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For just the second time since the global AIDS epidemic began almost 40 years ago, HIV has been elim

Who knew organizing your home could be this much fun? Marie Kondo is bestselling author and has her

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a large area in the ocean between California and Hawaii where alm

Organizers of the Paris Olympics in 2024 want breakdancing to be among the sports featured in the Ci

The trouble was just beginning for Norwegian Air when one of its planes had to make an emergency lan

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán, better known as El Chapo, was convicted in an American court an

Fifty-nine new emojis were approved in 2019 and the main theme is individuality. Emojis that allow y

Last summer’s blockbuster movie “Crazy Rich Asians” has the outlines of a fairly typical Hollywood r

We got a lot of feedback from Plain English listeners about modern mating. Enjoy this bonus episode

In just twenty years, the internet has revolutionized the search for a romantic partner. One third o

A blast of Arctic air clobbered the Midwest of the United States at the end of January, bringing lif

A dam in Brazil collapsed, burying the town of Brumadinho under a deadly river of mud. The dam was m

After several years in which big-name entertainers have been found to have mistreated others, viewer

Juan Guaidó, recently elected leader of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself the legitima

In the first of an occasional series on destinations in the English-speaking world, we explore Toron

Drone delivery is already a reality in some parts of the world, but challenges remain before it can

We’ve all done it: instead of asking a real doctor about our symptoms when feeling sick, we pull out

Each year, thousands of mothers travel to Canada just to have a baby. They leave a month later, with

The new Netflix film “Roma,” directed by Alfonso Cuarón, is an intimate black-and-white portrait of

The far side of the moon, which has until now only been observed via photographs, is now being explo