Brazilian musician Laíz grew up in a conservative, religious household in Sao Paulo. Music wasn’t exactly banned at home, but it fell into two ‘safe’ categories — Phil Collins and Bach. It was only ...

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a defiant speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York. He said the Israeli military will do what it needs to do to degrade Hezbollah in ...

The UN Food and Agriculture organization says that in the next 25 years, salinity will affect more than half of the arable land around the globe. Growers in regions where the soil has gotten too salty ...

Japan’s ruling LDP party has selected Shigero Ishiba as its leader, paving the way for him to become the county’s next prime minister. The former defense minister, a centrist, unexpectedly beat out a ...

A series of massive explosions shook south Beirut on Friday afternoon, leaving questions about whether this was an attempted assassination of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The World’s Shirin ...

According to a new study, at least 3,600 chemicals come into contact with food in packaging, kitchenware and food processing equipment in the US. Those chemicals are now also showing up in human ...

Dozens of people are being tried in a court in Kenya’s Mombasa county for the massacre of hundreds of people last year. The deadly event centers around the Goodnews Church. Victims and prosecutors say ...

Paraguay is the only country in Latin America that has found a way to preserve and protect the official status of an Indigenous language — Guarani — alongside Spanish. Most Paraguayans speak Guaraní ...

The past couple of weeks have been deadly in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa. More than 100 people have been killed or gone missing since Sept. 9, when rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy continued pushing for more US support this week. A day after meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Zelenskiy met with Donald Trump, ...

Alexander Smalls helped curate the book. The James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur joined The World’s host Marco ...

The Belarus Free Theatre has been banned by its country's government, so the company is making plays in exile. The troupe's ...