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Currently in the US, about 10% of the population are naturalized citizens. And many live in critical swing states, which could decide the winner in upcoming presidential election. Alisa Reznick, a reporter with KJZZ, speaks with people considering naturalization and the impact they could make.

Argentina's President Javier Milei ran for office promising to repair the economy through austerity measures. Martin Castellano, head of Latin American Research at the Institute of International Finance in Washington tells host Carolyn Beeler how Milei's "shock therapy" for the country's ailing economy has generated some backlash.

Five horses spooked by construction noise near Buckingham Palace took off galloping through London on Wednesday morning. The Cavalry Horses have a prominent role in official ceremonies with British royals. An army spokesman says the horses were caught, treated by a veterinarian and are doing fine. Three service members and a London cyclist were injured. 

This week, the US and the Philippines will conduct one of their largest-ever military exercises on the tiny islands called the Batanes. The islands belong to the Philippines but are just 100 miles from Taiwan. The US military is looking to build a permanent seaport there that could serve as a base for warships. As The World's Patrick Winn reports, Beijing, which lays claims to Taiwan, is not happy...

Britain’s Parliament has passed contentious legislation aimed at deterring asylum seekers from heading to the UK. People arriving via small boats or any other “irregular means” will be deported to Rwanda where their asylum cases will be heard. Joelle Grogan, of the think tank UK in a Changing Europe, describes the plan and its likely consequences to The World’s host Carolyn Beeler.

The European Commission (EC) says the new TikTok Lite app is as “toxic as cigarettes.” It’s a spin-off of the original TikTok and it pays people to watch videos. The EC says it was launched without regard for risks of addiction, or safeguards against children using it. Now they’re threatening to suspend it. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

A new report by the Swiss investigative organization Public Eye is taking aim at food giant Nestle. It says that several popular Nestle products sold in lower-income countries contain added sugar, often at high levels, and that the same products, when sold in Switzerland, contain no sugar. Marco Werman speaks with Manuel Abebe, co-author of the report by Public Eye.

The Little Shop of Kindness is run by volunteers who aim to provide migrants with anything they need, including clothes and intangible support, like help enrolling children in school. The World's Bianca Hillier visits the store on New York's Upper East side.

One of the side effects of Israel's war in Gaza has been an increase in violence in the West Bank. The Israeli army has been raiding Palestinian villages, going after what they call "suspected terrorists." And Jewish settlers have been harassing Palestinians living nearby. There have been many innocent people caught in the crossfire, including the eldest son of a family in the village of Burin. Ho...

A new study conducted in a Ugandan forest has established a link between deforestation and viral disease transmission. Animals living in that forest lost a source of food and were forced to eat virus-laden bat feces instead. Among the viruses found in the feces, known as "guano" is a relative of COVID-19. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Pawel Fedurek, lead researcher in the study, about how this r...

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people, mostly women and children, have fled the region of western Darfur seeking safety across the border in eastern Chad. Host Marco Werman speaks with reporter Neha Wadekar who has been visiting a refugee camp in eastern Chad. Note: The interview details violence against civilians.

France won the bid to host this summer's Olympic Games, partly on a promise to rejuvenate one of the country’s most impoverished areas. Seine-Saint-Denis, is a densely populated working-class department north of Paris, that records some of the country's highest unemployment rates. In July, the region will house more than 14,000 athletes and will host some of the top Olympic events. Not all its res...

At the annual European gull screeching championships in Belgium, 9-year-old Cooper Wallace won the juniors competition. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain how the costumed kid stole the show.

The US House of Representatives passed another spending package worth $61 billion for Ukraine over the weekend. The World's Daniel Ofman speaks with host Carolyn Beeler from Riga, Latvia, about what that money will go toward, and how people are reacting in Ukraine and Russia.

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization and the Copernicus climate research group says Europe is warming at a faster rate than the rest of the globe, with 2023 being the hottest year on record for the continent. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Julien Nicolas, a senior scientist with Copernicus, about why Europe is warming faster than other continents and what it means for human hea...

Washington DC once had a thriving Chinatown that was home to thousands of Chinese people. Today, gentrification has pushed most Asians out to the suburbs. There's not even a full-sized Chinese grocery store. WAMU reporter Amanda Michelle Gomez rides along with Chinatown residents as they take a shopping trip out to Virginia.

Since the Hamas attack in Israel on Oct. 7, Germany has struggled to balance democratic rights and freedom of speech enshrined in its constitution. Last weekend, those tensions came to a head in Berlin, as police shut down a conference about Palestine being organized by Arab, Jewish and German organizations. German officials say they are acting on their historic responsibility to protect Israel an...

Since 2020, avian flu has been tearing through bird populations across the globe — even being detected in Antarctica's penguins. This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported what might be the first documented case of the virus being transmitted from a mammal to a human — from a cow to a person working on a dairy farm in Texas. The World's host Carolyn Beeler spoke to Massimo...

The intersection of billionaires and politics is the topic of a new play, "Patriots," by Peter Morgan, the writer of "The Crown." Like that Netflix series, the play is based on real characters. "Patriots" is not about the US; it’s about Russia in the 1990s, when an oligarch backs a little-known deputy mayor named Vladimir Putin in national politics and gets more than he bargained for. Jeff Lunden...

Over the weekend, the US House of Representatives passed a measure to ban the social media app TikTok in the US, unless its parent company ByteDance sells its ownership stake. Meanwhile, European Union regulators are looking at a new app from the company called TikTok Lite, which they say defies EU rules on social media technology. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have more.

Ecuadorians voting in a referendum this weekend gave President Daniel Noboa new powers to crack down on increasingly violent drug gangs. But some remain wary that their president’s zeal to combat drug lords might endanger the country’s democratic institutions, as analyst Sebastian Hurtado explains to The World’s host Marco Werman.

On Monday, the European Space Agency welcomed five new astronauts to its astronaut corps, forming only the fourth class since 1978. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn have more details.

Aharon Haliva, the head of military intelligence for Israel, says that his directorate failed to alert the military and nation in time to prevent Hamas's attack on Oct. 7. He is the first senior official to resign in response to the failure. The World's host Marco Werman talks with Yossi Melman, a longtime Israeli intelligence reporter for Haaretz, about Haliva's resignation and what it means.

Voting begins today in India in what's being called the largest election in recorded history. Nearly 1 billion people are eligible to vote in the election, which will happen over the next six weeks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to be re-elected for a rare third term, despite concerns about the growing Hindu nationalist movement he represents, and high unemployment. The World's host Carol...

US and Iranian officials confirmed an Israeli attack on the Iranian city of Isfahan late on Thursday. Explosions were heard over the city which is home to several key military sites in Iran, including nuclear research facilities. Host Carol Hills speaks with Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, to find out more details on the attack and whether or not this will lead t...