Japan awakens for the global art market

The number of Americans studying in China is a fraction of what it once was

‘This is a whale nursery’: The Day of the Right Whale in southern Brazil

‘I’m not finished’: Badminton’s Beiwen Zhang wants gold in the final Olympics of her decadeslong career

Baltics and NATO allies learn from war in Ukraine

Counting the civilian death toll in Gaza

Venezuelans head to the polls on Sunday with many hoping for a change in leadership

Episode 7: Verdict

Out of Eden Walk: On foot across northern India

Israeli PM Netanyahu defends the war in Gaza on Capitol Hill 

Japan’s oldest village tries to attract new, younger residents

Rebeca Andrade leads Brazil’s women’s gymnastics team to the Olympics

The enduring harvest of the ‘Tears of Chios’

Brazilian table tennis star headed to Olympics and Paralympics

Media outlets in Russia react to Biden dropping out of US presidential race

New project seeks to solve housing crisis using mushroom byproduct and troublesome weed

Out of the closet, out of care: LGBTQ communities in Malawi struggle to access health care

Students in Bangladesh call for leadership change as protests against quota system turn violent

Episode 6: Woman from the CIA

Motorcycle taxis are increasingly being driven by women in Uganda

Wall Street Journal reporter sentenced to 16-year prison term in Russia

‘Our community is terrified’: A faith leader talks about what it means to be a Palestinian Christian in the US

US authorities arrest a former Syrian official in Los Angeles

Millions of Venezuelans living abroad will be unable to vote in upcoming presidential election

‘I will probably never be able to go home again’: Russian American journalist Masha Gessen on their Moscow court conviction 

For many across the globe, the US’ ‘beacon’ of democracy dims

‘Nowhere in Gaza is safe,’ aid worker says

Syrians in Cyprus live in limbo as government pauses asylum process

The struggle to get aid into Gaza

Closing the Darién Gap with a barbed-wire fence

Out of Eden Walk: Food to power a walk around the world

How much change can reformist President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian bring to Iran?

Meet Barcelona’s pigeon super-feeders

NATO’s complex history of eastward expansion

Meet Antibot4Navalny: the mysterious researchers exposing Russia’s war on truth

France sets its sights on the gold medal in blind football at the Paris Paralympics 

An ancient Yemenite delicacy is passed down through generations

Syrian refugees in Lebanon face growing restrictions and deportation

The left defies expectations in French elections

‘It so clearly discriminates against Muslims’: India rolls out faith-based test for citizenship

Eritrean cyclist makes Tour de France history

Russian athletes deemed ‘neutral’ for Paris Summer Olympic Games

An abandoned hotel in southern Lebanon has become a sanctuary for dozens of displaced families

As winter arrives in the southern hemisphere, Brazilians celebrate ‘June Festivals’

Border communities remain nervous as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies

Climate change could retrigger trauma in Sri Lanka

US ambassador to UN calls for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Sudan

Panama has relocated islanders affected by rising sea levels — and says many more villages also need to be moved

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks free

‘We all want to live a normal life’: Students at this Ukrainian school look toward a future past the war

As Hezbollah buries its fighters, supporters say they are defiant