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Taiwan's vice president and candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, Lai Ching-te, will be the island's next leader. Tensions with Beijing seem poised to rise.

A new report shows that tens of millions of children around the world are not getting enough to eat. This leaves a staggering number of kids under five with diseases associated with malnutrition which often impair a child's development and therefore their future prospects as well.

The study, published in JAMA, followed teens for years and evaluated addictive behaviors, as well as suicidality.

Shahar Segal, who runs popular restaurants around the world, has left his role as a spokesman for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation amid calls to boycott his businesses.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Demi Moore's Golden Globes win, Funny Story by Emily Henry, the film Hard Truths, and more.

A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?

Many oil company executives celebrated Donald Trump's return to the White House. But now expectations of higher profits are fading amid fears of a recession.

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

The Travis Scott signee came up in the shadow of his mentor's rootless sound. On Octane, he taps his hometown's lineage and finds a star power all his own.

After a while, even the most exciting relationships, jobs and environments lose their spark. But cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot says it's possible to fall back in love with life's small joys.