The World welcomes 2025 with this music holiday special. We look at a middle-school teacher in France who uses rap to teach ...

Jimmy Carter's presidency was, among other things, known for his Camp David Accords, the Iran hostage crisis and the Panama ...

In this New Year’s Eve special, The World looks at discoveries from around the globe. With Mount Everest adding an extra 160 ...

Barilla — the Italian pasta company — has released a six-song “Al Bronzo Soundtrack.” It says the soundtrack is scientifically designed to enhance the taste and texture of the pasta. A University of ...

Rapper Ana Tijoux became an international star in 2010 with her album “1977.” It was named for the year she was born, in France, to Chilean parents in exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet ...

Singer-songwriter Susan O’Neill is an award-winning artist from Ireland. She’s hoping to break through to a wider audience with her new album “Now in a Minute.” This fall, Susan O’Neill described the ...

Math is often hard. Rap is fun. So, middle-school math teacher Antoine Carrier decided to combine the two. As Gerry Hadden reported last spring, Carrier has created a cool tool for helping tens of ...

The Jewish community in Kolkata came from all over the Middle East, from places like Syria and Iraq. Once home to around ...

After a devastating fire, people in Bougainville found hope and strength from a statue of the Virgin Mary that survived the ...

The majority of deaths from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were in Indonesia. But the island of Simeulue was largely spared.

Artists in Mexico’s Iztapalapa borough are using murals to highlight local residents and send positive messages, in what’s ...

The Great Belt is one of the busiest sea lanes in the world, and it allows passage to vessels from different countries. But ...