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An elite — and enormous — heifer in Brazil named Viatina-19 [vee-AH-ti-nah nineteen] is pregnant for the first time. But the cow already has many offspring, thanks to egg harvesting and cloning. Host Carolyn Beeler tells the story of the most expensive beef cow in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, whose owners plan to export her superior genetic material around the globe....

Border communities across the US southern border are waiting to see the impact of President Joe Biden’s executive order on immigration. Border communities have struggled for years to deal with the flow of migration from Latin America. Host Marco Werman speaks with reporter Alisa Reznick about the impact on local communities and potential consequences of the executive order.

In coastal communities around the globe — places such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, Egypt, Italy, Brazil and the southern United States — rising sea water levels threaten to infiltrate freshwater drinking supplies. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with journalist Zoya Teirstein about the growing problem of tainted water and its impact on the health of pregnant people and unborn babies. 

The top diplomat at the United Nations is once again sounding an alarm about the dangers of climate change. UN Secretary General António Guterres likened humanity's role in destructive warming to the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. On Wednesday, he called for a new tax on fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming.

The US is strongly pushing a three-phase ceasefire deal in the Mideast that would bring back Israeli hostages and lead to a permanent ceasefire with Hamas. But members of the Israeli prime minister's Cabinet have threatened to quit if any ceasefire is discussed. That leaves both Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden in a bind.

US Army Major Harrison Mann quit the Defense Intelligence Agency to protest what he calls Washington’s "unqualified" support for Israel, saying he has “enabled” the killing of Palestinian civilians. The former officer hasn’t been free to discuss that post until Tuesday, the first day when he is no longer on active duty. He tells host Carolyn Beeler his Jewish upbringing informed his interpretation...

Cold beet soup is a culinary staple in Latvia and Lithuania and across Eastern Europe. This year, Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, hosted a "Pink Soup Festival" celebrating the dish. But the city's tourism agency also started a public beef with Latvia, claiming that the Lithuanian version of the soup is better. From Latvia's capital, Riga, The World's Daniel Ofman reports. 

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered to run again for president. The controversial figure showed up in a registration station over the weekend, holding up his birth certificate and smiling. Iran is holding elections after the country's President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month along with the foreign minister and two other officials. The World reports on w...

A roundup of stories and things that may not have caught your attention from hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler.

For most of this war, there has been one way out of Gaza: The Rafah border crossing into Egypt. In a process that predates October of last year, all evacuees must have a security clearance from both Israeli and Egyptian authorities to depart the Gaza Strip. As The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports, only a small portion of children wounded in the war were permitted to leave Gaza before the Israeli m...

The White House is reportedly preparing an executive order to limit immigration that some legal analysts say mirrors the Trump administration’s Muslim ban. It is expected to rely on a section of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act that permits the suspension of entry for anyone determined to be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.” Lee Gelernt, the deputy director of the Immigr...

Tuesday marks 35 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre occurred in Beijing, China. The day is politically sensitive in China, where the government has spent decades trying to erase the legacy and memories of what transpired. Host Marco Werman speaks with Jeffrey Wasserstrom, professor of modern Chinese history at the University of California, Irvine, about Beijing's continuing crackdown on eff...

As expected, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared victory in India's mega-election, but the victory was not the landslide he'd promised his followers. Not only has Modi lost face, but the opposition party has been invigorated by the results, and Modi will likely have to fight harder to pass legislation going forward. Host Marco Werman gets the details from reporter Sushmita Pathak in Delhi. 

The results are in and Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, won Mexico's presidential elections in a landslide victory. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Tibisay Zea about the country's first-ever female president-elect. 

Most of us spend way too much time on our phones. In the Netherlands, three young Dutchmen came up with a plan to do something about it. It’s called The Offline Club and guests pay for the privilege of spending an evening without their smartphones. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports from Amsterdam. 

The historic results of South Africa’s national elections were announced over the weekend. For the first time since it came to power, the ruling African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, has lost its absolute majority. In its 30 years of leadership since the end of apartheid, the ANC has been mired by corruption scandals and a failure to deliver economic prosperity to South Africans....

A heat sensor in Delhi recorded 127 degrees Fahrenheit recently. Turned out the reading was off, but it still might have broken the historical record for the city. And the results have been lethal. The heat has killed at least 56 people according to the federal government, including election officials overseeing the polls in the world's largest democracy. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Vijay Lima...

The World begins a five-part series on Monday on the impact of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on children. Only a small fraction of children injured in the fighting have been able to evacuate. In a gated apartment complex in Doha, Qatar, 6-year-old Maryam FarajAllah learns to live with a new disability while grieving the loss of her parents and little brother. The World's Durrie Bouscaren...

China first put a probe on the far side of the moon in 2019, becoming the first country to do so. Over the weekend, China's space program managed another feat by putting a lander there for the first time. Host Marco Werman speaks with Renu Malhotra, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, about what China is likely to find on the far side of the moon.

Hadithi Abdulle taught himself to play the oud as a child in Somalia, a childhood disrupted by civil war. Through the upheaval in his life, including racism in the US, this instrument has been his constant and his refuge. He also taught it at a center for grieving children in Maine. Reporter Caroline Losneck has his story.

Farm-raised seafood relies so heavily on brine shrimp that if you eat fish in the US, then you've likely participated in the aquiculture food chain yourself. But brine shrimp have a new vulnerability, one that threatens to jeopardize how we feed the planet. Salt lakes they live in are disappearing because of climate change and overuse of water. Reporter Levi Bridges takes us to Moynaq, Uzbekistan,...

The Panama Canal Authority has told shipping companies that it will increase the maximum authorized draft to 45 feet. That means more and larger ships can pass through, thanks to a rise in water levels as the rainy season begins. Host Carolyn Beeler explains how rainfall impacts shipping along this important water route connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

News of former President Donald Trump’s hush-money conviction has reverberated around the world. Comments from leaders and headlines in the news run the gamut, from celebration to outrage, and even some conspiracy theories. Host Carolyn Beeler gets a lay of the land in Europe with The World's Gerry Hadden.

The Caribbean is very used to getting hurricanes between June and December. But this year in particular could be especially difficult with even more storms than usual forecast to hit the region. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with climatologist Cédric Van Meerbeeck from Barbados about the factors behind the increasingly powerful storms, and what to expect this year in the region.

Over the last few months, Russia has intensified its assault on the Kharkiv region. It has also intensified its missile and drone attacks on Kharkiv city. Many Ukrainians living near the border with Russia, in that region, are fleeing to safer areas further west. Some families from Kharkiv fled when Russia began its full-scale invasion. The World’s Daniel Ofman, tells the story of one family that'...