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The small Baltic nation of Estonia is experiencing a folk music resurgence, with young musicians bringing traditional songs and instruments to the forefront. Much of it has to do with reasserting a unique Estonian identity and keeping ancient heritage alive. Reporter Sonia Narang caught up with an all-women Estonian musical quartet in the capital city of Tallinn.

Birdwatching is a rapidly growing and lucrative part of the tourism sector worldwide, but women make up a very small minority of professional guides. Uganda Women Birders, a bird guide club, is revolutionizing the industry by encouraging and supporting women who want to get into the business. Anita Elash reports from the town of Entebbe, Uganda.

We hear from hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler about the second all-Spanish language album from singer-songwriter Kali Uchis and why there was no conceit around producing her latest release, "Orchídeas," or orchids.

Health care professionals are struggling to treat a staggering number of patients in Gaza. The World's Carolyn Beeler speaks with Nick Maynard, a surgeon who recently returned to the UK after leading an emergency medical team in Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza.

China's birthrate has declined for a second year in a row. This is a huge issue for a country that needs a constant supply of workers to keep its economy humming. Marco Werman speaks about the impact of changing attitudes among young Chinese women on the birth rate with Leta Hong Fincher, a journalist and author of "Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China." 

Nearly half of Spain's hundreds of underground springs and wells are polluted with nitrates and other toxins, as slurry from industrial pig farms seeps beneath the soil. Those springs could have helped regions like Catalonia in the northeast make it through the current dry spell. But they're off-limits, and will remain so for decades. Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

As Haiti's capital Port-Au-Prince has turned into a battlefield for armed gangs, gender-based violence has become a systematic problem. Thousands of women have been kidnapped for ransom money, and many have been collectively raped, or kept as sex slaves. Gang members act with complete immunity. As The World’s Tibisay Zea reports, the documented cases are just the tip of the iceberg. (A warning: Th...

Former US President Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus yesterday. His victory came as no surprise, but left many abroad uneasy about a potential second Trump presidency. Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Ines Pohl, chief Washington correspondent for Deutsche Welle, about the reaction from Europe, and specifically Germany.

In 2021, the NCAA made major headlines when they announced that student athletes would finally be allowed to monetize from their name, image and likeness. The market for NIL deals, as they're called, has exploded, bringing in an estimated $1 billion annually. But international student athletes have been left out of the lucrative deals due to visa laws. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

Rodrigo Sosa's life was changed by a music teacher who saw his hands and said he was destined to play the quena, a traditional Andean flute. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain just what happened.

The Israel Defense Forces have told the families of two hostages held by Hamas that they are gravely concerned about them. That's after Hamas showed a video in which two hostages appear to be dead. Israelis are getting impatient with the slow progress by their government in negotiating another prisoner exchange. Host Marco Werman speaks with journalist Noga Tarnopolsky in Jerusalem about the mount...

Authorities in the United Kingdom convicted two more conspirators involved in a cash-smuggling operation between Britain and the UAE. They were booked as first-class travelers with generous luggage allowances. They then packed their bags full of cash allegedly linked to criminal activity in the UK. The effort to get the money to Dubai, of all places, was purposeful. The World's host Carolyn Beeler...

Commercial surrogacy is banned in many European countries, while laws in the US vary from state to state. In some countries like India and the UK, the practice is legal as long as it's not for profit. The Catholic Church has long opposed surrogacy and now the pope wants the practice to be outlawed worldwide. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched ballistic missiles at what it called an Israeli “spy headquarters” in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region Monday night. Iran scholar Suzanne Maloney tells The World’s host Marco Werman that it’s yet another sign that Tehran is “playing chicken” with Washington.

Sunday marked 100 days of fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas since Oct. 7. The war continues unabated with little pressure on either side to end the fighting. Host Marco Werman spoke with Nathan Brown, a professor of international affairs at George Washington University, about the likelihood of a ceasefire and what the next period will bring in Gaza.

The art of hacking has become stealthier and smarter over the years. Chinese hackers are particularly capable of hiding their code used to infiltrate systems around the world. These include vulnerabilities that attackers can use to sneak into a computer network and exploit, which allow them to start stealing data once they are inside. "Click Here's" Dina Temple-Raston reports on how they're able t...

Like many cities in the United States, Dakar, Senegal, has a street named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Most residents there don't know the street name, but they do know about the man behind the name. Reporter Michelle Tyrene Johnson traveled to Dakar to hear how people there remember the American civil rights leader.

Host Marco Werman goes onto the sand to report in Oceanside, California, on where surfers from Australia, Spain and Brazil came to join the talented locals for bragging rights, and to carve out future legacies, at this weekend's World Surf League's junior championships.

Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party was re-elected to an unprecedented third term on Saturday. That is not sitting well with China, which has called President-elect William Lai, a "destroyer of peace." That's because Lai is seen as someone promoting independence for Taiwan, something the US has said it will defend. The World's Patrick Winn reports on why so much more than an election is a...

Volcanic eruptions are not unusual in Iceland. But they rarely require residents to evacuate their homes. Rakel Lind, a resident of the fishing village of Grindavik never thought an eruption would chase her from her home. Lind tells The World’s host Marco Werman what it’s like to watch lava engulf her town, setting homes ablaze.

The United Kingdom and the United States targeted 16 locations in Yemen where they say they attacked Houthi targets with 60 airstrikes. The Houthis have launched rockets at Israel that were intercepted, and attacked commercial shipping in the Red Sea, which is a key maritime transit route, especially for global trade. The World's Carol Hills talks with Gregory D. Johnsen, a nonresident fellow for...

Taiwan votes in a general election on Saturday. The top issue on the ballot is the island's relationship with China, with stakes that could affect the whole Asia Pacific. Ashish Valentine reports from Taipei.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrapped up a trip to three Baltic nations, who he called his country's "reliable friends." So far, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia have provided an outsized portion of their GDP in money and weapons for Ukraine. And Zelenskiy hopes that support will continue. He said if Ukraine falls, the Baltics could be next.

Izyem, a city in eastern Ukraine, was heavily damaged when Russia launched its full-scale invasion. While the war is not over, plans are underway to rebuild. With help from the State Department, architecture students at the University of Virginia are working to both preserve history and add modern design touches. Sandy Hausman with station WVTF reports from Charlottesville, Virginia.

Oud player Sheikh Imam and poet Ahmed Negm were the most-famous musical duo in Egypt in the 1960s and 1970s. They were celebrated in Cairo's literary circles but also in the streets. The pair wrote stinging rebukes of the country's autocrats, which often l a nded them in jail. Decades later, their music was sung by those trying to topple Egypt’s autocratic leaders in 2011. The story comes to us fr...