Briefing: Cortina d'Ampezzo mixes Olympic legacy with Alpine glamour
Strategic angle: Cortina d'Ampezzo, the 'Pearl of the Dolomites,' is a blend of Olympic heritage with celebrity chic, fine dining and Alpine tradition, even as climate change and new tourism reshape the area.
Briefing: Amazonia's Indigenous peoples dismantle Western cliches
Strategic angle: A new exhibition challenges long-held tropes about Indigenous peoples and the Amazon rainforest.
Briefing: Slovenia votes in tight polls, with conservatives eyeing comeback
Strategic angle: Veteran politician Janez Jansa, an admirer of US President Donald Trump, is eyeing a comeback amid foreign interference claims.
Briefing: How An Engine From 1816 Paved The Way For The Refrigeration Revolution
Strategic angle: Refrigeration today is something we can easily take for granted. But in the early 1800s, there was one entirely different method of cooling.
Briefing: Polluted drinking water takes center stage in Denmark's election campaign
Strategic angle: The presence of nitrates and pesticides in drinking water catchment sites raises concerns among Danes regarding industrial farming practices.
Briefing: Greaves' 114-match winning run ended by Sherrock
Strategic angle: Beau Greaves' record run of 114 consecutive wins in the PDC Women's Series is ended by Fallon Sherrock.
Briefing: 'All eyes are on the three biggest cities– Paris, Marseille and Lyon'
Strategic angle: FRANCE 24's journalist Antonia Kerrigan discusses the political stakes in France's major cities.
Lin cleared for boxing return after sex test
Chinese Taipei's Olympic champion Lin Yu-ting is cleared to compete again by World Boxing after undergoing the governing body's new sex test.
Briefing: The city of Nabatieh in Lebanon has been hit hard by Israeli airstrikes
Strategic angle: Hezbollah has a strong presence here, this is one of the heartlands of Lebanon's Shia community.
Briefing: How one Minnesota school is bouncing back after the ICE surge
Strategic angle: NPR spent time inside a Minnesota school talking with educators, parents, and children as it tries to help kids feel safe again after the ICE surge.
Briefing: Fury: I was happily retired, but you can't beat a stadium fight
Strategic angle: Tyson Fury keeps trying to quit boxing. Yet, of course, just when he’s out, it pulls him back in.
Briefing: 'Heartbreaking' - fighter pay debate laid bare at UFC London
Strategic angle: The debate around fighter pay reemerges at UFC London amid some career-defining performances on the undercard.
Briefing: China touts itself as ‘harbour of stability’ to global CEOs
Strategic angle: Premier Li Qiang paints contrast to US at business gathering in Beijing as Donald Trump gets bogged down in Iran.
Briefing: Leafs G Stolarz out after taking puck to throat
Strategic angle: Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz missed his expected start in Saturday's loss after taking a puck to the throat during warmups.
Briefing: Reading Socrates in Silicon Valley
Strategic angle: Self-proclaimed stoics who denounce self-examination only prove the bankruptcy of the tech bro worldview
Briefing: Chinese IPOs in US falter amid scrutiny of manipulation schemes
Strategic angle: Regulators crack down after trading in ‘toxic’ small-cap stocks from China inflicted losses on US investors
Briefing: Japan sounds alarm over UK delays to combat aircraft project
Strategic angle: Tokyo frustrated by funding hold-ups that are preventing the signing of a development contract
Briefing: Spain’s angry young men turn to the radical right
Strategic angle: Young women still lean to the left but male youth is more rightwing than it has been for decades
Briefing: Mainieri out as South Carolina's baseball coach
Strategic angle: Paul Mainieri is dismissed midway through his second season after failing to replicate his LSU success.
Briefing: This Weird Street-Legal Quad Is The Coolest Thing I Saw At Daytona Bike Week
Strategic angle: A custom street-legal quad from a defunct manufacturer steals the show at Daytona Bike Week.