Development & Education

Will Iowa farmers benefit from Trump's newest deals with China and Japan?

October 14, 2019

The United States and Japan have signed a tentative trade deal that would open up Japan to more American-grown wheat, pork and beef.

Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize: But big challenges still await Ethiopia

The Conversation

October 11, 2019

Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, is the 100th Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the first Ethiopian to receive the accolade.

Food

Finland's answer to food waste: 'Best-before' is actually good later — with a discount

PRI's The World

October 09, 2019

S-market in Helsinki has started holding "happy hours" at their stores. But instead of getting a cheap beer, shoppers get a discount on, say, a pound of shrimp or a pork tenderloin nearing its expiration date.

Florida teen girls step up to translate Indigenous Mayan languages

PRI's The World

September 23, 2019

At least one afternoon a week, a group of high school girls carve out some space in the quietest area they can find to huddle around a laptop. They call themselves the Mayan Girls.

UN climate summit asks for 'specific actions' to hit Paris targets

PRI's The World

September 19, 2019

Secretary-General António Guterres has asked countries to come to the UN summit with specific plans for how they intend to cut carbon emissions in line with the most recent science, which says global greenhouse gas emissions must fall 45% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Global Politics

Indonesia’s bold plan: Moving its capital to an island paradise

PRI's The World

September 18, 2019

Indonesia has set its sights on an eco-utopian capital to be built in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. There's a glaring problem with the government's plan, though: The island is literally on fire.

A North Dakota law gives school districts a chance to experiment

Innovation Hub

September 16, 2019

Could an experiment at a small school in the middle of a field in rural North Dakota inspire a revolution in America’s public education system?

Health & Medicine

There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitable

The Conversation

September 16, 2019

While private companies have little incentive to treat and cure many diseases, nonprofits have the potential to save lives by providing valuable funding to help society's most vulnerable people.

Religion

Uptick in church burnings raises alarm in Ethiopia

GlobalPost

September 16, 2019

These incidents of arson and murder come at a time when tensions between the country’s ethnic groups — including Oromo, Amhara and Tigrayan — are already high and causing divisions.

Health & Medicine

A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

The Conversation

September 13, 2019

Despite the amount of lives saved by the Sabin polio vaccine, in rare cases, illnesses can still occur. New research is looking to make the vaccine even safer.

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