings ‘extraordinary tension’

‘We have absolutely no eyeballs’ on targeted drug smuggling boats

India’s PM Modi threatens grip on power

Strait of Hormuz: A true chokepoint with no room to spare

Afghans who assisted the US military could be sent to DRC

Top EU court rules Hungary ban on teaching about LBGTQ+ in schools unlawful

Balthvs brings psychedelic funk to Colombia

Bjork song is homage to her native Iceland’s wild fish

Good news: Polar bears are gaining weight

Sexual abuse case against singer Julio Iglesias thrown out of court

Taiwan’s Indigenous Bunun music inspired by natural sounds

Birth of twin mountain gorillas give hope to conservationists

Test your knowledge with The World’s Geo Quiz

FRA!: A mix of music from Ghana

Amadou & Mariam fuse traditional Malian music with rock ’n’ roll

An antidote to K-pop

Terror case against member of Kneecap rap group thrown out

Nepal’s prime minister resigns after 22 killed in protests

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How one man visited every country on Earth without taking a flight

As Canada burns, author of ‘Fire Weather’ sees the nation’s hotter future

Election updates from Romania and Australia

South Korea’s HOA

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Out of Eden Walk: Walking Gangnam Style

Education special: American students abroad and international students in the US

This South Asian superhero film empowers girls on their journey to womanhood

Can endangered languages be saved? This new book may have the answer.

New book taps into the cultural history of eyeliner

Global youth-led march calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels

New UN report says that migrant workers in Canada are experiencing modern-day slavery conditions

New technology may lead to answers about the mythical Loch Ness monster

‘Planet Hip Hop:’ The evolution of Korean rap

Women of organized crime groups profiled in book titled ‘Narcas’

The history of enslavement at Boston’s Freedom Trail sites is beginning to be told

Ongoing clashes and national outcry in Manipur, India

Venezuelan artist uses recycled bottle caps to create large eco-murals

Nursing shortage due to green card delays has the health care industry scrambling

Culture writer explains how getting your nails done became political

China launches new initiatives to combat low birth rates

Liverpool steps in to host Eurovision Song Contest

Human rights groups alarmed by EU-Taliban deportation talks

Boycotts, protests and rule changes rock Eurovision anniversary

British prime minister refuses to resign as party rift widens

Hantavirus cruises toward Spanish islands

US considers reducing troop levels in Europe, alarming allies

Hungary’s Magyar races to unlock EU billions

UK’s King Charles in US for landmark visit as trans-Atlantic relations face strain

What Orbán’s defeat in Hungary signals for Europe’s far-right

Shock and jubilation: After 16 years, Orbán is out

The challenger threatening Europe’s longest-serving leader

Could married men become Catholic priests?

In Vienna, urban design prioritizing gender equality is put to the test

Inside the trial shaking Vienna’s long tolerance for spies

From pensions to pastries: Vienna café supports elderly workers

The International Olympic Committee has banned transgender women from competing in women’s events

Antisemitic attacks growing in Europe

Housing affordability around the world

EU leaders push for de-escalation amid Middle East war

How Vienna beat Europe’s rent crisis

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

Somali community remains on edge in the Twin Cities amid ICE raids

Millions from around the world gather in Iraq for Arbaeen

Native Americans hold National Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving in solidarity with Indigenous struggles around the globe

American students consider work opportunities abroad after graduation

Millions of people in Iraq for Arbaeen

‘Second chance at life’: This rehabilitation center provides mental health care to orphaned children in Iraq

Water shortages impact Iraq anbar rice production

A newly launched news channel in Iraq tries to preserve the ancient Syriac language

Iraq’s signature anbar rice is disappearing amid water shortages

‘The show has to continue’

Trump says he’s paused an attack on Iran as negotiations continue

Report: Gaza’s farming system has collapsed

Iran ramps up executions

How supreme is Iran’s new supreme leader?

Journalist killed in Israeli attack in Lebanon, her colleague recovers from injuries

Iran’s faltering economy is hitting residents hard

Despite a ceasefire in Lebanon, some displaced families are staying put in Beirut

Temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel brings questions and relief

In the Iran war, governments control what we see

The US and Israel wanted the Kurds to help bring down the Iranian government. That didn’t happen.

Iranians react to a shaky ceasefire

A rise in damage to civilian infrastructure in Iran raises alarms

The use of street cameras in war

More civilian casualties come to light from a strike that hit a sports hall killing children in southern Iran

While we talk about warring factions, it’s the people on the ground who get hurt

Cuba’s hidden business empire faces US sanctions

Venezuela’s socialist revolution faces a reckoning

How a meetup in Mexico became a media spectacle

Mexico City’s sonidero parties break social barriers

Mexico plans to reform its healthcare system — but can it deliver?

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

Shooting in Mexico puts focus on safety ahead of the World Cup

Venezuela bets on mining — can it attract investors?

Mexico reopens Azteca Stadium ahead of 2026 World Cup

Cuba’s crisis, as told through Cuban voices

Housing affordability around the world

A housing market in Venezuela rebounds, driven by hope

After El Mencho’s death, what’s next for Mexico’s most powerful cartel?

A surge of AI fakes and misinformation online