Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, Buddhists and Hindus marked their New Year on Tuesday while a war thousands of miles away is making itself felt. Diaa Hadid
Fela Kuti is the first African artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame In December, the late Nigerian superstar became the first African musician to get a Grammy lifetime achievement award. Now he's making history as well at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Ian Brennan
The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working? It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon. Julie Bourdin
How bad for humans is wildlife trade? A new study has answers People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of spillover diseases from those pangolins, giant rats and other exotic critters. Jonathan Lambert
In the Trump era, everybody's talking about 'soft power.' But ... what is it exactly? The U.S. government long saw giving international aid as a way to build goodwill throughout the world. Did it work? And what does the reducing of foreign aid mean for that effort now? Fatma Tanis
Medical supplies are stuck in Dubai, as clinics around the world face shortages The war in Iran has slowed down international shipping, much of which contains medical and humanitarian goods destined for Asia and Africa. Fatma Tanis
Covering global health as billions of dollars of aid are cut from programs NPR Global Health and Development Correspondent Fatma Tanis talks about digging into the impact of billions of dollars of US aid being cut from programs around the world. Rob Schmitz
Congress gave money for global HIV work. The Trump administration isn't spending it U.S. work combatting HIV/AIDS has saved millions of lives globally. Under the Trump administration, funding has been slow in coming and unpredictable, wreaking havoc on people trying to do the work. Gabrielle Emanuel
There's a massive measles vaccine campaign in Mexico. Is the public on board? With tens of thousands of suspected cases, the government is aiming for 2.5 million jabs a week. The response has been encouraging — but also worrisome. Katie Silver
Here's some new dirt on an unusual source of antibiotic resistance New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans. Jonathan Lambert
