Energy drinks have grown in popularity, especially among young people. The stimulants in them are supposed to make you feel alert and awake. But they can cause or exacerbate serious medical conditions.…
Women in Afghanistan have been barred from going to university, attending school and almost every other area of public life. Now the Taliban have banned them from raising their voices in public,…
The Dutch are known worldwide for their wooden shoes, but the recent rare discovery of a 500-year-old one in a cesspit in the city of Alkmaar has shown just how widespread their…
After the fall of the Assad regime, many Syrians have been returning to their homeland from long exile abroad. But after more than a decade of civil war, many are returning to…
Toyosi Ilesanmi, an IT expert working in Berlin, has been trying to get his wife over from Nigeria. But the long waiting time for a family reunification visa appointment at the German…