Saudi Arabia has leased vast tracts of land in sub-Saharan Africa. They grow food abroad with water that African countries don’t have the infrastructure to exploit. This is cheaper than using their own water back home.
Two thousand years ago a mysterious and little known civilization ruled the northern coast of Peru. Its people were called the Moche. They built huge and bizarre pyramids that still dominate the surrounding countryside.
Four-fifths of "fossil" water in Saudi Arabia, one of the most parched areas of the world, is gone. The country is now directing its massive wealth towards buying land and growing crops in other, more verdant nations.
Four-fifths of "fossil" water in Saudi Arabia, one of the most parched areas of the world, is gone. The country is now directing its massive wealth towards buying land and growing crops in other, more verdant nations.
In 2011, 9.5 million Kenyans were affected by severe drought. Few people dreamt that two years later enough water to supply the entire country for seventy years would be discovered beneath the sun-scorched, cracked earth.
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
In a sign of how thoroughly the country has been turned upside down, even some of the nation’s revered soccer heroes have become targets of rage for distancing themselves from the popular uprising.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the apex of the American Civil Rights movement with 200,000 to 500,000 people gathered from all over the country on August 28, 1963.
Officials in Indonesia are growing increasingly concerned that the deadly outbreak of bird-flu in China could have a devastating effect on the country’s favorite pastime, badminton.
The world wants Syria's chemical arsenal destroyed. But so far, no country has offered to do the dirty work on its soil. Over the past week, an alternative has gained ground: Carry out the destruction at sea.
"It is with a heavy heart that I tell you today that the board of elections in Haiti has disqualified me from my run for the presidency of the country."