In an ethnic Tatar village in Russia’s Omsk region, drinking water comes from the ice of a local lake, which is cut in winter, carried, and stored for year-round use. It’s a good business for those who do the hard work of collecting the ice, and locals claim the clean water contributes to their longevity
Meet Janessa Ford! A first grade teacher who balances teaching her students remotely while overseeing her own kindergartner’s online studies
In Russia’s Urals region, towns that once churned out industrial chemicals and coal are now largely abandoned. Verkhnyaya Gubakha was once a thriving city of more than 30,000, but the population has dwindled, and the landscape is returning to forested taiga
Diego Del Sol, owner of Del Sol Yoga Studio in Washington D.C., speaks to us about how yoga is especially important during these self-isolating times. He has taken his yoga classes online, connecting with his students through mind, body….and Zoom
Despite Technological Disadvantage and lack of local Talent, a Nigerian Animator tries to promote animated cartoons to promote African stories globally
centuries, artisans in the city of Herat have made the ceramic tiles that decorate Afghan mosques. But as mass-produced tiles replace handmade ones, the craftsmen fear that their tradition may be dying out
Wool and mohair are the bread and butter of many of the Basotho, the people of Lesotho. The tiny nation, surrounded on all sides by South Africa, owns 17 percent of the world’s mohair market. But this industry has been rocked in recent years after Lesotho’s government struck a deal with a Chinese entrepreneur that turned the wool export business into a monopoly
The world mark A sobering milestone the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.But with hate crimee on the rise How far has the world really come from the dark days of the Holocaust?