The protest movement in Ukraine appears to be gaining steam

Why some South Koreans want to look like Barbie — or Warren Buffett

A National Geographic photographer tries to save endangered tigers through his photos

An execution in Texas has stirred rage in Mexico

Can culture trump the sound of Kalashnikovs in Marseille?

Can you name the place where 2 of my favorite treats, palatschinken and palinkas, are from?

Questions remain about the web crash in China, one of the biggest internet failures ever

Music Heard on Air for January 23, 2014

There’s a reason the Sochi Olympics are called ‘Putin’s Games’

The UN is playing my son’s video game

Why I have good reason to worry when I go to the World Cup in Brazil

A Chinese filmmaker points his camera at the darkest moments in Communist Party history

They were married in the morning, now this couple makes their first Buddhist offering together