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One Black geocacher writes about harrowing encounters, such as being called "boy" and finding a cache hidden inside a flagpole flying the Confederate flag.

Health officials around the world are adjusting their plans for combatting the coronavirus in light of the more infectious Delta variant — and evidence that even vaccinated people can spread it.

Hong Kong has legislative elections on Sunday, but new rules favor candidates friendly towards the Beijing government. Activists say people can protest by not voting or by casting blank ballots.

Elissa Nadworny speaks with Leonid Drabkin of the Russian human rights media project OVD-Info, about how Russian citizens are continuing to protest the war despite the threat of punishment.

That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.

The wealth of the submersible Titan's passengers contrasted with the desperation that pushed hundreds of migrants to leave their homes and try to reach Italy by boat last week.

Ceasefires in Israel's conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah hit snags. A disagreement over a hostage prevented Palestinians' return to northern Gaza. In Lebanon, Israeli troops clashed with protesters.

Two weeks after the wave of protests and deadly clashes at the Israeli border, many Gazans are wounded and feeling like the demonstrations didn't bring any tangible benefits.

An investigation finds that in 2017, Georgia purged more than half a million voters from the rolls — 107,000 for the "use it or lose it" law that eliminates voters after not voting in prior elections.

A charity has been helping people in a poor rural area in Bangladesh buy a bus ticket to the nearest city. Now a study suggests the method hasn't actually worked, but the charity is still celebrating.