Comiket is the world's largest comic festival. Twice a year, more than 300,000 comic enthusiasts from around the world travel ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells Host Carolyn Beeler about walking the modern Silk Roads through Asia and into ...

Ocean energy technologies are catching up to wind and solar power. By 2050, Europe aims to tap 100 gigawatts of electricity ...

Ukrainians are showing support to their president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following a deterioration of diplomacy at the White House on Friday. And Mexico argues that US gun companies are partially ...

This week, the US Supreme Court will hear a case that places some blame for cartel violence in Mexico on gunmakers in the US. The Mexican government argues that the firearm industry enables the ...

Since July 2024, when Masoud Pezeshkian became Iran’s new president, Iran’s currency, the rial, has lost about 60% of it’s value. Parliament voted on Sunday to fire the economy minister. Pezeshkian ...

In the early 1900s, Brighton, England, was full of electric trams. But at the start of World War II, they were scrapped for the war effort. All of the trams were lost — or so historians thought. Then ...

Last Friday, a 10-year-old boy became the youngest-ever person to give a speech in the UK’s House of Commons. The boy, Owen Glass, traveled thousands of miles from his home on Tristan da Cunha to ...

Filmmakers from Latvia, the Palestinian territories, Brazil and more took home some of the top prizes at the Oscars last night. The World’s Bianca Hillier takes a closer look at the international ...

About an hour outside of London, Thames Carpets sells handmade, antique and modern handwoven carpets mainly from the Middle East. The business goes back decades, and now, the next generation is ...

Launching a career is a major hurtle for immigrants whose professional credentials come from institutions and certification processes unfamiliar in the US. GBH’s Trajan Warren brings us the story of ...

Españoles, Franco ha muerto.” With that announcement, in 1975, the people of Spain learned that Francisco Franco, the general-turned-dictator, had died. He’d been at the helm of an authoritarian ...