The Amazon used to be a hedge against climate change. Those days may be over.

It may be getting harder for Puerto Rico’s national forest to recover from storms

The US imprisoned Japanese Peruvians in Texas, then said they entered ‘illegally’

John Kerry: ‘It is a dangerous time’

If the Greenland ice sheet melts, what happens to New York City? This reporter went to find out.

This Canadian TV show wants to address racism. Some Indigenous people say it’s doing more harm than good.

In a California elementary school, parents have a classroom of their own

Is acupuncture a viable alternative to opioids for patients in pain?

‘I lost my right to vote before I ever had the right to vote’

One winner from the Inter-Korean summits? Cold noodle soup.

‘Transgender women are women,’ organizers say after controversy over women-only pond in London

Violence drives increasing numbers of Nicaraguans to the US

Iowans get a giant ad from China in their Sunday newspaper

In Canada, some doctors are prescribing heroin to treat heroin addiction

In Vancouver, people who use drugs are supervising injections and reversing overdoses

Documentaries capture the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Ricans’ health

Fatoumata Diawara’s latest single ‘Bonya’ will inspire you to jump around the room

This Kyrgyz singer is getting death threats after releasing a music video and a song about women’s rights

Russia-Turkey agreement provides inkling of hope to Syrians in Idlib

This Puerto Rican town rebuilt after Maria but it’s still not ready for another storm

An ad targeting world leaders, delivered on a big red bus

A year after quake shattered their home and lives, this family rebuilds

Puerto Rico’s eroding beaches spell trouble for coastal dwellers

Germany’s anti-immigrant AfD party looks to make inroads in the country’s villages

Hear these voices from the front lines of climate change

She’s one of the Syrian refugee ‘hero swimmer’ sisters. Now, she’s in a Greek prison.

In limbo, some families in the US with H-1B visas begin to make other plans

California emerges as a leader at climate summit

Canada says the Sinixt tribe is extinct. The tribe’s American descendants disagree.

Kathy Kriger transformed an old, Moroccan ‘riad’ into a destination

Abandoned and in decay, one of Detroit’s iconic ruins is slowly being revived

Detroit welcomes immigrants to spur the city’s revival

Scientists say 25 years left to fight climate change

Advocates worry about ‘assembly-line justice’ as video replaces some court hearings

Before hurricane season began, feds moved $10 million from FEMA to ICE

The future of wellbeing: A conversation with Deepak Chopra

For these girls in Morocco, a tech camp presents a rare opportunity to pursue their career dreams

Ontario debates what kids should learn about sex in school

China’s crackdown on Xinjiang’s Uighur Muslims draws international concern

A new book tries to help more Americans understand what it’s really like at war in Iraq and Afghanistan

Researchers explore a pesticide link to asthma in farmworkers’ children

A year after Maria, Puerto Rican college students find home – on the island and off

One year later, a family affected by Harvey is still trying to put pieces back together

Trump’s NAFTA revisions — designed to help the US auto industry — could have the opposite impact