Competitive climbing has grown in Latin America, especially after becoming an Olympic sport in 2020. Colombia, a prime ...

You gotta try the local cuisine” — that's the advice given to any traveler headed beyond their own borders. National ...

Husseini, died in February in Portugal. Host Marco Werman spoke with Daryoush Mohammad Pour, an associate professor at the Institute for Ismaili Studies in the UK, about the Aga Khan’s life and legacy ...

The Christmas season is usually busy for artisans in Indian-controlled Kashmir, who make Christmas ornaments to sell ...

This special show takes a look back at some important and influential people who passed away in 2025, leaving behind their legacies. They include Pope Francis, Kenyan politician Raila Odinga, the ...

Self-driving cars and electric vehicles tend to dominate global headlines, but some of the most consequential innovations in ...

Yaroslav Simkiv has played the trumpet for over 50 years. But these days, Simkiv has taken on a serious role — bidding a musical farewell to Ukraine’s fallen soldiers. From Lviv, Emily Johnson reports ...

He was a top KGB officer who was disillusioned with the Soviet Union. From there, Oleg Gordievsky was recruited by MI6 and became one of the West’s most important double agents. Writer Ben Macintyre ...

Sofia Neves, a reporter at the Portuguese daily newspaper PÚBLICO, joins The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler to discuss the ...

Following the death of Sir Geoff Palmer in June at age 85, tributes poured in from the worlds of brewing, academia and human rights advocacy. Born in Jamaica, Palmer arrived in the UK as a child of ...

Revered Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga died in October at the age of 80. He played a pivotal role in institutionalizing multiparty democracy and shaping Kenya’s constitution. But he was also ...

For nearly six decades, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s writings chronicled the story of Kenya, from colonial rule to troubled democracy. The giant of African literature died in May at age 87. He spent time in ...