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At a time when podcasts, e-books, and smartphones are blossoming, old-fashioned books are still popular in the United States. That is why tiny free libraries, where people exchange books, are sprouting up across the nation to help book lovers
The power of song can heal the hearts and bring people together. A girls’ chorus named Pihcintu sings to do just that. Most members are from war-torn countries and refugee camps around the world. Together they sing as one and spread message of hope
Extracting venom from snakes, scorpions and other venomous animals has become a lucrative business for some. The number of companies producing venom for antidotes has dropped and the demand has risen. Two businessmen in Herat
As Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters vow to keep up their fight, churches remain on the front lines. Christian groups hold regular public gatherings and sing hymns at demonstrations, both as a way to protest and to de-escalate clashes between police and more aggressive protesters
Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst power shortage in years, forcing many workers onto the night shift, the only time when electricity is reliable. As Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, the government blames the shortage on businesses and industries for not paying their power bill
Anthropologists know that humans migrated to Europe out of Africa thousands of years ago. But it’s been hard to get a firm date on when and how or even why. Now, thanks to new technology, some old bones may help scientists narrow down the “when” of human migration
Courses in Islamic studies are being offered at many colleges and universities in the United States. And it’s not just Muslims signing up for those classes
After teaching high school math for years, Ginger Flesher-Sonnier decided she wanted a change. So she decided to open an adult funhouse of sorts known as an escape room, in which a group of people go into a special room and have to work as a team to solve a mystery within a set time period to “escape.”
South Africa’s Freedom Front Plus party, whose aim is to establish a white homeland in this majority black country, surprised political observers by winning ten parliamentary seats in the May elections
Former NHL hockey player John Miszuk returned to his birthplace in Naliboki, Belarus, more than seven decades after his family was driven out during World War II. After spending part of his childhood in forced labor and refugee camps, Miszuk emigrated to Canada and started his remarkable journey to the NHL