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With the selection over the Kazakh city Almaty, Beijing will become the first city to host both winter and summer games. Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games.

This week, NPR's All Tech Considered is connecting with diverse innovators in tech and science. Kiverdi CEO Lisa Dyson discusses an early role model, her work and the need to boost tech education.

The country warned in June it faces its worst drought in a century. That's raised concerns — and some doubts about the severity of the situation. In the 1990s, 1 million died in a famine.

A senior executive personally said sorry to James Murphy, 94, who was forced to work in one of the company's copper mines, something Murphy described as "slavery in every way."

Uganda is bringing young eyeballs to the evening news with a team of rappers who inform and amuse.

Key elements include a requirement that would cut the power industry's carbon pollution by 32 percent below 2005 levels in the next 15 years.

Béarnaise is a classic French sauce typically served with steak. But it's tricky for a home chef to keep the raw egg and the butter in it from separating. A chef reveals his secret weapon.

A new trove of leaked documents shows close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin moved vast sums of money to offshore accounts.

A new study says that 69 percent of Chicago high school students earned D's or F's when retaking algebra on computers.

A new study finds 33 percent of American children between 2 and 19 are overweight, and 17 percent are obese. But researchers say they hope the findings don't overshadow the success stories out there.