This article launches our Guidelines for Internationals series, a collection created to help newcomers make sense of Boston’s systems, stories, and everyday realities. We begin with housing, a challenge...

Last names have been removed to protect the privacy of those mentioned. Many Americans heard about USAID (United States Agency for International Development) for the first time when its termination...

For carb lovers, noodles are the ultimate go-to—quick, comforting, and satisfying. Global Observer explored some of Boston’s best international noodle spots worth trying, from Vietnamese pho to Japanese...

As the autumn breeze sweeps through the West, the Bengali diaspora across the United States prepares for the homecoming of Goddess Durga. In the Greater Boston suburb of Hingham, this ten-day festival,...

Are internet users in India changing how they approach dating? Possibly. We used Google Search Term Trends to explore marriage and dating in India. Google Trends is a handy tool that shows you what...

At Momma’s Grocery, located at a cozy corner of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the shelves are lined with local foods, natural wines, and community chatter. But these days, the spotlight belongs to a few...

At the Wusong Tiki Bar in Cambridge, chef Jason Doo serves teriyaki beef skewers beneath vintage lanterns and layered textures. He’s one of over 80 restaurateurs in the Boston area who came together...

The Japan Festival Boston 2025, held at Boston Common on April 26 and 27, brought together thousands of people to celebrate Japanese culture, despite a challenging weather forecast. Heavy rain on the first...

As the Kumbh Mela 2025 begins, the sacred congregation in Prayagraj is shattering previous attendance records. Recent official releases from the Uttar Pradesh government indicate that the six-week-long...

This is a multi-part series. See Part 1 from here.  Creating Antarctic Ambassadors Only a tiny fraction of the world’s population will ever set foot on Antarctica, but preserving and protecting...

It began with accusations over the phone. “You journalists only know how to use sensational stories to draw attention. You don’t care about our pain,” Xieyu Wu's uncle shouted, his voice raw with...

This is a multi-part series. A wilderness that belongs to no one Antarctica is the driest, coldest, windiest, most uninhabitable place on earth, with 98% of its 5.5 million-square-mile surface area...