Europe’s new border fence is leaking

A newer, slower melting ice cream cone is coming soon

Is America’s newest frontier in the Arctic?

Jersey City is putting residents’ lives in their neighbors’ hands

Germany takes in war refugees, but not migrants fleeing poverty

Japanese anti-war protesters take to the streets, but they’re not likely to win this battle

This French chef says Katrina changed his life, perhaps for the better

These young Mexican women artists are speaking up

Marco Werman: It’s about the flood, not the storm

For animals and their humans, love speeds the post-quake recovery in Nepal

How South Korea became the first country to start international adoptions

If an athlete gets run over by a Segway, are they insured?

While migrants die and Europe drags its feet, smugglers continue to make a buck

Memo to Trump: This is what mass deportation looks like

Saudi singer: People say, ‘I hope you die, I hope you burn in hell, you’re a slut.’

When was the last time Yemen had a government?

‘Bemusement’ on the beach: Welcome to Dismaland.

Take air. Suck out CO2. Make fuel. A lab advance hints at a future for artificial photosynthesis

In troubled China, digital media outlets went big on the Virginia shooting

The so-called dangerous places of Paris are actually great spots to get baguettes

How do you talk about a gunman who wants to go viral (and knows how)?

What if you found out you had an identical twin?

The Muslim who leads a branch of a Jewish lobbying group

For me, there’s no shock at ‘America’s first social media murder’

Is an artificial tree part of the solution to climate change? These guys think so.

Resilience: This Boston Marathon bombing survivor could teach a course on it

Before selfie sticks, there was this polar bear in Germany

After-school program is putting family first to get students into college

In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water

The question Jorge Ramos tried to ask — and why more reporters should ask it, too

Chinese drivers love Buicks, and that’s why GM is concerned about their economy

Update: Virginia police order BBC journalists to delete footage of suspected shooter’s crash

Most Bangladeshi garment workers are women, but their union leaders weren’t. Until now.

The Next Big Thing in protein will likely make you squirm

Lebanon’s trash is piling up on the streets — and that’s not the only thing there that stinks

Don’t call the protests in Guatemala the ‘Central American Spring.’ No one likes hyperbole.

This is why Brazil is worried about China’s shaky economy

Why is lime flavor suddenly everywhere?

He escaped Syria and now just wants to forget that treacherous boat journey

Why an anime character can be openly gay in Japan, but you can’t

Subhi Nahas never felt safe as a gay man in Syria — and then ISIS took over his hometown

As the Pope’s US visit nears, these fourth-graders prep their questions

Mammoth tusks are serving as a cover for illegal traffic in modern day elephant ivory

After killing an old man, ISIS goes after the art he loved

Norway has a secret weapon to deal with falling oil prices

After ‘Black Monday,’ why Americans shouldn’t worry, but Chinese should (Updated)

Should you be ready to go against AK-47-wielding attackers?

5 stories to make you smile and think

The Harry Potter of China wins English language sci-fi award

Reimagining ‘Alice in Wonderland’ as a hip-hop opera

Japan is home to the world’s oldest population — and the world’s oldest man

A decade after Katrina, one researcher looks for global lessons in its aftermath

Humans kill adult animals much more than other predators, are in fact ‘super predators’

How a rugby superstar is taking on the NFL

In photos: A view of America from the tracks

Why Canada has to import much of its sperm from the US

For this expat, moving back to Brazil wasn’t all sunshine and samba

Greece’s prime minister has resigned — after only seven months in office

Jimmy Carter: ‘I would like the last Guinea worm to die before I do’

The white supremacists lining up behind Trump