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Over the past 30 years, Mexico City has gone from being the most polluted city in the world to coming in 999th on that list. Taming traffic and supporting a robust bicycling culture has contributed to that turnaround. John Burnett reports from Mexico City.

The Danish government has ordered a recall of three types of Buldak, which translates as "fire chicken," manufactured by South Korea's Samyang Foods. The packaged noodles were deemed so hot they might pose a physical danger for Danish consumers. Host Marco Werman speaks with Mary-Jon Ludy, an associate dean and a food and nutrition professor at the Bowling Green State University Graduate College,...

Malawi has been in the headlines this week following a plane crash that killed its vice president. This comes at a tough time for the African country, ranked as one of the poorest globally. Malawi is now enduring a severe cost of living crisis. The cause? Soaring fertilizer prices. Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman reports from Malawi on how people are responding to the crisis, as well as hopes for economic...

A jury in South Florida has ruled that banana giant Chiquita must pay $38.3 million to relatives of people killed by a right-wing paramilitary group that received funding from the fruit company. The verdict is a rare case of a private US company being held liable for human rights abuses that take place in other countries. Marco Werman speaks with Michael Evans of the National Security Archive and...

Sumo wrestling from Japan is among the world’s oldest sports, dating back at least 1,500 years. The rules are simple: Square off with an opponent, in a ring lined with sand, then try to push the other person out. Another rule: Japanese professional sumo is also off limits to women. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports, Japanese women wrestlers who achieve champion status at international sumo event...

An iconic French singer and model who catapulted to fame in the 1960s, Françoise Hardy, has died at the age of 80. The World's host Marco Werman remembers highlights of her life and career, as well as her enduring influence on pop music and French culture.

The educational pipeline from India to the US isn't new, but efforts to recruit Indian students have ramped up significantly in recent years. Sushmita Pathak takes a closer look at what those recruitment efforts look like, what's driving them and the risks they've introduced.

Team USA shocked the world by beating Pakistan at the T20 Cricket World Cup last week, pushing the US into second place overall. Today, they took on the first place team: India. Host Marco Werman has details from the big match.

Vietnamese authorities say they have arrested journalist and historian Truong Huy San, known by his pen name Huy Duc. According to government reports, the journalist was charged with a Facebook post being in violation of national security laws. That's against a backdrop of diminishing freedom for the press in Vietnam. The World's host Marco Werman gets the story and its implications.

Last week's elections in Mexico produced about 25,000 tons of trash. As authorities begin to clear campaign materials from the streets, environmentalists express concerns that improper disposal of plastic waste could cause serious pollution. The World's Tibisay Zea reports from Mexico City.

Scientists have detected a sizable drop in a harmful substance that depletes the ozone layer. That's a layer of the Earth's stratosphere that protects the planet from ultraviolet sunlight. Host Marco Werman speaks with Luke Western of the University of Bristol in the UK about the international efforts that seem to have worked.

About two centuries ago, wild horses disappeared from the steppe region of Kazakhstan. But now, through the efforts of two European zoos, the wild horses are being reintroduced back to the region. Host Marco Werman speaks with Filip Masek, a spokesperson for the Prague Zoo, about the zoo's involvement in the effort to bring back wild horses to Kazakhstan and how they're expected to transition to t...

A US-based cybersecurity expert gets hacked by North Korea. He then hacks back. Takes out the entire country's limited internet for nine days. As you do. We get the story from Dina Temple-Raston, of the podcast Click Here.

Alvise Perez's "The Party's Over" party surprised election watchers by taking three seats in  European parliamentary elections Sunday. Alvise and the Chipmunks, as his supporters call themselves, say they're fed up with corruption and the European project. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

After falling in love with an American student, a doctor in Moscow leaves her life behind to start anew in the US. But being a foreigner in a foreign land is not quite what she expected, nor is the marriage she staked her new life on. Elena Yureneva shares her experience with the storytelling project, Stories from the Stage.

The BTS army is celebrating, as a member of the K-pop megaband is being released from the actual army in South Korea. Kim Seok-jin — or just Jin to fans — is the oldest member of BTS. His mandatory 18 months of military service are done as of Wednesday, Seoul time. Host Marco Werman has more.

Following the UN Security Council vote for a ceasefire in Gaza, momentum may be building to finally end the war. The World’s host Marco Werman discusses the likelihood of a breakthrough with Fawaz Gerges of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Three US citizens appeared in a Congolese military court on Friday. They are accused of taking part in a failed coup attempt last month, and they could end up facing the death penalty. Host Marco Werman discusses the situation with Jason Stearns, founder of the Congo Research Group at New York University.

Ferhad Feyssal remembers when villagers gathered around the campfire every winter in the Kurdish region in Syria while a danûk, or big pot, cooked bulgur wheat. The memories are so vivid to Feyssal that he decided to name his band Danûk. The World's April Peavey brings us their story.

In an exclusive interview in Beirut by The World’s Shirin Jaafari, Lebanon’s foreign minister tells her that his country cannot afford an all-out war with Israel. His comments come at a time when Hezbollah, the powerful Shia militia group in Lebanon, has been sending rockets and drones into Israel, raising concerns about another war in the Middle East.

As the results came in from the EU elections, France's President Emmanuel Macron challenged French voters to take a clear stance on the rise of the far-right throughout Europe. He's called for immediate elections for his own country's parliament. The World's Orla Barry explains.

Mexico has a long history of mushroom cultivation and consumption, since pre-hispanic times. But for a long time, those traditions were dismissed and forgotten. Now, the country is rediscovering recipes and methods to cultivate, eat and preserve wild mushrooms. The World's Mexico Correspondent Tibisay Zea takes us to an all-fungi restaurant in Mexico City.

The Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets just played a Major League Baseball game series — in London. The two teams split the two-game series, and they drew a good crowd of British baseball fans, although not enough to fill the stadium. Michael Clair, a writer for MLB.com, spoke with The World’s host Marco Werman about baseball’s trip across the Atlantic and the sport's growing global reach...

Queensland, Australia, just committed to government-funded testing of illegal drugs. The harm reduction strategy is popular in Western Europe, where lab technicians have set up a tent at music festivals or clubs and run basic tests on party drugs. As The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports, the idea is to give partiers a chance to reject drugs with questionable contents.

Iran's slate of presidential candidates is now set for the country's election at the end of the month. That leaves just two weeks of campaigning to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash last month. Host Marco Werman has details.