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Nov. 19 is World Toilet Day — officially declared by the United Nations to bring attention to the 3.4 billion people who live without "safely managed sanitation."

FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

A handful of dreadful losses — plus some drama between the team's biggest star and its new head coach — has the USMNT looking for a badly-needed rebound in this summer's Gold Cup tournament.

An Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed 13 people and wounded several others, state media and government officials said.

'Struggling artists' isn't a trope, according to a new report. The survey asked more than 2,600 artists about everything from hours worked to housing.

Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much.

Roanoke journalist and author Beth Macy is running for Congress in Virginia's 6th District, currently represented by 4-term Republican Ben Cline.

Immigrants say the Trump administration has made them angry, fearful and unsafe. But they still want to stay in the U.S., according to a new survey from The New York Times and independent health research organization KFF.

The 12th Edition includes some 5,000 new words and weighs almost five pounds.