Americans outwork many peers abroad because their hourly productivity isn’t compensated enough.

The planet got warmer, but world leaders also warmed up to a deal at last.

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From Europe to Syria to East Asia, Russia continued last year to re-assert itself as a major influence on world events.

From Paris to Athens to London to Berlin, Europe had its most difficult and defining year in decades.

Carlos Enrique Marroquin runs an innovative charity in Guatemala that recycles bicycle parts into pedal-powered machines.

Despite a rough run-in with paramilitary groups in Colombia, one man’s ambition reunites his family of 13.

A push to vaccinate 45 million children, despite Boko Haram’s brutal insurgency, pushed Nigeria off the endemic list.

Why do Greek workers have to work such long hours to stay afloat?