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

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

Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have long fought the government over land claims. They've faced discrimination and assimilation in Chilean society. But some Mapuche communities are now turning the ...

Two Argentine Jewish musicologists have embarked on a mission to revive their community’s musical heritage. They are recording lost songs. From Buenos Aires, Natalio Cosoy first reported this story in ...

Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...

One person who has thought a lot about what it means to encounter the power of a wave is Karma Lekshe Tsomo. She is a Buddhist nun who grew up surfing in Malibu, California, and is a professor emerita ...

Times are tough in Argentina, while the new president attempts to tame inflation, and poverty is on the rise. But there’s one sport, and one very special place, that brings people together. As part of ...

The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God was constructed over a natural spring that is sacred for Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox community. On the first day of every month, hundreds of visitors of ...

Berlin is considered the world’s clubbing capital, and for some, those clubs offer an almost religious experience. But the city is changing, and more and more nightclubs are under threat from ...

Musician Annamaret comes from a Sámi reindeer-herding family and lives way up in northern Finland, close to the Arctic Circle. She describes how the ancient Sámi tradition of yoiking helps connect her ...

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

Japan’s second- and third-largest automakers are pursuing a $50 billion deal that could dramatically shake up the global auto ...