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WHO Report: Air Pollution Killed 7 Million People in 2012

By Maya Rhodan

Everyone Everywhere Is Celebrating International Happiness Day By Dancing to Pharrell's 'Happy'

By Samantha Grossman

Scarlett Johannson Defends SodaStream Work

By Megan Gibson

Crimea's New Boss

By Simon Shuster
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One Direction Urges Fanbase To Get Political With Promise of Free Tickets

"One Directioners" could be rewarded for social action such as writing to politicians about international development aid and cracking down on corporation tax avoidance.

By Megan Gibson

Google Celebrates International Women's Day with Google Doodle Video

The doodle may be a response to critics who say Google doodles are not diverse enough.

By Olivia B. Waxman

London Fire Blamed on Bird Carrying Cigarette

No one was hurt

By Olivia B. Waxman

This Map Shows Just How Big The Wage Gap Between Men and Women Is

The gender pay gap is biggest in South Korea

By Samantha Grossman

This Map Shows Which Countries Are the Most Popular

Turns out France gets the most tourists each year

By Samantha Grossman

These are 11 of the Oldest Things in the World

All that lives must die—but some organisms get a little more time on this Earth than others. For nearly a decade, the photographer Rachel Sussman has been traveling around the world, capturing images of the...

By TIME Staff

Autopsy Reveals Why Two Died on 'Captain Phillips' Ship

They both suffered from respiratory failure

By Laura Stampler

This Is the Absolute Deadliest Country for Drivers

The safest is teeny-tiny

By Matt Vella

The Apocalypse Starts Saturday, at Least According To The Vikings

This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a sprawling Nordic god fight

By Kate Knibbs

Why Marius the Giraffe Had to Become Lion Chow

Zoo staff have found that carcass-fed carnivores are calmer than those fed processed food

By Kathryn Bowers

America's Gargantuan Share of Global Wealth, in One Map

How the wealth of 50 US states measures up to 50 nations

By Dan Kedmey

Russian Climbers Scale Shanghai Tower And It's Terrifying to Watch

Masked daredevils film their ascent to the top of world’s second tallest building

By David Stout

Media Freedom Declined Around the World in 2013

Armed conflict accounts for the fall, as well as heavy handed interpretations of national security, says an annual study from Reporters Without Borders

By Michelle Arrouas

Women Are Starting a Sex Strike in Tokyo Because of This Guy

A modern day Lysistrata

By Laura Stampler

Pope Francis Meets Chocolate Statue of Pope Francis

What a treat

By Jessica Roy

Industrial Band Claims U.S. Government Used Their Music To Torture Gitmo Prisoners

Skinny Puppy invoiced the government through their album Weapon

By Melissa Locker
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