World News Health & Safety Rohingya Refugees Deeply Skeptical About Repatriation Plan 11:01pm January 21, 2018 by Jason Beaubien Bangladesh, which has taken in more than 650,000 refugees, hopes to start sending them back to Myanmar this week – but only if they agree to go.
World News Health & Safety 'The Crown' Says One Dance Changed History. The Truth Isn't So Simple 7:00am January 21, 2018 by Tim McDonnell What the Netflix show gets right — and wrong — about Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ghana in 1961.
World News Health & Safety A Drone's Eye View Of The World: Hippos, Palm Trees, Motor Scooters 7:00am January 20, 2018 by Diane Cole Here are a few of the winners from the 4th International Drone Photography Contest.
World News Health & Safety What Today's Headlines About Famine Get Wrong 3:23pm January 19, 2018 by Nurith Aizenman Maybe you've heard that world hunger is at crisis levels — and climate change is largely to blame. A new book argues otherwise.
World News National Economy Health & Safety What's The Best Way To Help Refugees Land A Job? 5:39pm January 18, 2018 by Courtney Columbus Stanford University's Immigration Policy Lab has created an algorithm to predict where a refugee has the best chance of finding employment.
Science Health & Safety That Smells Like ... Um, I Can't Think Of A Word For It! 4:36pm January 18, 2018 by Angus Chen A new study looks at the way we identify smells. English speakers kind of stink at it. But that's not the case in every language.
World News National Health & Safety U.N. Head Lists His Top Global Concerns For 2018 4:06pm January 17, 2018 by Malaka Gharib The new secretary-general hoped to make 2017 a year of peace. But in a speech yesterday, he said that the world had gone in the "reverse" direction.
World News Health & Safety Are Photos Of 'Beautiful' Africa The Best Response To Trump's Vulgar Slur? 3:21pm January 17, 2018 by Joanne Lu The online backlash to the president's alleged insult was a wave of photos highlighting the positive side of places he mentioned. Now there is a backlash to the backlash.
World News National Health & Safety We Asked, You Answered: What Shaped Trump's View Of Poor Countries? 5:53pm January 16, 2018 by Malaka Gharib Is it fair to make a connection between the president's comments and the way aid groups and the media portray poverty? Our readers weigh in.
Health & Safety A Mom Fights To Get An Education For Her Deaf Daughters 7:00am January 14, 2018 by Kate Petcosky-Kulkarni There were no schools for the deaf near her village in India. And she had to stand up to the bias against deafness — and the use of sign language.