Reactions from education officials and representatives are mixed following former President Donald Trump’s executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education.

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet.

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The UN rights chief called Friday for an end to the "horrific suffering" caused by attacks on civilians in Ukraine, while the ...

The new documentary The Encampments, produced by Watermelon Pictures and BreakThrough News, is an insider’s look at the ...

We’re joined by the four-time Grammy-winning musician Macklemore, a vocal proponent of Palestinian rights and critic of U.S. foreign policy. He serves as executive producer for the new documentary The ...

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

The president and his Silicon Valley oligarch pals want to bring back the bad old “company towns” of yesteryear with a fresh ...