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French bakeries are staying open during the crisis because freshly baked bread — including, of course, the baguette — is essential to life in France.

County executives across the United States are worried about budget problems as the coronavirus pandemic deepens. As more people request help, government leaders struggle with how to pay for it.

The U.S. is the largest funder of the World Health Organization. But President Trump says the WHO "blew it" during the pandemic, and some critics say China has too much influence.

The Russian government's plan to raise the national pension age for men and women has sparked protests across the country.

Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, has come under intense international criticism for her muted response to the army's campaign of terror against the Muslim minority.

Sharlene Teo's debut novel is a shimmering story of three women in Singapore, but its plot gets washed away among the grotesque and stomach-churning detail.

A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Erik Brattberg, director of the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about what Sweden has been doing about election interference by Russia.

In this candid conversation, the singer reveals he hasn't felt compelled to write a new song in years, talks about the desire to better know himself and reflects on the very meaning of life itself.

The state is seeing some of the worst wildfires in its history. At least six people have died and over 100,000 face evacuation orders as the fires show no sign of letting up.