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Southeastern and southwestern Australia have experienced some of the country’s most severe rainy season droughts over the last two decades (L). These are also some of the country’s most productive agricultural regions (R).
Environment
Faced with dire climate change, denial may actually help Australian farmers cope
A fireman climbs down from his truck as a bushfire approaches a town outside of of Melbourne, Australia in February, 2009. Officials blamed the dozens of blazes across the country five years ago on a "once in a century" heatwave. With climate change incre
Health & Medicine
Australians aim to build psychological resilience in the face of a changing climate
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s what we lost when we stopped writing letters
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s what we lost when we stopped writing letters
Kate Mitchell undergoes a cesarean section
Health & Medicine
Why are Cesarean sections so common when most agree they shouldn’t be?
Environment
It’s puny, it’s purple, it’s Putnisite. So where was the new mineral discovered?
A man weeps with parents of kidnapped school girls abducted by Islamist militants. Some 230 girls are still missing, a much higher figure than authorities originally said had been kidnapped.
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians fear kidnapped school girls have been taken abroad
A member of Kurdish security forces casts her ballot inside a polling station during early voting for the parliamentary election in Irbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region, on April 28, 2014.
Global Politics
Iraq is holding parliamentary elections in spite of horrific violence
A member of Kurdish security forces casts her ballot inside a polling station during early voting for the parliamentary election in Irbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region, on April 28, 2014.
Global Politics
Iraq is holding parliamentary elections in spite of horrific violence
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Rosneft President and close adviser Igor Sechin. Sechin is said to be the second most powerful man in Russia.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Russia’s second most powerful man becomes the target of new US sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Rosneft President and close adviser Igor Sechin. Sechin is said to be the second most powerful man in Russia.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Russia’s second most powerful man becomes the target of new US sanctions
Valparaiso fire
Lifestyle & Belief
The Chilean city of Valparaiso is prone to natural disasters. It’s also where this poet left her heart
Valparaiso fire
Lifestyle & Belief
The Chilean city of Valparaiso is prone to natural disasters. It’s also where this poet left her heart
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for April 29, 2014
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for April 29, 2014
Arts, Culture & Media
The history of invisible ink is finally out in the open
Arts, Culture & Media
The history of invisible ink is finally out in the open
Health & Medicine
California takes a cue from Europe and considers tough rules to limit the spread of antibiotic-resistant bugs
A man sits amid debris after an apparently random air attack by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in Aleppo earlier this week. The civil war has no end in sight.
Conflict & Justice
Three reasons why Syria’s civil war has no end in sight
Tottenham Hotspur
Sports
Why do fans still get away with chanting Tottenham Hotspur’s racist nickname?
Dr. Terrie Taylor examines a child in the malaria ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.
Health & Medicine
An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malaria