World Story of the Day

Soccer Fans In Latin America React To FIFA Corruption Charges

7:11pm May 27, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Several of those indicted on corruption charges were from Latin America or the Caribbean. Most people from Brazil, the country that just hosted the World Cup, see the soccer leadership as corrupt.

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Love — And Legalization — Is In The Eire For Irish Same-Sex Couples

9:49pm May 23, 2015

Ireland voted today to legalize same-sex marriage, making it the first country to do so by popular vote. NPR's Arun Rath talks to Irish journalist Daniel McConnell about the results.

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American Ky Adderley (center) with his wife, Shanna Farrar Adderley, and their daughter, Gisela Sky, live in Brazil. He says being an educated black man feels like a subversive act in Brazil. "All the blacks that I see are in service jobs, and the darker

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Expats Find Brazil's Reputation For Race-Blindness Is Undone By Reality

11:48am May 23, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Brazil is touted as one of the most racially harmonious places in the world, but people of color who move there say they are surprised at the degree of discrimination they face based on skin color.

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A grandmother and her grandson sit on the belongings that they have salvaged from their collapsed homes on April 29, 2015 in Bhaktapur, Nepal.

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Show Us The Aid: Anger In An Ancient Nepali Town

4:18pm May 22, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

Earthquake victims in Bhaktapur need food, water and shelter. They assert that the government is not delivering.

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This aerial view shows the effects of gold mining on Peru's rain forest.

Who Did This To Peru's Jungle?

3:53pm May 17, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

When the price of gold skyrocketed, illegal miners flooded into the country's Amazon basin, eager to find even the tiniest bits of the precious metal. Trees and villagers have paid a price.

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Venice's Gondoliers Make Room For Wheelchairs

11:23am May 16, 2015

by Christopher Livesay

A group of gondoliers in Venice have banded together to come up with a way for people in wheelchairs to enjoy that most Venetian of experiences.

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A boot-drying rack sits empty at the Ministry of Defense Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia.

What Should Liberia Do With Its Empty Ebola Treatment Units?

6:58pm May 15, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

Now that Liberia is Ebola-free, it has to figure out what to do with 21 Ebola treatment units built during the outbreak.

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Ayelet Shaked of the right-wing Jewish Home party, shown here on May 6, is Israel's new justice minister. During her two years in parliament, she called for bringing more conservative judges to Israel's highest court.

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Why Everyone's Talking About Israel's New Justice Minister

3:33pm May 15, 2015

by Emily Harris

Ayelet Shaked is a secular Jew who belongs to a religious party closely tied to West Bank settlers. She's faced criticism for controversial statements about Palestinians.

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Nouf al-Mazrou, with the red head scarf in the center, runs a barbeque catering business from her home in the Saudi capital Riyadh. She's shown here at a gathering of Saudi women who have launched businesses on Instagram. The event was held at a private g

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Saudi Women Can't Drive To Work; So They're Flocking To The Internet

9:19pm May 14, 2015

by Deborah Amos

With so many restrictions on their movements, it has never been easy for Saudi women to join the workforce. But the Internet has opened up a new range of opportunities to work from home.

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Joe Tapera, 35, came to South Africa from Zimbabwe eight years ago and worked as an electrician until last month, when he was threatened by men wielding machetes. He's now living in a camp for displaced foreign workers.

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Stuck In Camps, Afraid For Their Lives: Where Should They Go?

5:09pm May 12, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

They came to South Africa for jobs and to escape from conflicts. In March they were attacked with machetes and angry words. Now 500 foreign workers are stuck in a tent city outside Durban.

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