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Rohingya refugees gather in the "no man's land" behind Myanmar's barbed-wire-lined border in Maungdaw district, Rakhine state, in 2018. Some 700,000 refugees fled into Bangladesh following a brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military in 2017.

Nearly 71 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide As Of 2018, U.N. Report Says

The record number headlined the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' annual "Global Trends" report published Wednesday, just a day before World Refugee Day.

Taylor Swift, seen onstage in Amsterdam in July during the European leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour, has broken another record with her latest album <em>The Tortured Poets Department.</em>

This may sound like a broken record, but Taylor Swift has broken another record

Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been the biggest album in the country for 12 consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart of her career.

Japan's Naomi Osaka returns the ball to the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova during their third round tennis match at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday.

Japanese Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Bounced Out Of Tokyo Olympics

Osaka has been the face of these Olympics and was chosen to light the cauldron in the opening ceremony. She easily won her first two tennis matches but lost in the third round.

Sofia (Danielle Brooks) and Celie (Fantasia Barrino) in the 2023 film reincarnation of <em>The Color Purple.</em>

'The Color Purple' is the biggest Christmas Day opening since 2009

The Color Purple is now the second-biggest Christmas Day opening in history — $18 million on day one of its release.

6/17/13 Alaska unemployment below national rate; State restricts King salmon sportfishing; University of Alaska picks a Journalism Chair; Dillingham considers banning smoking in bars

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kbc/local-kbc-1026949.mp3Anchorage, AK – Alaska's unemployment, at 6.2%, remains well below the…

6/17/13 Alaska unemployment below national rate; State restricts King salmon sportfishing; University of Alaska picks a Journalism Chair; Dillingham considers banning smoking in bars

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kbc/local-kbc-1026950.mp3Anchorage, AK – Alaska's unemployment, at 6.2%, remains well below the…

The Week In Sports: Wimbledon

Howard Bryant of ESPN.com is at the Wimbledon tennis championships and tells NPR's Scott Simon about what he's seen so far.

Photos of Luanda, Angola, tell a tale of two cities: sprawling poor neighborhoods and a glitzy waterfront.

Move Over Hong Kong: The World's Priciest Cities Are In Angola And Chad

A new survey of the most expensive cities in the world puts Luanda and N'djamena at the top. How did these African capitals beat our perennial top dollar towns like Hong Kong and Tokyo?

Vashti Cunningham, 18, practices the high jump at the University of Nevada Las Vegas' Sheila Tarr Track on June 21. She set a world junior record in March and is expected to make the U.S. Olympic team this weekend.

A Gifted High Jumper Gets Set To Leap Onto The World Stage

Vashti Cunningham, 18, is on a roll. She set a world junior record and won the world indoor championship in March, while still in high school. She has now turned pro and has her eyes set on Rio.

Bad Bunny blessed with Billboard's biggest boosts (and Bruno bolsters his bona fides)

Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.

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