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Refugees have gathered for years to tend a farm on a small strip of land in San Diego, California. In recent months, however, that farm has been embroiled in a dispute that has fractured one of the city's most diverse communities. From KPBS, inewsource investigative reporter Philip Salata brings us the story of how the refugee farmers plan to take matters into their own hands.

The sudden resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay earlier this month is sparking debate about authoritarian influences creeping into higher education. From Boston, GBH's Kirk Carapezza reports that conservative politicians and activists are using the same tactics used in 1950s McCarthyism. Gay is the second Ivy League president to resign following testimony to Congress about antisemitism on...

The Royal Caribbean line launched its 20-deck ship from Miami on Saturday. The largest cruise ship ever built runs on liquefied natural gas. LNG burns cleaner but increases methane emissions. The World's Marco Werman spoke to Bryan Comer, director of the marine program at the International Council on Clean Transportation, about how harmful a trend toward larger ships could be for the environment.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had its funding cut by several countries over the weekend. It followed Israel's accusation on Friday that a number of UNRWA employees played a role in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Associated Press journalist Isabel DeBre about the accusations against UNRWA employees and what r...

President Joe Biden said the US will respond to an attack that killed three American service members in Jordan over the weekend. American troops in the Middle East have come under increasing attacks in recent months following the war in Gaza. The World’s Shirin Jaafari tells host Marco Werman that even before the weekend attack, there were talks of a US withdrawal from Iraq and Syria.

Senior correspondent for Time, Simon Shuster, has followed President Zelenskiy before his foray into politics and straight into government, and then war-time leader. By interviewing Zelesnkiy and everyone in his inner circle, Shuster has compiled a detailed account of his life and leadership which is now available in a book called, "The Showman: Inside the Invasion that Shook the World and Made a...

This week, NATO kicked off "Steadfast Defender 2024" — its largest military exercise since the Cold War. It will involve all 31 NATO member countries — 90,000 troops will participate in the training. Meanwhile, multiple European government officials and military leaders are warning that if Russia isn't stopped in Ukraine, it could target a NATO country next. The World's Daniel Reports from Riga, L...

Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich is facing more detention in Russia. A court in Moscow ruled to extend his dentention by another two months. So far, he's faced more than 300 days of detention in Russia since his arrest in March 2023. Host Carol Hills speaks with Paul Beckett, an editor at the Wall Street Journal, to discuss the ongoing efforts to secure Gershkovich's freedom. 

Tijuana's aging, broken water treatment facility means that raw sewage is flowing into the Pacific Ocean, polluting California beaches. Environmentalists say they will sue the US federal agency in charge of preventing this from happening if the problem isn't fixed. Eric Anderson of KPBS in San Diego reports that the pollution has made the beaches unfit for humans.

In Denmark, a landslide of contaminated soil could become a slow-moving environmental disaster. Near the city of Randers, a large mound of soil containing heavy metals and oil products broke out from a waste reprocessing plant and is heading in the direction of a village. It's also raising concerns about water contamination. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke to Kristian Svennevig. He's a senior res...

Those who arrived at the Auschwitz concentration camp and were chosen for the work camps were tattooed with a prisoner number. Survivors lived with these tattoos the rest of their lives. Now, some of their descendants are getting copies of those prisoner tattoos as an act of love and remembrance. Journalist Dale Berning Sawa with The Conversation Weekly podcast meets the academic studying the smal...

The International Court of Justice will release its ruling on a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide. South Africa has also asked the court to issue an injunction forcing Israel to stop its military activities in Gaza. 

Australia Day commemorates the day, when, in 1788, British colonists arrived in Sydney Cove and raised the Union Jack. It is Australia's main national holiday. And every year, it sparks a public debate about cultural identity, history and what it means to be Australian. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports from Sydney.

Jannik Sinner, 22, stunned tennis fans on Friday when he beat Serbian veteran Novak Djokovic to advance to the finals of the 2024 Australian Open. On the women's side, 21-year-old Zheng Qinwen is making headlines for being only the second Chinese tennis player to ever reach a Grand Slam final. The World's Bianca Hillier has the details. 

Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades. Last week, Cuban government officials announced a new package of austerity measures, which include massive hikes for transportation fares, as well as fuel, electricity, and natural gas, and further restrictions on businesses. The new plan will go into effect on Feb. 1. The World’s Tibisay Zea brings us some reactions from Cubans on the is...

Earlier this week, the US Supreme Court allowed border agents to remove razor wire along the US-Mexico border. Local authorities had installed the fencing to stem the flow of migration through the border. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke with Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a policy analyst with the Migration Policy Institute, about Texas' legal argument for the razor wire as well as the dangers it poses to...

On the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, a new exhibit in London explores how modern culture has been changed by cuteness. Reporter Leo Hornak went along to the exhibit to find out what all the fuss is about. 

It's not often you hear people asking to pay more tax. But that's exactly what hundreds of superwealthy people have been calling for lately. In Austria, one multimillionaire has decided to give away almost all of her inheritance in protest at the Austrian government's failure to tax her. And earlier this month, more than 250 of the self-proclaimed super-rich signed an open letter calling on world...

The British Museum and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum have reached a deal with Ghana to return 32 gold and silver artifacts that belong to the Ashanti people. They were looted during the Anglo-Ashanti Wars in the 19th century. But the deal stipulates that the treasures are only on loan. Marco Werman speaks with Nana Oforiatta Ayim, a special adviser to Ghana's culture minister, about the impo...

The Spanish village of Ripoll, near the French border, is making getting residency as hard as possible, in a bid to dissuade foreigners from settling there. It's the work of new, far-right mayor, Silvia Orriols. It's no accident she's in power. Ripoll was where several Moroccan teenagers were radicalized, leading to a terrorist attack in Barcelona and elsewhere in 2017 that left 13 dead and more t...

Many Indians came to the US in the last few decades to work in the booming tech industry. They and their children came legally. By the time the children turned 18, they believed they would have green cards. But the backlog is so long — 100-plus years — they might have to self-deport. Eli Chen of WUNC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, reports that many Indian families fear the day they'll be forced t...

A liquor store has opened in Saudi Arabia for the first time in over 70 years. While restricted to non-Muslim diplomats, the store in Riyadh comes as Saudi Arabia aims to make the kingdom a tourism and business destination. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have more.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently called for a change to the country's constitution to declare South Korea an enemy state. He made the announcement a day after his military said it had launched a medium-range missile with a hypersonic warhead. Former CIA analyst and Korea-watcher Sue Mi Terry talks with The World’s Marco Werman about Pyongyang’s objectives.  

A large military transport plane has crashed into Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. Russia said dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were on the plane, in preparation for an exchange. The World’s Daniel Ofman speaks to co-host Carolyn Beeler from Riga Latvia, about what we know so far.

Before Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Saudi Arabia and Israel were close to establishing diplomatic relations. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told Fox News a month before the attack that the two sides were getting closer to a deal every day. But where do the talks stand today, after Hamas’ attack on Israel and Israel’s response in Gaza? The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.