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The Panama Canal is an engineering marvel. But a modern effort to save the critical waterway amid droughts could exact a high human toll. 

Progress roundup: Monarchs doubled in population in Mexico; less drought helped. In South Sudan, a forgotten coffee variety offers climate r...

The owner of a popular pit stop in Ozar, India, keeps her business stacked with books that are free for the browsing.

American investors have scooped up soccer clubs across the English leagues in recent years. It’s paid off this year as U.S. owners sweep the...

India and Pakistan are at daggers drawn again, and among the families living close to the de facto border their tensions are fueling new fea...

In February, rebels conquered eastern Congo’s largest city, forcing displaced people sheltering there to return to homes in the middle of a...

Australia’s prime minister was the first to be reelected in more than two decades. Some credit Donald Trump with his victory. 

How Germany processes its Nazi history is an increasingly pressing concern. For many, the question is how to move on without forgetting the...

During war, empathy can be elusive. But the growing number of children in Gaza who have been killed is prompting a moral reckoning for some...

President Trump has turned his back on Washington’s global leadership role, leaving other countries seeking new ways to attract his attentio...

Citing the Quran and emphasizing religious duty, Indonesia’s “Green Islam” movement teaches Muslims to be better stewards of the Earth.

Jordan has heralded itself as a bulwark of peace in the Middle East. But the cost of avoiding a proxy war has sparked a political crisis at...

As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can also govern. 

Gaza journalists reporting on the war in their homeland often find themselves accused by Israel of ties to Hamas, and the targets of airstri...

In the past, most of Ukrainian life was conducted in the Russian tongue. After three years of war, Ukrainians are also fighting for their la...

Nima Rinji Sherpa is the youngest person to summit the world’s 14 mountains higher than 8,000 meters – and an advocate for young climbers. 

Last week’s deadly strikes on Kyiv show a shift in Russian strategy: to try to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses as U.S. materiel support ebb...

Nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran this weekend signal a joint readiness to push for diplomacy instead of war.

India blames Pakistan for an attack on its tourists and threatens to disrupt Pakistani water supplies. Islamabad says that move would be an...

Progress roundup: Grafting revives cacao trees, reforms in Fiji strengthen democracy, and New Zealand commits to pest eradication on three i...

Police said Sunday that the suspect has a history of mental health issues. Eleven people were killed and dozens of others injured as the ram...

President Donald Trump is expressing skepticism that a peace deal is in reach, only a day after saying Kyiv and Moscow were “very close to a...

Moscow and Washington seem close to an agreement on a Ukraine peace plan, leaving Russia pleased – even if the talks don’t pan out.

U.S. and Chinese tariffs on each other’s goods have stifled trade. The first to suffer are factory workers, wholesalers, shippers, and dockw...

Pierre Poilievre is a long shot to be Canada’s next prime minister. He wants to show that conservatism has the solution to deal with Donald...