After receiving dozens of complaints about claw machines in Hong Kong, the Consumer Council is considering regulating the games. Councilors say the games are rigged so that they’ll never — or rarely — ...

Christmas lights burning up the night sky are a seasonal phenomenon, but ecologists have long warned about the everyday issues of light pollution. Our partners at Deutsche Welle took a walking tour of ...

The US State Department’s top Middle East envoy, Barbara Leaf, arrived in Damascus today for meetings with Syria’s new ...

In language-divided Belgium, it’s cause for complaint when a train conductor greets a Flemish passenger in both Dutch and French, despite being in a non-French speaking region. That’s what happened on ...

Turkish Americans from Kansas City bake an enormous batch of a Middle Eastern sweet to share with people from different cultures and faiths across the city. This year, Laura Ziegler of KCUR joined ...

Local authorities in Mexico City are sponsoring what they call “the largest mural project in the world,” an initiative to recover public spaces where abandonment has led to safety concerns. The ...

Pubs in the UK are running out of Guinness stout, a seasonal favorite. Host Carol Hills tells how the popular — some say irreplaceable — Irish beverage has been sold out across the UK, and how pub ...

In many countries, cars are more expensive now than in recent years, thanks to global inflation. But nowhere on earth are vehicles as pricey as in Singapore, where even white-collar workers might pay ...

There are all kinds of delicacies that people get excited about during the Christmas season. In Britain, there’s a fragrant, raisin-filled cake from Milan, Italy, that’s become all the rage. It’s been ...

As the strategic map of the Middle East is reshaped by Hezbollah’s fall from power in Lebanon and the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the US is pushing hard for a diplomatic solution in the Gaza ...

An increasing number of elderly people in Japan are a part of the workforce. Some are looking for a sense of purpose, while ...

Dozens of men will head to prison in France after a court today found them guilty in connection to one of the country’s largest rape cases. Outside the courthouse in Avignon, supporters of the ...