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International timber trafficking is an estimated $100 billion business. A lab that usually focuses on endangered animal cases is using a sophisticated machine to identify contraband wood shipments.

The airport's restrooms have been declared the best place to visit the bathroom this year. What makes them so special for the 24 million people who go through the airport each year?

An Italian tribunal convicted 207 people on charges related to their membership in an Italian crime syndicate that is one of the world's most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups.

After his mother is sexually assaulted, 13-year-old Joe Coutts is desperate for answers. But when both official and tribal investigations let him down, he takes matters into his own hands. Louise Erdrich pits justice against vengeance in her new novel, The Round House.

Workers at an Ohio arboretum are collecting thousands of seeds to help restore forests and fight climate change.

At a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq's Cabinet ministers are officially sworn in, but holes remain. Key posts reserved for representatives of Iraq's Sunni Arab community have still not been filled amid continued wrangling between the Sunnis and leaders of the Shiite majority.

India is a country of a billion people, and two official languages. Hindi and English are designated as the languages of government. This situation has led to the spontaneous creation of "Hinglish," a hybrid language combining elements of Hindi and English.

A new study sheds light on why some people with pre-existing conditions may be at higher risk of a heart attack or stroke after a serious COVID infection. The good news: Vaccination cuts the risk.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is scheduled to make a second appearance in court in London Tuesday. He's been in a British prison cell for a week. Assange is fighting his extradition to Sweden in a sex-crimes investigation. His supporters say the charges are politically motivated.

NATO's secretary general says since defense budgets are being cut as governments struggle with deficits, one answer is to have more bilateral cooperation among member states. The British are trying to patch up the holes created by their 8 percent military spending cuts by working more closely with the French.