In a notable initiative, nearly 800 incarcerated individuals are actively participating in wildfire containment efforts across Southern California.

One of the world’s most mineral-rich regions, eastern DRC is experiencing a worsening humanitarian disaster, with more than 100 armed rebel groups fighting for control of the mines.

A team of archaeologists from Johns Hopkins University has unearthed clay cylinders in a Syrian tomb, bearing what is believed to be the world’s oldest known alphabetic writing, dating back to approximately 2400 BCE.