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It’s been one year since Russian authorities detained Evan Gershkovich, a 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter. This week, a closed-door court in Moscow extended his detention by three months. He’s the first US journalist to be apprehended under suspicion of espionage in Russia since the Cold War ended. The World’s host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Paul Beckett, a senior editor at the Wall Stree...

For many, Ramadan is a chance to enjoy evening concerts of Sufi Tasavvuf music. There are public concerts after group iftars (the breaking of the fast), and traditional musicians often book several gigs each week. But non-religious concerts are few and far between during the holy month, and many secular musicians end up being out of work for a few weeks. The World's Durrie Bouscaren has this sound...

India is home to around 100 million tribal people. Known by the umbrella term Adivasis, most of them reside in a handful of states in central and eastern India. They are nature worshippers and their faith is called Sarnaism. But it isn't recognized as one of India's major religions. Reporter Sushmita Pathak says Sarnaism supporters say that's unfair as they outnumber other faiths.

For four decades, investors have tantalized Spaniards with grandiose plans for mega-resorts that would attract tourists and riches. The latest, called Hard Rock, promises fancy hotels and casinos along Spain's Mediterranean coast, some 100 miles south of Barcelona. But Hard Rock, like similar proposals before it, stands on shaky grounds. The World's Gerry Hadden reports.

Flying cars were once thought to be a concept of the future. But recent developments suggest that the technology is actually closer than we think. Host Marco Werman speaks with aviation expert Stephen Wright about the "Air Car" and scenarios for its uses for consumers globally.

Host Marco Werman pays respects to the Algerian Jewish pianist Maurice el Medioni who, it was announced this week, died at the age of 95. He innovated a sound that can best be described as Rai-Rock-Rumba.

Nuha Al-Junaid, a Yemeni woman in exile, has been speaking with people across war-torn Yemen and in the diaspora. Their voices show a diversity of experiences, of resilience and suffering, human stories that show how life does not stop for war. Host Marco Werman speaks with Al-Junaid about the Yemen Listening Project and what it has revealed about Yemen today, 9 years after full-scale civil war be...

The World has been checking in periodically with Andrii Shadrin, a 28-year-old Ukrainian corporal who serves in a military unit that repairs and replaces equipment damaged in frontline fighting. Shadrin describes to host Carolyn Beeler what it’s like to return to the battlefield after an injury, when military equipment and ammunition are in short supply.

Nearly 3 million asylum cases are pending in US immigration courts. This means that some people wait years to go before a judge. The Biden Administration recently added six courts and 300 judges, which should help move cases along faster. From Concord, California, KQED immigration editor, Tyche Hendricks reports on the latest court to open.

American officials have said that they had warned the Kremlin of an imminent terrorist threat in the days leading up to the March 22 attack that left more than 130 people dead. The World's Shirin Jaafari tells host Carolyn Beeler this is part of a US policy that requires intelligence sharing in instances where civilian lives are in danger.

Residents whose homes survived last year's deadly earthquakes in the southern province of Hatay have been shocked to learn that the government might seize them to make way for major rebuilding projects. As some file suit, officials are calling for expanded powers to seize private property. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul.

An experimental transportation project opened in the Netherlands on Tuesday — the European Hyperloop Center. It was years in planning, and has ambitions to revolutionize how we transport people and freight. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have more.

The demand for language courses on US college campuses typically has reflected global shifts: migration (Spanish), the Cold War (Russian) and commerce (Chinese). But today, students are taking Korean. Universities report that classes fill up as soon as they add them and there are long waiting lists. And it's all attributed to K-pop music and K-movies. Reporter Queena Kim visited an elementary Kore...

Javier Pineda emigrated from Mexico to Summit County, Colorado, when he was 12 with his family. He learned how to snowboard in high school, but he rarely saw other people of color on the slopes (88% of skiers and riders are white). Now, he's working to change that with Oso Outdoors, a program that provides free snowboarding lessons to adults in the Black and Latino community especially Spanish spe...

Senegal's president has led the country since 2012. But that's set to change now with the presumed victory of Bassirou Diomaye Faye the opposition candidate in the elections held this week. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Paul Melly, an analyst with Chatham House in the UK.

A recent leak of secret contracts, presentations, client lists and chat logs are pulling back the curtain on China’s secret world of hackers for hire. The target of the leak is a Chinese intelligence company called i-Soon. As Dina Temple-Raston from the "Click Here" podcast reports, the leak provided concrete evidence of just how closely China’s cybersecurity community is working with the Chinese...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that "radical Islamists" orchestrated the attack in Moscow last Friday that claimed at least 137 lives. But ISIS has claimed responsibility and, more specifically, US officials say ISIS-K was behind the violence. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Michael Kugelman, the director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, who says ISIS and its o...

It's an old standard performed by Eliades Ochoa, the famed Cuban guitarist from Santiago who made his mark with the Buena Vista Social Club. Ochoa has a new recording out, featuring this song: "Los Ejes de mi Carreta" (which translates to "the axles of my cart). It's an ode to following the beat of your own drummer.

The container ship, The Dali, that crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore had two local pilots navigating the large cargo carrier along the Patapsco River, the key waterway that serves the Port of Baltimore. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Stephen Austin, who has served as a ship's captain sailing into many ports around the globe, about the challenges of safely guiding a large cont...

One of the most grueling and unusual endurance running races ended this weekend with a record finish. The Barkley Marathons in Tennessee is so challenging, frequently no one finishes the roughly 100-mile race. (It might be longer — it depends upon whom you ask.) This year, five people did — including three international runners, and the first women ever, Jasmin Paris of the UK. Hosts Marco Werman...

Vietnamese Canadian country singer Nicolette Hoang fronts the band "Nicolette and the Nobodies." She never thought she'd go into country music when she thought about being a singer. But there was something about the "natural cry" in Tammy Wynette's voice that drew her in. Host Marco Werman speaks with Hoang to learn more.

Europe is facing its greatest security threat since World War II according to EU Council President Charles Michel. He recently said that EU countries need to strengthen their defense capabilities and shift to a "war economy." But while many EU member states have boosted their military spending, they face one significant obstacle, as The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

The Nigerian military has recovered 137 children who had been kidnapped from school two weeks ago by gunmen on motorcycles. The incident was an indication of the increasing fragility of the state in Nigeria. The World's host Marco Werman talks with Philip Obaji, Jr., a correspondent for The Daily Beast based in Nigeria, about the rescue. 

According to Russian officials, the death toll from the Crocus Hall shooting in Moscow currently stands at 137. At least another 180 people were injured. Multiple suspects have been taken into custody and put in a pre-trial detention center. Many key questions around this attack remain unanswered, but despite that, the Kremlin is already forming a narrative that will likely have severe political a...

The old border wall separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, is being replaced with a newer, taller wall. But before it was torn down, people rescued some of the colorful murals that lined the Mexico side. It was a canvas used by many. KPBS border reporter Gustavo Solis reports on the efforts to preserve a shared history.