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The annual report is intended for the rich and powerful who gather in Davos to talk about world poverty. And it causes the Twittersphere to flare up.

The novel coronavirus is the world's most pressing health concern. But other threats remain — and are heightened by this current crisis.

A surprising number of gifted seniors are not applying to the Ivy League universities and selective colleges they'd be sure to get into.

The U.S. was once a magnet for particle physicists, but Europe's Large Hadron Collider is now the biggest show around. As the Tevatron prepares to go dark in September, questions remain about the next step in U.S. physics research.

Exquisite creations for the world's top designers are in the works at a 130-year-old embroidery studio in Paris. At Maison Lesage, a small army of highly skilled sewers — affectionately called petites mains, or "little hands" — draw, sew and embroider for the biggest names in fashion.

Both Janet Yellen and Lawrence Summers have awe-inspiring credentials. So Obama's decision seems to come down to whose understanding of the economy most closely matches his own, and which candidate is likeliest to have people looking back years from now saying: "That was an inspired pick."

Google is doing for the backcountry what it has done for cities and towns — making digital maps that can be accessed on the go. Will it change the experience of the wilderness? NPR's Steve Henn travels to the Grand Canyon as Google engineers make their first trip with the Street View Trekker.

In the Czech Republic, mazanec, a Czech Easter bread, is like the turkey to America's Thanksgiving. But in the U.S., those who make this bread are struggling to keep the raisin-filled tradition alive.

After revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer and a Russian-American lobbyist, investigators want to know more about the Trump Sr.'s Moscow sojourn.

If confirmed, Gina Haspel will become the first career professional of the CIA to rise through the ranks to the top job in a long time, writes Paul Pillar.