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The Gingerbread City is an annual holiday season display of edible urban designs in London and for the first time, New York. Architects in both cities use gingerbread, gumdrops and icing to try out ideas for building sustainable cities. It's the brainchild of Melissa Woolford of the Museum of Architecture in London. Host Marco Werman speaks to Woolford about how this year's designs address climate...

One of Turkey's top soccer officials may quit the game after he was physically attacked on the pitch by the president of an Ankara club and its fans. Host Marco Werman speaks with sportscaster Çetin Cem Yılmaz about the stadium brawl that has temporarily shut down soccer in Turkey, and continues to dominate the national conversation.

On Thursday in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a marathon end-of-year press conference. It lasted about four hours and featured questions from journalists and also Russian citizens from across the country. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Daniel Ofman about what was on the agenda. 

Palestinians and descendants who were displaced from Gaza and resettled in Jordan don’t have a national identification number. That means they can't access government jobs, public health care and education. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports from Amman, Jordan, about the challenges they face.

The drought gripping the Mediterranean is claiming a victim close to people’s hearts, and kitchens: olive oil. The lack of rain has devastated harvests from Turkey to Spain. As The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from El Perellò, along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, the scarcity of oil has sent prices sky-high. But it might be more than climate change fueling the inflation.

Award-winning American rapper Kendrick Lamar joined African artists for the first Move Africa concert, hosted last week in Rwanda's capital Kigali. Produced by Nelson Mandela's grandson, Kweku Mandela, the concert series seeks to put Africa on the map of world tours that are often limited to a handful of Western countries. Host Marco Werman speaks to Kweku Mandela about his mission.

For the first time ever, negotiators at this year's UN climate summit have addressed the leading cause of climate change head-on. This sends an important signal, but many countries are criticizing the agreement's loopholes and walking away unhappy. The World's environment correspondent updates host Marco Werman on the outcome of COP28. 

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday. The vote signaled the growing isolation of not only Israel, but also the US, on the international stage Host Marco Werman speaks with Steven Cook, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the diplomatic isolation and what it means for both nations going forward. 

The Japanese character for the word "taxes" has been chosen by the public as the best representation of the year 2023. Similar to "word of the year" in other languages, the "kanji of the year" tapped into the public's anxiety about tax hikes and increasing prices of gas and everyday goods. Host Marco Werman has more.

Argentina's new economic minister has laid out some of the details of an economic plan aimed at fixing the country's worst crisis in decades. Host Marco Werman speaks with Martin Castellano, head of the LatAm Research at the Institute of International Finance in Washington, about what President Javier Milei is calling "shock therapy" for the country's ailing economy.

In wartime, it is rare that people are held accountable for the crimes they commit. Sometimes, justice takes decades, or it never comes. But cellphones and city surveillance videos mean that atrocities can be caught on cameras. Dina Temple-Raston, the host of the podcast "Click Here," reports that Ukrainian officials are working with the International Criminal Court to collect the data and file ca...

A first-of-its-kind study to see what cats eat on a global scale shows they consume more than 2,000 species, from common sparrows and mice to emus, cows, and bullfrogs. What's more, many of the life forms that cats eat are of concern to conservationists. Host Marco Werman finds out more about the dark side of domestic cats with Christopher Lepczyk, the lead author of the study, which appears in Na...

It was originally a song that paid homage to an Egyptian woman. So how did "Misirlou"  become the quintessential sound of West Coast surf music? Host Marco Werman has an abbreviated history of the 1962 surf song from Dick Dale and the Del Tones. 

While most of the 2024 Paris Olympics will take place inside of Paris city limits, the surfing competition will happen nearly 10,000 miles away in Tahiti. Games organizers are planning to build a $5 million aluminum judging tower in the lagoon. But as The World's Bianca Hillier reports, locals and environmental activists aren't on board. 

In Congress, lawmakers are debating whether to pass a substantial military aid package for Ukraine. The Biden administration has been pushing for Congress to pass the spending bill, but the house is split along party lines. Now, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskIy is in Washington making the case for Ukraine. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Daniel Ofman. 

The US has been Israel's top ally in its campaign to "eradicate" Hamas, but international outrage has been growing as the death toll and humanitarian crisis in Gaza spiral. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden warned that Israel was losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing" of Gaza. Host Marco Werman has more.

In Turkey, celebrations for New Year's Eve are beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Starting in late November, Santa Claus, holiday markets and festively decorated trees are a common sight for shoppers who see it as a cultural import from the West. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul on the holiday's increasing popularity among the Turkish public. 

Donald Tusk will return as Poland's prime minister after the departing, right-wing populist nationalist party fought to stay power. Tusk gave a speech promising to make Poland a place where all are citizens would feel at home. Host Marco Werman speaks with Anna Grzymała-Busse, a professor of political science at Stanford University. She says many see Tusk's victory as a "return to democracy."

Fossil hunters have found what is thought to be the most-complete skull of a pliosaur, the largest carnivorous reptile to have ever lived. The skull is 6 feet long and its teeth are intact. Paleontologists believe it will add in significant ways to our understanding of this ancient sea creature. Host Marco Werman speaks to Judyth Sassoon, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bristol who...

Israelis with family members being held hostage by Hamas are keeping up the pressure on the government to secure their release after more than two months in captivity. Host Marco Werman speaks with Michael Levy, brother of hostage Or Levy, to find out how he's been working to secure his brother's release.

On Tuesday, the East African country of Kenya is celebrating a huge milestone: 60 years since the country achieved independence from the British Empire. It's been a day of celebration, but also reflection about Kenya's past, present and future. The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi reports from Nairobi.

Imagine trying to open a bank account, rent an apartment or get a cellphone plan without official identification. Undocumented immigrants have an especially hard time. So, 19 states have now allowed them to obtain driver's licenses. The latest is Massachusetts. New England Public Media reporter Nirvani Williams found that there are still many hurdles to get that I.D.

Wikipedia and Google have published lists of the most-frequent search terms in 2023. Host Marco Werman speaks with Anusha Alikhan of the Wikimedia Foundation about what the search terms reveal about people's interests worldwide, what we have in common and what sets us apart.

For the past few weeks, a floating film festival has been plying the waters of Ecuador's Amazon region. The films are transported aboard a solar-powered boat. It stops in Indigenous communities along the rivers, sets up a projector, and shows films by and about Indigenous people around the globe. Host Marco Werman speaks with one of the organizers, Elizabeth Swanson Andi.

Argentina's President Javier Milei was sworn in on Sunday in Buenos Aires, and immediately tried to set expectations for the country's economic "emergency," as he called it. Host Marco Werman has the details.