Search results for

In the show Squid Game, the poor compete to the death for money to pay their debts. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with L.A. Times reporter Victoria Kim on the underground world of South Korea's loan sharks.

Despite sky-high prices and limited availability, people are traveling in droves. Could this new term explain why?

The international trade dispute has drawn widespread condemnation and threatened to disrupt the relative peace in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Belfast.

Authorities didn't say which Pokemon card Vinath Oudomsine allegedly bought with the federal funds, but rare Pokemon cards have sold for tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Making and keeping friends in adulthood is complicated. Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, authors of Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close, answer your anonymous questions on friendship.

Conservatives say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's measures to try to end the protests will inflame the situation.

Nathan Fletcher used the annual State of the County address to tout recent achievements and unveil new initiatives.

Walter Orthmann has been working at a textile company in Brazil for 84 years and nine days, as verified in January by Guinness World Records. He celebrated his 100th birthday this month.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is an evangelist for stakeholder capitalism — the belief that companies should be driven by more than profits: They should also take care of the broader social good.

"It also brings us closer to achieving regional climate goals and a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040," said Nathan Fletcher, MTS board chair and chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.