Global Health

Mumbai's Juhu beach is strewn with trash at low tide during monsoon season. Floodwaters flush garbage out of the city and into the Arabian Sea. As tides ebb, beaches are blanketed in trash, much of it plastic.

An Indian State Bans Plastic Bags, Straws And More. Will It Work?

3:35pm July 09, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

In Mumbai, beaches are strewn with plastic trash, so now there's a ban on plastics — and penalties for violators. But there are some exceptions.

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U.S. Tries To Derail WHO Resolution Endorsing Breastfeeding

11:55am July 09, 2018

David Greene talks to Patti Rundall, of the British advocacy group Baby Milk Action, about a resolution that was expected to be approved by delegates at the U.N.-affiliated World Health Assembly.

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Ville Fantome. This construction has the largest footprint of the artist's cityscape dioramas. The skyscrapers represent different countries. For instance, the gold-and-silver tower is emblazoned with USA.

The Joyful Cities Of Bodys Isek Kingelez

7:00am July 08, 2018

by Diane Cole

Using everything from soda cans to matchboxes, the Congolese artist crafted utopian dioramas, now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Elizabeth Nyakoda holds her 10-month-old daughter at a feeding center for children in South Sudan.

'Unimaginable' Suffering In South Sudan. Is There Any Hope?

3:02pm July 05, 2018

by Joanne Lu

That's how the U.N. aid chief characterizes the situation. A cease-fire that could bring improvements was signed last week — and violated within hours.

George Mwinnyaa on his visit to the slave castle at Cape Coast in his homeland of Ghana. The door leads to the cells where captives who were resistant were held prior to being sent over the ocean as slaves.

Opinion: What Zora Neale Hurston's Best-Seller Taught This African About Slavery

3:34pm July 04, 2018

by George Mwinnya

The author grew up in Ghana and had certain impressions of what happened during the slave era. And then he read Barracoon.

Armenian artist Ruben Malayan stands in front of a poster at his booth at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.

Why Writing The Word 'Freedom' Is More Powerful Than Typing It

7:32pm July 03, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

Artist Ruben Malayan is bringing the ancient art of Armenian calligraphy into the mainstream.

An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide would lead to a decrease in the nutritional content of many foods, such as rice, seen here growing in Malaysia.

Health & Safety

How More Carbon Dioxide In The Air Could Lead To More Human Disease

4:02pm July 03, 2018

by Paul Chisholm

Nutrients in crops fall as carbon dioxide rises. People who don't get enough of the right nutrients are more likely to get sick. Researchers have now estimated the effects.