National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek was thousands of miles into his Out of Eden Walk when he had to pause his journey ...

Ted Ngoy is a bit of a legend in the donut world; in the 1970s, he escaped Cambodia’s communist Khmer Rouge and made his way to Southern California. Over the next decade, he earned the nickname “The ...

Heathrow, one of the world’s largest airports, has shut down after a fire broke out Thursday night at an electric substation, effectively knocking out the airport’s power. We hear about the potential ...

Germany’s Legislature approved debt reforms in hopes that it will give its sluggish economy a shot in the arm. It’s a reversal of nearly two decades of restrictive borrowing policy known as the ...

The world’s top producer of natural mineral water is struggling to keep its sources clean of contaminants, from pesticides to bacteria to animal fecal matter. If it filters its water it loses its ...

Hundreds of people gathered in Srinigar, Indian-administered Kashmir, on Friday, for a leech therapy clinic. Friday is the start of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, and it is traditionally believed that ...

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who tried to take over Sudan in a surprise attack on Khartoum almost two years ago, made the presidential palace one of their first objectives. During the ...

Yemeni coffee shops have been opening up across the US for years. But this past year, they’ve really taken New York City by storm with shops opening across the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and ...

Lego posted it’s yearly profits in March. They achieved record revenue in a year that was hard on the toy industry as a whole. The reason? Adults. Lego is luring adult builders who are willing to ...

How does a country rebuild a democracy? It’s a question the Polish government under Donald Tusk has been trying to tackle for over a year now. For eight years, the previous administration filled the ...

People are marking the beginning of spring with unique rituals and celebrations. Host Carol Hills looks at some traditions around the globe, from solstice songs, to scrambled eggs to newborn lambs.

Ever since Latvia authorized its border guards to use "physical force" to prevent irregular border crossings from Belarus in ...