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South Sudan men's basketball team, the Bright Stars, has just qualified for the Paris Olympics. The team, largely made up of refugees from around the world, is the vision of retired NBA player Luol Deng. The World's Halima Gikandi reports.

Travis King, an Army Private Second Class, was released by North Korea today after running across the border from South Korea in July. The release is rare, but so were the circumstances of his apparent defection. Host Carolyn Beeler talks with Jenny Town of 38 North, a publication from the Stimson Center think tank that focuses on North Korea.

On Wednesday, at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, six Portuguese people between the ages of 11 and 24 years old are presenting their case. They accuse the 32 members of the European Union of violating their human rights for what they say is a failure to adequately address climate change. It’s the first climate change case filed with the court in Strasbourg. Host Carolyn Beeler spe...

Before actor David McCallum portrayed the avuncular medical examiner Donald “Ducky” Mallard  in the TV series “NCIS,” he starred as the intense and brooding Russian spy, Ilya Kuryakin, in “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” Host Marco Werman remembers McCallum, who died on Monday at age 90, and celebrates the cultural milestone of McCallum’s 1960s series, which brought together US and Soviet agents to fight...

Around two years after Lego first introduced a new, low-carbon, recycled plastic prototype for their iconic brick, they're scuttling the attempt. The new brick would have actually increased Lego’s carbon footprint. The World's Marco Werman talks with Chris Byrne, an independent toy analyst and author who has written about the history of the toy industry and where the industry is headed when it com...

The Biden administration has started a new program under which it will investigate civilian deaths caused by weapons it sold to other countries. The US is by far the largest exporter of weapons, and human rights advocates have long asked for accountability when those arms are used to kill and injure civilians. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

Russia's best-known opposition leader will remain in prison for 19 years, said a Moscow Court on Tuesday, turning down an appeal by Alexei Navalny who was convicted in August on charges of extremism. Navalny's team says sentences are politically motivated, explains host Marco Werman.

Ukraine says it killed a Russian naval commander in Crimea over the weekend. But Russia denied Black Sea Fleet Cmdr. Viktor Sokolov was killed and on Tuesday aired a video which appeared to show he was alive. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Dina Temple-Raston, host of the “Click Here” podcast, as she reports from the ground in Kyiv. 

Breaking started in the US in the 1970s, but it has since spread across the globe, attracted millions of fans, and is now set to make its Olympic debut in Paris next summer. The World's Bianca Hillier speaks with some of the world's top b-boys and b-girls to learn more about the culture. 

Billionaire Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai has been languishing in prison for the past three years. He’s one of the most high-profile supporters of the island’s pro-democracy movement and a persistent thorn in China's side. His son Sebastien Lai tells host Marco Werman that he expects his father’s December court proceedings to be a show trial. 

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III is in Africa this week for his first official tour of the continent. He is meeting his counterparts in Djibouti, Kenya, and Angola to discuss US military cooperation in the region. This all comes amid growing security competition with Russia and China, and the announced pullout of French troops in Niger. The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi repor...

The Biden administration announced that it will grant work permits for nearly half a million Venezuelans. City officials in New York have been calling for it as tens of thousands of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have arrived in the city in recent months. But the process of applying for the legal right to work can take months, as The World's Tibisay Zea reports from New York.

On the 12th day of the United Autoworkers strike, President Joe Biden joined the picketers in Wayne County, Michigan. Historians say it's a first for a US president. The UAW strike involves American autoworkers but Canada and Mexico play a critical role in the supply chain of the US auto industry. Marco Werman speaks to Joe McCabe, president and CEO of AutoForecast Solutions, about the current and...

The Berlin Marathon is known for fast times, but the performances at yesterday's race shattered expectations. In the race of her life, Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa took more than two minutes off of the world record to win in 02:11.53. Host Marco Werman has the details.

Imagine a school with no exams or grades — where students sing together and talk about global affairs every morning. That’s exactly what happens at this Danish folk high school in Elsinore, Denmark. The Danish folk high school system is renowned for its focus on democracy, civil-society building and democracy, even drawing the attention of American civil rights leaders like Myles Horton and Martin...

New immigrants in many parts of the United States can have a hard time finding work if they don't have a driver's license. But it can also be difficult to pass a driving test in a new language. Ari Snider with Maine Public Radio reports on the growth of multilingual driving schools in the state of Maine.

A sample collected from the surface of an asteroid three years ago returned safely to Earth yesterday. The rubble from asteroid Bennu is being transferred today from a Defense Department facility in Utah to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, as host Marco Werman explains.

The Philippine Coast Guard discovered something strange over the weekend when it patrolled waters 200 miles west of Manila. One of the country’s islands is now encircled by a floating barrier: a ring of bobbing white orbs linked by cables that prevented boats from entering. China installed this barrier. It’s the latest provocation in a territorial dispute involving both the Philippines and the Uni...

United States Democratic Senator Bob Menendez from New Jersey was charged with bribery by federal prosecutors last week. The charging documents allege that he took bribes in return for favorably treating the government of Egypt, which is keen to ensure its foreign assistance from the US continues to flow. The World’s host Marco Werman talks with Michael Wahid Hanna, the director of the Crisis Grou...

The culinary side of Taiwan is often overshadowed by other cuisine from the region, especially China. Now, a new cookbook highlights some of the ingredients and flavors that makes Taiwanese cooking unique. "Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation" is written by Clarissa Wei with Ivy Chen. Clarissa spoke to The World's Carol Hills from her home in Taipei.

Hallelujah! After nearly a thousand uninterrupted years of boys-only belting, Spain’s La Escolania de Montserrat Choir is finally mixing things up. Beginning this September, a select group of girls will be allowed to join the boys at the altar, singing the liturgy at Saturday afternoon and Sunday masses. Choir organizers are calling it a revolution.

Ethnic Armenians have been fleeing Stepanakert, the capital of the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is now under control of Azerbaijan, the country that surrounds it on all sides. Host Marco Werman speaks with Joshua Kucera, a freelance journalist who covers the Caucasus region, about how this latest crisis fits in a long history of division, displacement and war.

Every year, the day before the Berlin Marathon, thousands of people line up at the start line of the course. They're not wearing running shoes, though — they're wearing inline skates. The event attracts professionals and amateurs alike. The World's Carol Hills has the details.

Rupert Murdoch, the famed Australian media tycoon and owner of Fox and News Corp., is stepping back from the chairmanship of his empire. Lachlan Murdoch, his son, is now taking the helm as chairman. The World's Carol Hills talks with Simon Potter, a professor of modern history at the University of Bristol, about the complicated family dynamics playing out in the move, and the dynasty's sway over B...

Teenage singer and songwriter Yahritza is from Washington state. She performs her spin on urban Mexican regional music with her two brothers. They're from a musical family who moved to Washington state as migrant farmworkers. But her recent fame led Yahritza and her brothers back to Mexico, where an unfortunate interview turned many Mexican fans against her. As Andalusia K. Soloff reports from Mex...