Departure board on display at Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Technology

Those 'flapping' Solari boards at US train stations are leaving the terminal

Stockholm's highly-efficient subway system. Trains are known for running frequently and on time. They have large ridership but are not overly crowded because of the frequency of the trains. 

Economics

US transportation is so far behind Sweden's it's not even funny

Arts, Culture & Media

Poems of the Hobo Road

People and rescue teams try to reach trapped residents inside collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.

Natural disasters

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 2,300

Kiribati Minister of Justice, Hon Takarabu Tofinga, speaks at a panel discussion on climate security in the Pacific, in the Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion of the COP27 UN Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.

Global Politics

Kiribati rejoins collective of Pacific Island states after ‘crisis’ withdrawal period

Irish singer-songwriter Dani Larkin navigates a troubled border with song 

Men remove debris as they search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.

After deadly quake in Turkey, rescue teams struggle to help amid frigid temps

‘There were screams everywhere’: Residents of northwest Syria grapple with quake aftermath

The Sagrada Familia, with its incomplete Glory facade, faces an apartment complex that could get demolished if construction plans go through. 

Development

Barcelona residents in limbo over Sagrada Familía construction plans

French Barkhane force soldiers who wrapped up a four-month tour of duty in the Sahel board a US Air Force C130 transport plane, leave their base in Gao, Mali, Wednesday June 9, 2021. 

Critical State

Trust the process: Part II

Firefighters and rescue teams search for people in a destroyed building, in Adana, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. 

How to support relief efforts in Turkey and Syria after deadly quakes

People carrying lanterns watch the sky at night during the annual Perseid meteor shower in El Escorial, outside Madrid, Aug. 13, 2015.

Science & Technology

This Senegalese astronomer is helping NASA measure asteroids in space

The geology behind the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

A magnetically levitating (maglev) train operated by Central Japan Railway

How to bring high-speed trains to the US

A migrant sits on her bags while waiting for a train in Presevo, Serbia.

Justice

No bathrooms. No heat. Aboard the decrepit refugee 'cattle cars.'

trains

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