By Miriam Berger

For five decades, Australia’s Indigenous peoples have raised a black, red and yellow flag to represent their identity. Because of copyright law, however, the flag has not been free for… Read more

There’s a growing global potato shortage — a real problem for a planet addicted to french fries and chips. A number of popular items, including marmite and cream cheese, have… Read more

A “twindemic” of covid-19 and influenza is a recipe for public health nightmares. Strict measures to control the spread of the coronavirus were expected to prevent flu transmission, which appears… Read more

A fire tore through a crowded ferry in southern Bangladesh early Friday, leaving more than three dozen people dead and more than 100 injured — the latest in a line… Read more

The United States for the first time was added to a list of “backsliding democracies” in a report released Monday by the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.… Read more

Eleven years ago, 29 coal miners were killed in one of New Zealand’s worst industrial disasters — and one of countless accidents that underscore the human cost of coal power,… Read more

Seven women based in Australia plan to sue the Qatari government and state airline over invasive gynecological searches they were subject to before boarding a flight from Doha — an… Read more

A knife-wielding man rampaged through a Tokyo Metro train on Sunday, setting a fire and injuring at least 17 passengers as commuters headed into the city center for Halloween festivities,… Read more

Matteo Salvini, a former interior minister and the head of Italy’s right-wing League party, is on trial on kidnapping charges related to his denial of entry to a humanitarian ship… Read more