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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting four African countries. The top US diplomat’s tour includes stops in Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Angola. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with writer and journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani in Abuja about how Nigerians view the visit. 

Around the world, padel has become the latest sports craze. This racquet game was first invented in Mexico in 1969. Now, its popularity is growing rapidly in North America, Europe, and Africa. In Kenya, padel fever is just beginning. The World’s Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi has the story from the capital Nairobi.

There are only two northern white rhinos left on the planet. Scientists are hoping they can save them from extinction using IVF. They just successfully achieved the world's first IVF rhino pregnancy with southern white rhinos, a closely related subspecies. The next step is to repeat this with northern white embryos. Host Carolyn Beeler talks abut the significance of this with Jan Stejskal, directo...

As Israel wrapped up its arguments in ICJ last week, Germany released a statement saying it intended to intervene in the case: “In light of Germany’s history and the crime of humanity – the Shoah, the Federal Government sees itself as particularly committed to the Convention against Genocide.” But as Rebecca Collard reports from Berlin, many disagree, pointing to Germany’s two genocides. 

Retail theft is a growing occurrence across the US. Some experts are pointing to organized South American gangs for targeting stores, along with trucks belonging to retailers, for goods to resell online. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Read Hayes, a criminologist at the University of Florida, about these gangs and the efforts to stop them. 

Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov was part of the last reporting team in Mariupol before it was overrun by Russian forces. He tells host Marco Werman how he captured life in the besieged city with close-up, personal footage that shows, day by day, the increasingly lethal missile and mortar attacks as most of the city's residents fled for safety. His film "20 Days in Mariupol" was just nominated...

Serbia's Novac Djokovic has advanced into the semifinals of the Australian Open once again. He credits his success, in part, to one special tree in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens, saying they have a "special relationship" going back 15 years. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports from Sydney.

Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, announced a ban on the use and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics this week. Similar bans have been implemented in other sub-Saharan African nations like Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Pritish Behuria, a senior lecturer with the Global Development Institute, about the effectiveness of these plastics bans across the Af...

“Leopoldstadt” is a gripping play about the changing fortunes of a Jewish family in wartime Austria. In 2023, it won a number of Tony Awards, including for best play. Now, a new production of “Leopoldstadt” is being performed in Riga, Latvia. And the choice of director has helped it make headlines. The World's Daniel Ofman reports from Riga.

Global cocaine production is at historic highs, and cartels are developing new trade routes to get it to market. There are also new patterns of consumption, and Latin America is one region where use of cocaine is on the rise. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, on why much of the rise in cocaine use in Latin America is in one country: Brazil. 

Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler give a quick synopsis of global stories that might have slipped by you.

Migrants from African countries represent a very small fraction of the people crossing the US southern border, but their numbers have dramatically increased in the past year. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports on the multiple factors driving African migrants to America.

The Biden administration wants the Israelis and Palestinians to get serious about restarting a long-stalled plan for a two-state solution. The European Union is saying the same, and so are Arab leaders, along with others across the international community. But Israel is digging in its heels. The World's Matthew Bell reports on the disconnect between Israel and its most-important allies on long-ter...

Some US border states have been sending newly arrived immigrants north. Many have come by bus through Colorado. That's where Aspen Public Radio reporters met Asdrubal Alvarado. He shared his story of why he left the violence and insecurity of Venezuela and headed to what he hoped would be a better life in the US.

Violence continues to flare in the west Sudan region of Darfur. A new UN report estimates up to 15,000 people were killed last year in just one Darfur city. It’s all too familiar to Mutasim Ali, a former Darfur resident and a legal adviser for Montreal’s Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Ali speaks with host Marco Werman about the roots of the crisis. 

Soon after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin established a group of allied countries to support the besieged nation. Now, for the first time, the Pentagon is out of money for Ukraine. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have more on how the US is looking to raise funds.

Host Marco Werman tells us about the unprecedented career of Annie Nightingale, the first woman DJ on the BBC's pop music station BBC1, and the longest-serving presenter on the BBC. Her magic was all about keeping her ears young.

This past weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Germany. They were protesting the far-right Alternative for Germany party, the AFD, after journalists revealed that members met with neo-Nazis to discuss mass deportations, including of citizens. The World's Joshua Coe reports from Munich, where one of the largest protests took place. 

While most of Europe is getting tough on migrants and asylum-seekers, residents on one Canary Island are taking a decidedly more friendly stance toward newcomers. The people on El Hierro, part of the Spanish archipelago, say they can relate to the long, tough journey many people make in search of a better life. Because it reflects their own recent history. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from El...

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign is described by officials as a milestone in the decadeslong effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent.

Over the weekend, two incidents of racial abuse interrupted play in Europe. FIFA President Gianni Infantino has called for “an automatic forfeit for the team whose fans have committed racism," but as The World's Bianca Hillier reports, critics are skeptical. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created a War Cabinet to help make executive decisions about the ground offensive in Gaza, and he brought in three people from outside his own political party. One of them, Gadi Eisenkot, has openly criticized Netanyahu's strategy and neglect of the hostage issue. Meanwhile, families of the hostages broke into a Knesset committee meeting demanding that all governm...

Bologna has become the first major city in Italy to introduce a speed limit for traffic of 30 kilometers per hour, or about 19 miles, in its urban center. It joins Paris and several other European cities that have all lowered their speed limits in recent years in hopes of curbing road fatalities. But as The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports, the restrictions are facing a lot of backl...

Two Navy Seals were lost in the Arabian Sea during a mission to confiscate Iranian missiles on Jan. 11. After an exhaustive search, US Central Command announced on Monday that the rescue mission was shifting to a recovery effort. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler share the details.

A Ukrainian military drone hit an oil depot deep inside Russian territory late last week. The strikes, which are rare in occurrence, caused a massive blaze. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Samuel Bendett, an expert on military drones, to understand Ukraine's long-range capabilities and what these strikes tell us exactly.