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A Cambridge University scholar was examining medieval manuscripts in the hushed rooms of the National Library of Scotland when he found himself laughing out loud. What he'd found were some jokes written down in the 15th century by a priest and scribe who had heard them during a live performance. Host Marco Werman speaks with James Wade, the scholar who discovered them, who is a medieval literature...

Before the war in Ukraine, rich and powerful Russians headed to London, Paris and Monaco to buy real estate. Now, they’re snapping up luxury villas and prime location real estate in the United Arab Emirates. From Dubai, The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) says that 75% of India's glaciers will disappear by end of century. Izabella Koziell, the group's deputy general director, warns that communities in the lowlands will need to prepare for the impact as the changes are no longer reversible.

Nearly half of all men in Malaysia are smokers. Previous public health efforts have had little effect on lowering rates. They’re now calling for an anti-tobacco policy that would phase out smoking by banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born in 2007 onward. The World's Patrick Winn speaks with the director of a Malaysia health policy institute about the effort.

US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns was in the room this week when Secretary of State Antony Blinken sat down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In the first part of our discussion with Amb. Burns, he speaks with The World’s host Marco Werman about Taiwan, Ukraine and why US and Chinese military leaders have stopped talking to one another.

A private submersible with wealthy patrons aboard has gone missing during a dive to the Titanic's remains. The US Coast Guard is searching hundreds of square miles as the sub has a limited amount of oxygen. The World's Marco Werman talks with Sal Mercogliano, the host of the YouTube channel "What's Going On with Shipping" and a maritime historian, about how the missing sub and the era of extremely...

In Europe, students move easily between countries, crossing borders, to find the best university for their needs. They are subject to the same standards and pay the same tuition as local students. There is no out-of-state tuition, no paying triple for being from another country. Rebecca Rosman reports on the Bologna Process that was set up years ago to encourage the freer exchange of students and...

The US higher education system has always been considered the gold standard. But in recent years, international students have started to look elsewhere, including China, which sends the most students to the US. Professor of sociology Yingyi Ma and UC San Diego senior Tianrui Huang discuss the challenges with The World's host Marco Werman.

Thousands of students attending US colleges and universities actually reside in Mexico. Many live with their families so living costs are cheaper. But when border wait times can be two to four hours long, it takes a special dedication to get to class each day. The World's host Marco Werman speaks to teacher Joanna Esser and Tijuana student Carlos Tenorio from Southwestern College in Chula Vista, C...

Some have been deported from the US; others find tuition to be much cheaper in Mexico. But students who try to continue their education in Mexico will hit red tape. Reporter Max Rivlin-Nadler meets several students who struggled to battle Mexican and US bureaucracy, and looks at efforts to make crossing the border to study much easier.

Jose Jube came to the US from Brazil on a basketball scholarship back in the 1980s. Basketball didn't work out for him, but Jube tells The World that he got a great education. He stayed on in the US and built a career and a home. Jube says, for him, the American Dream did come true.

Language has always been at the heart of the Catalonian people's campaign for independence from Spain. And the regional government is once again demanding that university professors teach their courses in Catalan. But does the Catalan language law further the cause of nationhood or leave the region more isolated? Professors are already rebelling. Gerry Hadden reports on how professors and students...

In the US, only a few universities and colleges offer core classes — math, history and philosophy, for example — in languages other than English. But at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, bilingual professors can choose to teach in Spanish. The World's host Marco Werman speaks to UTRGV professor Juan Madrid, who teaches astronomy in both languages. Madrid argues that it isn't difficult to...

English has long been the lingua franca of US higher education. But in a country where 40 million people speak Spanish, is it time to think more bilingually? WLRN's Elisa Baena visits educators who argue that teaching only in English is excluding talent that the US needs.

US unemployment hovers at record lows and employers say they can't fill jobs, which threatens to stymie economic growth. They want Congress to raise the number of visas for foreign college graduates. GBH reporter Kirk Carapezza looks at the barriers immigrants and businesses face.

Shouting into the wind has become synonymous with futility — you're yelling with all your might, but can hardly hear yourself. But new research shows it might be a good way to get your voice across. A study in Scientific Reports shows that sending a sound upwind, against the flow of air, can actually make the sound louder. The World's Anna Kusmer explains the science behind it.

Today Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with US billionaire and founder of Microsoft Bill Gates. The leader of the world's second biggest economy called Gates an "old friend." And Gates was also apparently pleased to see Xi, saying the two "always had great conversations." To find out what they discussed, The World's host Carol Hills spoke to Chun Han Wong, the author of "Party of One: The Rise of Xi...

When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2021 a number of at-risk students were evacuated to nearby Kyrgyzstan, where there were able to continue their university education. Now, some of them are graduating and hoping to come to the US as refugees. But it's taking time. Levi Bridges reports from the capital of Bishkek about their hopes and frustrations.

On Friday, Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower behind the Pentagon Papers, which shattered public perceptions of the Vietnam War by exposing decades of government lies, passed away at the age of 92. Ellsberg was a US government analyst during the Vietnam War, who became disillusioned with that conflict after seeing its failures firsthand on the ground, embedded with US forces fighting the communist...

Oleshky Sands National Nature Park, the second-largest expanse of sand in Europe, was at least partly flooded by the bursting of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine last week. We hear from Andriy Filin, a trail runner who has helped organize races in the Sands, about why the place is so special, and what it means to be cut off from places you love during wartime.

A group of Austrian writers say that the men who composed many of the country's regional anthems were in, or associated with, the Nazi party. They are asking for them to be changed, writing that "it would be a great, exemplary signal" if the new anthems reflected the work of today's generation. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports that the far-right Freedom Party, which is making a comeback in Austr...

A delegation of African leaders have arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine. The diplomatic peace mission includes leaders from South Africa, Senegal, Zambia, the Comoros and Egypt.  The group is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy today and Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg tomorrow. To discuss the trip and its goals, The World's host Carol Hills speaks to Gyude Moore, a senio...

An estimated 2.5 million people have fled their homes across Sudan as the country's top two generals fight for control of the country. The World's host Carol Hills talks to William Carter, the director for Sudan at the Norwegian Refugee Council, about everything he's seen up close while trying to help people find a safe and stable place to stay as the war rages on across the country.

The conflict between Sudan’s rival armed forces has now entered its second month. More than 2 million people have become displaced by the fighting so far. The situation is especially dire in the region of Darfur. This week, the governor of West Darfur was killed after speaking up about what’s happening there. The World’s Africa Correspondent Halima Gikandi brings us more.

A tropical cyclone is making landfall in South Asia right now, prompting the evacuation of more than 170,000 people from low-lying areas in India and Pakistan. It’s expected to bring days of downpour and flash floods. The island of Guam is still reeling from a typhoon that hit last week, and people in the Western Hemisphere are staring down the barrel of hurricane season, which started this month....