US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their research into microRNA.
As she receives the prestigious award, Han Kang explores in her Nobel Prize lecture how violence and love have inspired works such as "The Vegetarian" and "Human Acts.
Three sacred items held in Berlin collections are going back to Colombia.
Fifteen years after Sri Lanka's brutal civil war, women are clearing land mines to rebuild their communities.
After five years of speedy reconstruction work, Notre Dame will soon reopen.
Germany has long been admired for its generous public subsidies for arts and culture.
Nations on the front line of the climate crisis are asking the International Court of Justice to obligate big polluters to keep their promises to rapidly cut emissions.
Nations are buying H5N1 bird flu vaccines as the virus continues to spread among livestock in the US.
Dating apps are commonplace in the United States, but the Amish stay offline.
Nations on the frontline of the climate crisis are asking the International Court of Justice to obligate big polluters to keep their promise and rapidly cut emissions.
Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second.
How Christianity, pagan folklore and capitalism were combined to create the legend of Santa Claus — and why he's not interchangeable with Saint Nicholas.
The European Union has agreed to delay but not dilute a landmark deforestation regulation.
What's the best way to boost your brain's capacity for learning? Neuroscientists say novelty and stories are great ways to learn.
Political crises and weakening global demand have hit the growth prospects of the EU's top two economies, OECD says.
The North Sea island of Borkum is reacting to a recent report looking into how a 200-year-old tradition has enabled young men to hit women on the buttocks with a cow's horn.
Norway has temporarily halted the licensing process to permit Arctic seabed mining for critical metals.
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