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New York philharmonic president and CEO Deborah Borda discusses the decisionmaking process behind bringing the superstar conductor to the Big Apple.

Iowa is out and Michigan is in. Democrats vote overwhelmingly to change the party's primary calendar but even with widespread support, challenges remain.

Dozens of giant container ships are bobbing around the oceans with no place to dock, after a South Korean shipping company went bankrupt. The stranded cargo may include as many as 500,000 containers.

President Trump has tweeted that the U.S. will recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

The policy change is widely seen as a major step toward rearming Japan more than seven decades after its demilitarization after World War II.

After hundreds of ticket holders were denied entry to Bad Bunny's shows in Mexico City last weekend, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is asking the star to put on another concert for free.

Visitors like an Orlando couple in Machu Picchu for their anniversary are seeing up close the protests in support of Peru's ousted leftist president Pedro Castillo.

Getting verified on Facebook and Instagram will now cost at least $12 a month, as the social media giant seems to be taking a cue from Twitter.

Russia's President Putin has turned the Soviet Union's costly victory over Nazi Germany into a substitute for a national ideology. A 75th anniversary parade planned for May is now set for Wednesday.

A lawyer attending the "Return of the Names" event said it was a rare occasion to express discontent with Russia's present government.

There are four mosques in the Russian capital Moscow, but the growing Muslim population struggles to find a place to pray. Some Muslims complain the issue of new mosques has been politicized.

Moscow is full of gleaming supermarkets, but many Russians still buy food and clothing at open-air markets as they did in Soviet times. The gentrifying capital is leaving many of its residents behind.

Startups and boutique designers make up a small part of Ukraine's economy. But they're making everything from socks to streetwear — and are gaining skills essential for the country's development.

This fall the conservative group Generation Opportunity will fan out across college campuses to urge young Americans to be wary of Obamacare. The effort kicked off this week with some controversial and purposely creepy Web ads.

Russian diplomats are being expelled across the U.S. and Europe after Russia allegedly poisoned a former Russian double agent living in the U.K. NPR looks at Russia's response to the expulsions.

North Port officials say residents who want to temporarily discontinue services could face a $27,000 reconnection fee.

Routines of Istanbul winter life — from visits to traditional public baths to hot drinks — are getting hard for many to afford amid Turkey's economic crisis.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Los Angeles Times reporter Jeong Park about the mass shooting last night in Monterey Park, CA.

Author and therapist Natalie Gutierrez speaks with NPR's Dwane Brown about how the national 988 hotline can help marginalized communities with mental health issues.

In the neighborhood considered the soul of French gastronomy, residents are fighting to keep the fast-food giant out. (This piece originally aired on July 18, 2015 on Weekend Edition Saturday.)

A federal study shows Puerto Rico can meet its goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050. The path includes a focus on solar power panels installed across the territory.

This Lunar New Year, the Vietnamese will observe a different animal in the zodiac, the cat. The reasons are murky: could be linguistics or the landscape — or maybe cats are just plain friendlier.

Australia Day is known to many Indigenous people as Invasion Day and Survival Day, because of the disastrous impacts on First Nations people of British colonists taking their land without a treaty.

The cost of meat, eggs and cereal are among the biggest drivers of rising grocery prices in recent months, according to the Consumer Price Index.

Many young illegal immigrants can now drive without the fear of being pulled over. Under President Obama's deferred action program, many have begun receiving their driver's licenses. But not every state is on board with allowing these young people behind the wheel.