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Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria reopens as a police station to deter Nazi pilgrimages
Far-right extremists have repeatedly paid homage to the “Führer,” photographing the building, taking stones as souvenirs and laying flowers and wreaths.
Danish fish fossil cliffs set to gain UNESCO status
The cliffs' rock layers capture a dramatic, 56-million-year-old global warming event — one of the largest climate catastrophes in Earth's history, where temperatures rose by up to 14 F.
Norway mourns deadliest terror attack 15 years on as far-right violence simmers
Norwegians are fighting to keep alive the memory of 77 people killed in an extremist attack that is fueling a worrying mindset among a new generation with little to no recollection of the massacre, authorities say.
Swiss researchers hoard vast trove of NASA climate data
The datasets are helping make predictions faster and more accurate, potentially saving lives.
Brazil’s ‘city of the mad’ tests country’s unfinished psychiatric reform
Twenty-five years after Brazil adopted a landmark mental health law, the city of Barbacena exposes the legal and practical challenges of replacing forensic psychiatric hospitals with community-based care.
A horde of golden mini-Mozarts marks 270 years since the composer's birth in Salzburg
To give the statues a human touch, concept artist Ottmar Hörl depicted the composer with his favorite dog, Pimperl.
As the country turns 250, retired judges hit the road to defend judicial independence
The four-day tour through the Rust Belt is a sharp departure for a typically reserved and insular branch of government.
Community screenings help a movie set during an Indian insurgency bypass censorship
“Satluj” draws on the life of a rights activist whose investigation into alleged extrajudicial killings exposed one of the darkest episodes of Punjab’s insurgency.
Marine Le Pen ushered France's extreme right from taboo to political juggernaut
For decades, the National Rally was widely condemned because of its roots in antisemitism and xenophobia. Now, the party leads the polls after an intensive normalization campaign.
Ongoing missions
Despite recent backlashes over the colonial treatment of Native populations, California's missions continue to thrive.
Judge halts roundup of wild horses in Arizona
Wild free-roaming horses will continue to rove national forests in Arizona and New Mexico after a judge granted a preliminary injunction to stop removal of the equines.