Thinking about their next trip? There are quite a few places around the world that are getting accolades for being the top destinations for 2026.

What does Africa's first monument to Shevchenko look like? In the African country of Botswana, the first monument on the ...

William Klaasmeyer, a senior majoring in political science, has spent his life crossing continents and communities. Whether analyzing global policy in Washington, D.C., or revamping a high school poem ...

LIMERICK has produced its share of poets, but few have carried the city’s spirit as far across the world as Desmond O’Grady (1935–2014). Born in Limerick, he grew up near the Shannon in a city that ...

African policy experts and diplomats say it is time for the continent to secure a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), urging urgent reform to reflect today's shifting global ...

Mae Ngai is the Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University.

This year marks 101 years since Malcolm X was born, and his sharp words on the reality of the American nightmare remain true today.

UVA professor Oludamini Ogunnaike discusses his work and inspiration after reading at the Library of Congress.

Narrators of great events tend to write grand prose. But a casual tone goes over better with a lecture-hall audience. Walter A. McDougall has taught a course in modern European history at the ...

The each of the five Olympic rings represent a different continent. Thought the U.S. teaches there are seven continents, the Olympics use the five-continent model. Each ring's color is associated with ...

The Winter Olympics are back for two-weeks of intense games, heated competition and exciting moments. Throughout it all, you're going to see a lot of the Olympic rings, as the five interlaced rings ...

Today we look at an expedition to Antarctica. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, ...