The Nehr-i-Khayyam drainage ditch in Karachi, Pakistan, where sewage and trash collect and can impede the flow of stormwater.

Climate Change

'The system is broken': At COP27, developing countries push for more money to adapt to climate change

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia on April 25, 2019. 

Ukraine

North Korea-Russia relations are warming up amid war in Ukraine

Jorge Drexler poses in the press room with his Grammys at the 23rd annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Michelob Ultra Arena on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Las Vegas. 

Music

Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler wins big at Latin Grammy Awards

A giant inflatable copy of the trophy is displayed prior to the start of the World Cup group A soccer match between Qatar and Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Nov. 20, 2022.

Sports

Qatar opens World Cup with lavish half-hour ceremony

Investigators look for answers after Russian forces buried more than 400 bodies in a mass grave in Ukraine

This address is listed on an official police website back in China as an “Overseas Police Service Center,” but the locale appears abandoned. 

Global Politics

China has a police network that stretches across some 30 countries, NGO says

Brazil’s yellow-and-green soccer jersey stirs up controversy

Lionel Messi’s last shot at World Cup glory

After the discovery of commercial quantities of oil in 2006, Hoima, Uganda, is being referred to as “Oil City,” Hoima, Uganda, November 2022.

Energy

Why African countries like Uganda are investing in fossil fuels

Surf's up!: Riding the world's largest waves in Portugal's Nazaré 

Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh are the women behind the new podcast: Good Muslim/Bad Muslim.

Culture

How to eat pork, drink booze and be a 'good' Muslim

Zahra Noorbakhsh is one of the creators of the podcast GoodMuslim/BadMuslim

Conflict

#GoodMuslimBadMuslim host ponders Washington's pact with Tehran and asks: When can we go home? 

Zahra Noorbakhsh

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