Brazil's wetlands region called the Pantanal covers an area roughly the size of England. Although this region is typically ...

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Across the world, the credibility of elections is declining. That’s the conclusion of a new report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Sweden. Despite a record ...

The Restoration Ecology team at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, has recently published new research that uses super-sensitive microphones to listen to and analyze the health of soil. The ...

A recent shortage of high-quality, low-cost rice in Japan has been pinned on the large number of tourists visiting the country, as well as hot weather exacerbated by climate change. But farmers and ...

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales and current President Luis Arce are at loggerheads. Arce has accused Morales of attempting a coup while Morales called on supporters this week to conduct a “March ...

Lebanon is in crisis. On Tuesday, a coordinated attack targeted members of the Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah, that were carrying electronic pagers. The attack killed 12 people and injured more ...

Itaipu is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world. It provides electricity to 80 million people in Brazil and Paraguay. Not only is it huge, but it represents a unique model of ...

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In the Indian city of Mumbai, millions of Hindus are just now wrapping up the annual 10-day celebration of Ganpati, a holiday dedicated to the elephant god Ganesha. The holiday has come under scrutiny ...

More than 100 wildfires are stretching thousands of firefighters to their limits in northern Portugal this week. Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro declared a state of calamity for the ...

Peace talks between the warring parties in Switzerland have led to small improvements in access for humanitarian workers to move food into food-insecure areas. But as Leni Kinzli, a spokesperson for ...