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The governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, announced steps to stop a Saudi Arabian company from using groundwater beneath state land in western Arizona to grow and export alfalfa for Saudi dairy cows. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Natalie Koch, professor in the geography and environment department at Syracuse University about the water shortage in Arizona, and the role of Saudi agribusiness ther...

The EU is ready to expand. For the first time in more than a decade, European Union leaders are going to seriously discuss adding new members when they gather in Grenada, Spain, this Friday. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports on how the calculus for expansion has changed since Russia waged war on Ukraine.

The Vatican is holding a conference of bishops and laypeople in Rome to discuss changes to its teachings, entitled the “Synod of Synodality.” Catholics around the world are following to see what changes they might see around subjects like the place of women in the church, blessing LGBTQ members and more. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Elise Allen, senior reporter with the Crux, about these is...

Wednesday’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to three US-based scientists who discovered and developed clusters of atoms known as quantum dots. University of Texas professor Kate Biberdorf, host of the podcast, “Seeking A Scientist,” talks with The World’s Marco Werman about how the groundbreaking work is motivating the next generation of chemists. 

Football Club Barcelona, one of the most-winning soccer teams of the last 20 years, may have had some underhanded help in etching its victories. The club stands accused of paying millions of dollars to ensure it had referees favorable to the squad — a charge it denies. The World's Gerry Hadden reports that its reputation may end up tainted regardless.

FIFA announced on Wednesday that the 2030 Men's World Cup will be played in six countries across three continents: Europe, Africa and South America. The World's Marco Werman has the details on why FIFA decided to add South American matches to the schedule.

Pakistan announced on Tuesday that all migrants who are in the country illegally must depart before Nov. 1. The order is seen as targeting the 1.7 million Afghans living in Pakistan. Many Afghans have lived in the country for generations and say they have nowhere else to go. The World's Shirin Jaafari speaks with host Marco Werman about the latest.

Thanks to clever shipping methods and collaboration between crime syndicates, Europe's illicit cocaine trade is bigger than ever, and is now the largest market. The World's Marco Werman talks with Chris Dalby, managing editor of InSight Crime, about the operations.

On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States plans to send out an emergency alert, as a test of the national system. Other countries have their own alert systems as well. The World's Marco Werman gives a global overview of the buzzes, beeps and blasts that are designed to grab people's attention in national emergencies worldwide.

Buying a carbon credit can help an individual or company offset their greenhouse gas emissions' numbers. The market for these credits is expected to grow exponentially by 2030, as more companies race to meet "net zero" targets. But they come with a host of credibility problems, with many well-documented cases of credits not delivering on promised emissions reductions. In the Brazilian Amazon, ther...

As more private entities and governments launch into space, disposing of orbital debris has becoming a bigger problem. Left in the atmosphere, even small bits can damage satellites and spacecraft. The Federal Communications Commission fined the Dish Network $150,000 for leaving an old satellite where it could potentially collide with others. Carolin Frueh, an associate professor of Aeronautics and...

A big uptick in undocumented immigrants has overwhelmed officials in many US cities. But business leaders in Topeka, Kansas, find themselves in a very different situation. They’re reaching out to legal immigrants, paying a select few up to $15,000 to move to Topeka. Bob Ross of the Greater Topeka Partnership describes the program to The World’s Marco Werman.  

Authorities in Sindh province in Pakistan are considering a bill that would send parents to jail if they refuse to vaccinate their children. The bill, which is in the final stages of becoming law, also includes fines up to about $200. Experts say coercion methods like these are likely to backfire. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

A match between Iranian soccer club Sepahan and Saudi club Al-Ittihad was canceled on Monday after stadium officials in Isfahan, Iran, placed a bust of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani near the players' entrance. The bust offended the Saudi side and the match was called off. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Kristin Diwan, a senior resident scholar with the Gulf States Institute, about the...

The United Nations National Security Council has approved the dispatch of a multinational armed force led by Kenya to the beleaguered nation of Haiti, to help combat violent gangs. It's the first time in almost 20 years that a force would be deployed to the Caribbean nation. The World's Tibisay Zea reports.

After the former commander of the mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, staged a failed coup and later died in a plane crash, the fate of the group became a huge question mark. But last week Vladimir Putin held a well-publicized meeting with Andrei Troshev, one of Prigozhin's top deputies, and put him in charge of volunteer fighting groups in Ukraine. The World's Daniel Ofman speaks with Host...

Cumbia music brings together the rhythm and music from African and Spanish cultures as well as the Americas. Its origins trace back to Colombia, a country that is also a blend of these influences. Cumbia Heights, a 10-person ensemble of musicians originally from Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Peru, is now bringing this music to their adopted home of Washington, DC. WAMU's  Héctor Alejandro Arzate  went...

Authorities in Venezuela recently seized one of the country’s most-violent prisons. The government claims to have dismantled a transnational criminal gang that was ruled from inside this prison. But as the head of the gang and many of its members were able to escape, the gang is far from dismantled, as The World’s Tibisay Zea reports.

The Unification Church — known as the Moon family "cult" to its detractors — is bracing for a Japanese government ruling that will dissolve the organization's status as a lawful church. The decision is not official, but has been leaked to Japanese media in advance of an announcement expected soon. This move is fallout from the murder of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was killed last year...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, took responsibility for a bombing outside the Turkish Ministry of the Interior early Sunday. Two people were injured. In retaliation, the Turkish military says it carried out airstrikes on 20 Kurdish targets in northern Iraq. The World's Durrie Bouscaren speaks with Marco Werman about the fallout from the attack.

Two issues were left out of the stop-gap measure to fund the government. A group of Republicans want more funding for border security — as much as $6 billion more. In exchange, they'll consider continuing to support the war in Ukraine. 

The US Congress passed a short-term spending bill over the weekend but didn't include funding Ukraine's war effort. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Mark Cancian, senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the likelihood of the funding being restored. They discuss the reasons why some on the left and the right are questioning monetary and military support to U...

An estimated 64 million ducks in France are to be vaccinated against the avian influenza. They hope to prevent a wave of deaths that killed millions of birds last year. Host Marco Werman has details.

Hungarian American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for discoveries that helped create the mRNA vaccines to protect against COVID-19. Some five decades of public and private research laid the groundwork for the quick development of the lifesaving immunizations. Michael Mina, a former Harvard epidemiology professor and chief science officer at the...

Years in development, a vaccine that is more than 75% effective in preventing the contraction of malaria was approved on Monday by the World Health Organization. Host Marco Werman speaks with Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute and Lakshmi Mittal and family professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford, about his work on the R21/Matrix-M vaccine, which is expected to save millions...