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TOPSHOT - Zania Muhammed comforts her malnourished son Mazzam Brahim, in the emergency medial care section for critical care patients in the ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) managed nutrition unit of the hospital Tchad/ Chine in N'djamena, Chad on May 13, 2022. - The increase in malnutrition cases is caused by multiple factors, covid-19 caused a rise in prices since 2021, the farming output from the last year was worse then the past 5, and now with the war in Ukraine the prices of basic staples are rising rapidly. The unit has the capacity for 60 patients but is accepting 100 as the cases continue to rise. In normal years the height of malnutrition cases is in July and August, and the fear is that the unit will be completely overwhelmed by then since they are already past capacity, according to operations support manager, Tiffany Hountondji for the EU funded ALIMA NGO. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Even remote corners of Africa are feeling the costly impacts of war in Ukraine

In Chad, one of the continent's poorest countries, rising food and fuel prices — and drought — have left many hungry and unable to afford the limited food that is for sale.

Candles and flowers are left at a make-shift memorial honoring four slain University of Idaho students outside the Mad Greek restaurant in downtown Moscow, Idaho, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Police discovered the bodies of the four students at home near campus on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, and said the killer or killers used a knife or bladed weapon in the targeted attack. Two of the victims, 21-year-old Madison Mogen and 20-year-old Xana Kernodle, were servers at Mad Greek. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios)

Idaho police say they have no suspect in the slaying of 4 college students

Police told residents to be aware of their surroundings after the weekend slayings of four University of Idaho students in a house near campus. Authorities say they believe the attack was targeted.

Musical aspects of "Heaven and Earth" at St. Patrick's Church

The Southern Tier Singers' Collective presents Heaven and Earth, a concert of music inspired by texts expressing deep spirituality. We chat with Artistic…

Judge rules to erase the student loans of 200K borrowers who say they were ripped off

Borrowers who say they were misled by their colleges have waited years for the federal government to review their claims. Wednesday's decision was a big win for them, but it's already been appealed.

Gasoline spill displaces about 1,000 people in Bethlehem, Pa.

The tanker spilled about 6,000 gallons of gasoline after it crashed around 2:30 a.m. at West Union Boulevard and Paul Avenue.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 17: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) delivers remarks from the House Chambers of the U.S. Capitol Building on November 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Pelosi spoke on the future of her leadership plans in the House of Representatives. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Speaker Pelosi says she will step down as party leader after two decades at the top

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement paves the way for a new generation of Democratic lawmakers to fill the leadership ranks.

Flying toilets! Sobering stats! Poo Guru's debut! Yes, it's time for World Toilet Day

November 19 is World Toilet Day, created by the U.N. in 2013. At issue: Billions of people do not have access to a safe toilet. But how do you get the world to pay attention to this forgotten problem?

Vikram-S rocket, India's first private rocket developed by Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian Space-Tech startup, lifts off in Sriharikota, India, November 18, 2022. Skyroot/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Indian startup launches country's first privately built rocket

The launch is a milestone in India's effort to foster a private space industry. The rocket, made by Hyderabad-based Skyroot, was aloft for about five minutes and reached peak altitude of 55 miles.

Portrait of Chima Williams at Broadfield Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday, 4 August 2022. Photo by KC Nwakalor for NPR.

He started protesting about his middle school principal. Now he's taking on Big Oil

This year, Chima Williams of Nigeria was a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize for his activism, targeting Shell for an oil spill in his homeland. Here's how the case went.

This undated photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife. Smith, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP).

Alabama failed to complete an execution by lethal injection for a third time

The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state's second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months and its third since 2018.

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