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California is home to the largest Armenian diaspora. Since the end of a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, there's been a reverse migration of children of Armenian migrants in the US back to Armenia. They're starting businesses, getting jobs and moving back with their families to set up home. Levi Bridges has been speaking to some of the returnees.

The Russian government announced today that it is walking away from an agreement that allows Ukrainian grain shipments to leave Black Sea ports. The deal was brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in 2022. It has helped guarantee the shipment of grains from Ukraine to countries around the world. Poorer nations are likely to be impacted the most severely. Meanwhile, in Ukraine today, an explosio...

When Abuja resident Jessy Maseli sent her son, Oreva, abroad to study, she was consumed with worry. The Nigerian teen knew no one in England. After dropping him off in Reading, England, Maseli found herself near tears in a church pew. A stranger approached, telling her “I’m going to take care of your son.” Turned out that stranger would be true to her word. 

Center court at Wimbledon is one of the biggest stages in all of sport. During the semi-finals of this year's tournament, some athletes rose to the pressure-filled occasion and are advancing to the finals. The World's Bianca Hillier reports. 

Hip-hop has taken root in Egypt. Authorities are trying suppress it. But the raw power of the music may be unstoppable. Yasmine el Rashidi, author of “Laughter in the Dark: Egypt to the Tune of Change,” tells host Carolyn Beeler how young Egyptians are pushing hip-hop to the limit. 

India successfully launched the Chandraayan-3 spacecraft for a moon landing scheduled for next month. The launch is seen as a historic accomplishment for India's space program. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke with Mylswammy Annadurai, a renowned Indian space scientist, about the details behind the launch and why this is significant for India and its space program. 

As Spain accelerates its investment in solar and wind parks, a growing number of mayors and environmental nongovernmental organizations in the southern region of Andalucia worry that the natural landscape will be altered forever. They're seeing olive groves, forests and high plains plowed over to make way for something that, ironically, is meant to preserve the environment. The World's Gerry Hadde...

When you're a magpie, and life throws you anti-bird spikes, you make a nest. Researchers in the Netherlands have found many examples of birds ingeniously using anti-bird spikes to fortify their nests. The World's Anna Kusmer reports. 

Almost half the world's oceans are experiencing a heat wave right now, and it could get worse before the summer ends. In some places, like the coast of Florida, ocean temperatures are in the mid-90s. To discuss the hot mess of marine heat waves, The World's Carolyn Beeler speaks to Dillon Amaya, who is a researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Russian ruble took a big hit after last month's abortive coup by the Wagner private militia group-gone-rogue. Kremlin spokesman Demitry Peskov acknowledged "fluctuations" in the value of the Russian currency, but he maintained that, "There is no question of economic stability here." Really? What other signs have emerged recently with regard to the strength of the Russian economy, which is stil...

The Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has joined Hollywood writers in a strike that is shaking the American film industry. At this point, The Writers Guild of America has been on strike for about three months. The World's Carolyn Beeler talks with Miranda Banks, associate professor of film, television and media Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los...

The United Nations has called for an investigation into the deaths of 87 people whose bodies have been found in a mass grave in Sudan's Darfur region. The UN human rights office says they have credible evidence of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) being involved in the killings. The RSF is currently fighting the country's armed forces and violence has been escalating. The World's Africa correspon...

Larry Bellorín is a Venezuelan multi-instrumentalist who fled his country and put music aside until he met Joe Troop, an Appalachian banjo player. The two started collaborating, and just this January, Larry quit his construction job so the pair could tour full time. Meklit Hadero profiles this unlikely music duo for the series “Movement” about music and migration.

A new cricket league is launching today in the US. The first game of Major League Cricket is being played in Dallas, Texas, between the LA Knight Riders and the Texas Super Kings. The World's host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Nikhil Uttamchandani, a commentator for the new league, about the history of cricket in the United States and why he's excited for the launch of the new league.

Global sea levels are rising at unprecedented rates. In the next couple of decades, 200 million people could be displaced as a result of flooding and shoreline erosion, the UN projects. The problem is particularly dire in West Africa, where a large percent of the population lives on the Atlantic shore. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports from one coastal community in Senegal that's wrestling with risi...

Russian authorities have imprisoned thousands of Ukrainian civilians, according to a new investigative report by the Associated Press. The non-combatants are being held both deep inside Russia and in occupied territories not far from front lines, where many are forced to dig trenches and graves. Newly uncovered documents reveal that the Kremlin plans to build up to 25 additional jails to hold Ukra...

Sudan's civil war between two top generals — one commanding the national army, the other commanding a paramilitary force called the RSF, or Rapid Support Forces — has ravaged the capital Khartoum and sent millions of refugees in all directions. But getting out can be just as hard as staying in the city, even while gun battles play out in the streets. The World's Marco Werman talks with Mobarak Adi...

Some Russians who have moved to Serbia are watching what they say. They're against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while living in a country that supports the Kremlin. And as The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Belgrade, they feel social pressure to keep their thoughts to themselves.

This month, the world has hit average temperature records not seen for thousands of years, and deadly weather is wreaking havoc around the world. Climate disasters are happening on a scale that is hard to comprehend. But in each of these places, frontline responders are working tirelessly to save lives. Lily Caprani is chief of advocacy at UNICEF. She tells The World's host Carolyn Beeler about ho...

Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov was part of the last reporting team in Mariupol before it was overrun by Russian forces. He tells host Marco Werman how he captured life in the besieged city with close-up, personal footage that shows, day by day, increasingly lethal missile and mortar attacks as most of the city's residents fled for safety. His film "20 Days in Mariupol" opens in New York this...

After the war started in Ukraine last year, the UK created several programs to welcome Ukrainian refugees. British families received stipends to welcome them into their homes, and the Ukrainians had special status to live and work in Britain. But Sudanese refugees fleeing the civil war there have no quick, legal path to enter the UK, even if they have family there. Rebecca Rosman reports on how th...

Czech-born French author Milan Kundera has died at the age of 92. Born in the former Czechoslovakia, he became a writer in the repressive climate under the country's communist regime and later joined the French literary scene after 1975, having been expelled from the Czechoslovakian Communist party for "anti-communist activities". He’s best known for his 1984 novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Bei...

Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources has warned that the country is facing its worst water shortage in a century. It said 7 million people are experiencing reduced access to water. Shrinking water levels, rampant salinity and contamination have left communities with no choice but to migrate. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

When you think of Sonoran food, what comes to mind? Maybe tender flour tortillas, fresh seafood, Sonoran hot dogs — almost certainly grilled beef, or carne asada. But a growing number of people in the Mexican state of Sonora are ditching animal products and opening restaurants centered on plant-based foods, in all their forms. From the Fronteras Desk in the Sonoran capital Hermosillo, KJZZ’s Kenda...

Paris is taking another step to fight climate change. It's announced that SUVs and other heavier vehicles will be charged more to park in the city center. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Sylvain Delavergne, France coordinator with the Clean Cities Campaign, about how effective this new policy will be and what more the city can do to improve its car infrastructure to fight climate change.