National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has covered a lot of ground: some 14-thousand miles — on foot — through 21 ...

There’s a showdown unfolding in Paris over who owns the streets. Residents recently voted in favor of banning cars from 500 roadways. The plan is to open them up to pedestrians, cyclists and new green ...

A meningitis outbreak is sweeping through Ghana’s Upper West region, exposing a struggling health care system. With ...

Denmark is taking a wrecking ball to people’s homes in neighborhoods where the government feels residents don’t share “Danish ...

Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals scored his 895th career goal this weekend. That put the 39-year-old superstar ...

Late last year ,authorities in Jamaica updated the geographical indicator designation for Jamaican rum, barring products that are aged overseas from receiving the label. Now, National Rums of Jamaica ...

Three officials in Iran have been fired after deploying an emergency helicopter to dry out a soccer field flooded with rain. Their idea DID work, though. The field was dry in time for the game. The ...

Uganda is known for bananas. The tropical fruit grows there, and it’s also a major culinary staple in the country. But banana growers in Uganda struggle to make a living, because of a bumper crop — ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has traveled — on foot — through 21 countries, in a walk that’s taken eleven years so far. Traveling at a human speed has given him glimpses of things people ...

Dissent, in the form of activism or journalism, is stifled in Cambodia. But artists there are finding subtle ways to tackle controversial topics, from environmental devastation to rapid urbanization.

The podcast “Things That Go Boom” tells the tale of one man in Europe who helped gun-rights advocates get around firearms restrictions on their continent by circulating instructions for printing 3D ...

Rescuers in the Dominican Republic are digging through rubble, looking for survivors, after a tragedy at a nightclub. The Jet Set music club in Santo Domingo was packed when the entire roof caved in, ...