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Nurses in Nigeria are fighting back against new rules that take effect in March that prevent them from working abroad for two years after completing their training. Nigerian authorities are trying to stop the brain drain of medical talent to countries like the United Kingdom but nurses feel their opportunities are being unfairly curtailed. Aurora Almendral has written about the ongoing exodus of n...

Sexism has long been an issue in the chess world, where women only make up about 10% of licensed players globally, according to the International Chess Federation. But since the COVID-19 pandemic began, online chess has been taken more seriously. The World's Bianca Hillier reports that it's also meant that anonymous, sexist comments have increased.

Somalia has seen an uptick in the rates of femicides recently. Three women were killed by their husbands in separate incidents earlier this month. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Hinda Abdi Mohamoud, the acting chief editor of Bilan Media, which is Somalia's first female-led news organization.

Russia is rapidly making advances to its stockpile of space weaponry, according to the US government. And that's cause for concern in Washington. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Victoria Samson,  a space security expert with the Secure World Foundation.

One of the most popular dishes in Indian cuisine is butter chicken with its creamy tomato gravy and succulent chicken marinated in subtle spices. But who exactly cooked it up first is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit in India. Two restaurateurs whose grandfathers moved to New Delhi from Pakistan as refugees and worked together in a small restaurant in the old part of the city are battling it out...

Adam Ben Shabat has grown up in an Israeli village dedicated to coexistence. Half the families are Jewish and the other half are Arab-Israelis. He and his friends talk about everything and Ben Shabat thinks they can work everything out. But the current war in Gaza is testing that belief, and leading the young man to wonder what the future holds.

President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday protecting most Palestinian immigrants in the US from deportation. It comes on the heels of unprecedented US sanctions against Israeli settlers. Despite these moves, Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, tells The World’s host Marco Werman that it's a “myth” that the US has more leverage over Israel than it actually does.

When children contract COVID-19, they aren’t as likely to get severely ill as adults. But long COVID can have a severe impact on kids, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics. Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, chief of research and development at the V.A. St. Louis Health Care System, talks with The World’s Carolyn Beeler about how and why young immune systems struggle with the condition.

Volodymyr Tsema-Bursov is from the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol. A few months after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he was captured by Russian forces. He spent the next 20 months in Russian captivity. Now, he's back in Ukraine, after being released in the biggest prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion. The World's Daniel Ofman r...

At an aquarium in North Carolina, a round stingray named Charlotte is pregnant with as many as four pups; this despite her having been isolated for eight years with no opportunity to mate. Host Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Kady Lyons, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, about stingrays and the process of parthenogenesis: a type of asexual reproduction in which offspring develo...

Official results might not be ready for a month, but the favorite to be Indonesia's next president is Prabowo Subianto. He's a former army general with links to Indonesia's days under dictatorship, which ended in the late 1990s. Prabowo belongs to the current ruling political faction — a mostly centrist force credited with steering Indonesia away from its dark past — but he will have to work overt...

The South Korean president says one of his staff members was targeted by hackers, presumably from North Korea.

An update on the story of a Ukrainian couple The World reported on last year. They met on a dating app about six months after the full-scale invasion. Host Carolyn Beeler reports that they're getting married this month. 

Israel carried out a series of strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday after rockets launched from there killed and injured several people. Earlier this week, Israeli drone strikes hit the heart of Lebanese capital, Beirut, killing two people. The main target was a Hamas official who survived the attack. Israel and Hezbollah have been trading tit-for-tat strikes since Oct. 7. The World’s Shirin Jaafari re...

The World's co-hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler give a quick synopsis of a few stories that caught our attention: Paris booksellers get to stay put, the UK turns to TikTok to dissuade migrants, and the US Virgin Islands is closer to rolling out legal pot.

Italy adopts a typically hard-line approach toward migration policy but the country's entry for this year's Oscars is a film depicting the harrowing journey many Africans undertake attempting to reach Italian shores. Io Capitano follows the story of two Senegalese teenagers who dream about living in Europe. The movie is directed by Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, whose films include "Dogman" and...

Vivien Goldman speaks with host Marco Werman about the time that is captured in the new biopic out on Wednesday, "Bob Marley: One Love," and how the attempted political assassination on Marley in 1976 changed his thinking and his lyrics.

French authorities are accusing Russia of orchestrating a campaign to spread disinformation. France's Viginum, a government watchdog, pointed to nearly 200 websites that have been set up spread Russian disinformation. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Lou Osbourn, a reseracher with the Centre of Information Resilience. 

Miles of white-sand beaches and crystal-clear waters attract several million tourists to Jamaica and the Bahamas every year. But the US State Department is warning that crime has increased in both islands, and it's causing concerns about how safe it is to travel there right now. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports.

Valentine's Day flowers are big business not just for US florists, but for growers in countries such as Ecuador, Kenya, Colombia and Ethiopia. Host Marco Werman speaks with Victor Giorgini, president and CEO of Equiflo-Rio Roses about how Valentine's Day in the US affects flower production in Latin America, and what it takes to bring flowers from a farm in Ecuador to customers in the US.

The Marshall Islands, a chain of atolls and volcanic rocks in the Pacific Ocean, are far from the city of Celina, Ohio. Forced to migrate, more than a thousand Marshallese now make their home in the landlocked state. The Ohio Newsroom's Kendall Crawford reports on how the community is keeping their heritage alive.

Senegal has been known as a beacon of political stability in West Africa for several decades. But now, the outgoing president is delaying presidential elections for 10 months and that has spurred deadly protests across the country, and is also challenging one of the things Senegal is known for: peaceful transitions of power. Marco Werman speaks with Kelly Duke-Bryant a history professor and Senega...

In Ukraine, people are watching closely as a new attempt to fund military aid to the country is debated in Washington. A $95-billion aid package passed the Senate early Tuesday morning after overnight debate. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have reaction from Kyiv and Lviv.

President Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent” on NATO payments. John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser and the author of "The Room Where It Happened," tells The World’s Carolyn Beeler that Trump’s threats to pull the US out of NATO aren’t just bluster.  

In the suburbs of Taipei, Taiwan's capital, there’s a Taoist shrine to the Rabbit God. He’s a deity specializing in affairs of the heart, specifically aiding those who identify as male seeking romance with men. The shrine also attracts visitors from all over Asia, where in many countries same-sex couplings are taboo or illegal. The World’s Patrick Winn meets a young Taiwanese man beseeching the Ra...