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In Mozambique, 10 people were killed by members of an ISIS affiliate in a vast wildlife reserve last month. The slain include people working to protect wildlife in the park, as well as members of the Mozambican military. The World's Host Marco Werman spoke to Martin Plaut, who long covered the region as a journalist for the BBC.

The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest concluded over the weekend. After a close tally, Austrian singer JJ won the top prize with the song "Wasted Love." The runner-up was Israel, whose inclusion in the contest has sparked controversy over the country's military actions in Gaza. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have the details.

After a weekend of festivities surrounding Haitian Flag Day, the Toussaint L'Ouverture Cultural Center of Massachusetts will open to the public on May 20. In this story that first aired a year ago at the time of the groundbreaking for the facility, Esteban Bustillos of GBH in Boston looks back on the legacy of the center's namesake, one of the major leaders of the Haitian Revolution. This story or...

"Britain is back on the world stage." That was the message from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer today as he hosted a landmark summit with the European Union — the first official meeting of its kind since Brexit. Five years after leaving the bloc, the UK and EU are once again sitting down to discuss key issues including security, trade, energy, travel and fisheries. But the so-called "reset summit"...

The UAE has been pursuing AI innovation and has found a willing partner in US President Donald Trump. The two countries have agreed to cooperate on building a huge AI campus in the desert using chips from Nvidia, which the US has export controls on. The project is large enough that it will require a huge amount of energy to power. Sebastian Moss, the editor in chief of Data Center Dynamics, talks...

President Donald Trump wrapped up his Middle East trip this week with a stop in the UAE. When he landed at Abu Dhabi's Zayed International Airport, locals greeted him with a cultural performance. Hosts Carol Hills and Carolyn Beeler have the details.

The late dictator Francisco Franco desperately wanted to project an image of Spain to the world as modern and open while maintaining iron-fisted control at home. His idea: to win the annual Eurovision song contest. He ordered his government to make it happen — and through luck and grit, Spain pulled it off, with "La La La" performed by a young singer named Massiel. But Massiel refused to playing a...

An Australian woman is on trial for allegedly poisoning her ex-husband's family with toxic mushrooms. The World's Sarah Birnbaum has the latest.

The city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has opened a new museum dedicated to migration. It's called the Fenix and features art through the lens of migration. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with artist Efrat Zahavi about her work featured at the new museum and the city of Rotterdam's deep connection to migration.

At age 12, Eson Kim is held up at gunpoint with her dad in the family's hardware store. What happens next will forever change her. Kim shares her tale on "Stories From the Stage," produced by GBH's TV channel WORLD.

Look on the flip side of any old paper or plastic container, and there will likely be some form of recycling symbol. Well, turns out much of that recyclable material isn't getting repurposed — and the recycling rate has declined for the eighth year in a row. That's according to a new report by Circle Economy, a nonprofit foundation based in Amsterdam that is focused on helping governments and busi...

What began as a simple street advertisement has become one of Mexico City’s most-recognizable sounds. The high-pitched call of scrap metal dealers, blared from loudspeakers mounted on passing trucks, is now embedded in the city’s urban rhythm. In the first episode of a three-part series on the sounds of Mexico City, The World's Tibisay Zea explores how this everyday cry became a cultural landmark.

An Ontario court has ruled that the iconic Hudson's Bay Company can move forward with an auction of 4,400 items as it liquidates its assets and shuts its doors forever. Many of the items going on the auction block are historical and cultural artifacts from the company's 355-year history.  Carolyn Beeler speaks with Cody Groat, a professor of history and Indigenous studies at Western University in...

The resume looks legit. A software developer appears to be based in the US or Europe with the skills needed to assist a major Western firm. The catch is the IT worker is actually working for North Korea and is funneling cash back to the hermit kingdom. Michael Barnhart, an investigator at the cybersecurity firm DTEX, tells host Carolyn Beeler about new efforts to counter the scheme.

Summer is in full swing in India and many cities are suffering scorching heat, fueled in part by climate change. In the second of a two-part series looking at the dangers of extreme heat in India, Sushmita Pathak reports from Delhi on some low-tech solutions to the problem.

Latvia’s Defense Intelligence and Security Service is warning local hikers that strangers who cross their paths might be Russian spies, not curious tourists or out-of-place woodsmen. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have the details.

Medieval scholars in the UK have identified a rare original copy of the Magna Carta. Now seen as a landmark legal document in the Western democratic tradition, the 800-year-old charter reined in the power of the king and enshrined the rights of his subjects, as Nicholas Vincent tells host Marco Werman. Vincent is a leading expert on the Magna Carta and teaches medieval history at University of Eas...

For centuries, experts have believed William Shakespeare's marriage to Anne Hathaway wasn't a particularly close one. But a new piece of evidence is throwing that assumption into question. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

Russian and Ukrainian officials are meeting in Istanbul for highly anticipated negotiations about the war in Ukraine. This is the first direct diplomatic meeting between Russia and Ukraine since the early weeks of the full-scale invasion. The US and Ukraine have been seeking a 30-day ceasefire, but Russia has rebuffed that proposal. The World's Daniel Ofman reports on the latest talks.

After the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu back in November, the Trump administration announced sanctions against the court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, and its officials, employees, agents, and their family members. Now, the effects of the executive order are becoming clearer. The chief has had his bank accounts frozen, and casework is under ramped-up pressure. Alex Whiting...

A new gas deal is bringing the governments of Turkey and Turkmenistan closer together. That's making Turkmen living in Turkey nervous, as they fear a rise in deportations of people who criticize their government. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul.

This year's odds on favorite to win the massive Eurovision Song Contest is a group named KAJ. They're representing Sweden, but they are from Finland. Their song is called "Bara Bada Bastu." That title translates roughly to "just take a sauna," and is an ode to steam and heat. As hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain, it's being billed as a kind of "sauna diplomacy."

Climate change is not only impacting the earth and its environment, but it is also impacting people's mental health. "Eco-anxiety" and "climate anxiety" are not diagnosable, but they can cause real suffering. The World's Bianca Hillier checked in with people across the globe to see how they're tackling the issue.

José Mujica was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 and presided over a period of progressive governance that matched his want-for-nothing lifestyle. He forsook the presidential palace in favor of his farm where he grew flowers. His life's arc from young guerrilla fighter to eventual president was not straightforward. Pablo Brum, author of "The Robin Hood Guerrillas: The Epic Journey of Uruguay...

In India's bustling cities, as the sun goes down and the worst of the day's heat is over, an insidious threat looms: high nighttime temperatures. Scorching daytime heat often dominates headlines and public health discussions. But hot nights are a frequently neglected yet deadly aspect of India's heat crisis. They don't allow the body to recover from the day's thermal stress, disrupting sleep, exac...