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It's been less than a year since the far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took over Italy, and she's making good on her promise to address illegal migration. New rules went into effect this month that mean migrants will not be able to renew special permits that allow them to live and work in Italy legally. Shola Lawal reports from Palermo, Sicily on the potential effects of the new law on migra...

South Africa’s electricity provider, Eskom, has announced that there will be more scheduled power outages — known as "load shedding" — in June, July and August. That’s when South Africa is in its dark, winter months in the Southern Hemisphere. Host Jason Margolis speaks with Janet Heard, managing editor of South Africa's The Daily Maverick, about how people will cope.

Last December, in yet another blow to women’s rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban announced a ban on women working for nongovernmental organizations. The World's Shirin Jaafari brings us the story of three women barred from their jobs and how that has impacted their lives.

German police have conducted raids across the country, focusing on climate activists. The activists are part of a group called Last Generation. They’ve made headlines in recent months for blocking traffic, and are being accused of planning even greater disruptions. The police say the protesters are “a criminal group.” The World's host Jason Margolis speaks to Georg Diez, editor-in-chief of The New...

If the debt ceiling is not lifted soon, the US treasury could run out of money and be unable to pay what it owes. As the world's largest economy, that could cause the dollar to spiral, also putting pressure on other countries' economies. To understand what's at stake, The World's host Jason Margolis speaks with Eswar Prasad, an economist who specializes in trade policy at Cornell University.

Tunisia's democracy continues to deteriorate after a wave of arrests of opposition politicians and government critics. That includes leading opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, who was sentenced to a year in prison last week. The children of Tunisian opposition leaders, including Ghannouchi's daughter, are filing a legal case with the African Court on Human and People's Rights. The World's Halima...

In a two-part look at the situation in Sudan, The World’s host Jason Margolis speaks to people trying to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis. Desperately needed assistance for more than 1 million displaced Sudanese is stuck at the country’s port on the Red Sea. Jean-Nicolas Armstrong Dangelser, the Sudan emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), is in Port Sudan, and says the...

The World's host Marco Werman concludes the show with a note about “Swifties” in the Philippines. Die-hard Taylor Swift fans are staging rallies to convince the singer to come back.

After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban almost two years ago, tens of thousands of Afghans made their way to the United States. They were allowed to stay under a program called "humanitarian parole." But that status expires in a couple of months and, although they can renew it one time, many are calling for Congress to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would allow them to seek a more permanent s...

Industrial fish farming has been seen as an environmentally sustainable source of food. But some aquaculture businesses are putting profits ahead of sustainability goals, resulting in damage to the environment. Host Marco Werman speaks with Rashid Sumaila, professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia, about the positives and negatives of aquacul...

Millions of Ukrainians fled their country after Russia's full-scale invasion last year. While many have returned, some can't or won't. They're starting their lives over in new places and confronting new challenges. Reporter Gerry Hadden visits a small village in southern France where a handful of people are putting down roots after being welcomed as refugees.

Police in Spain said today that they've arrested seven people in Valencia and Madrid over allegations that they harassed Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior during a match on Sunday in Madrid, hanging an effigy of him afterwards. Host Marco Werman has this update.

Interpol issued what's called a red notice last week, calling upon all law enforcement members to apprehend Riad Salameh, the governor of the Bank of Lebanon. The World's host Marco Werman spaks with Alia Ibrahim, the editor-in-chief of Daraj, an online news site that covers Lebanon, about the latest dramatic turn in the Salameh corruption story, and whether authorities will ever be able to make a...

A controversial film that hit cinemas in India this month has sparked violence and even a ban. It's a fictionalized story about Hindu and Christian women being coerced into converting to Islam and joining ISIS in Syria and Afghanistan. The film's supporters, including India's president and the ruling BJP party, say it is based on thousands of real-life stories. It's detractors say it rarely happen...

Brazil’s Congress is debating a proposed law that, if passed, would be one of the world’s harshest laws against fake news. The bill has already been approved by the senate and is now awaiting a vote in the lower house. Mike Fox reports that the “Fake News Bill,” as it’s being called, is extremely controversial.

For more than a decade, migrants going through Mexico on their way to the US have risked their lives hopping onto the roofs of fast-moving freight cars, which are referred to collectively as La Bestia, or “the Beast." The World’s Tibisay Zea says they are so dangerous that they are known as “death trains.”

Two anti-Putin groups, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion, have crossed Ukraine’s border and seized territory in Russia’s Belgorod region. Moscow says it’s dislodged the “saboteurs.” The Wall Street Journal’s Yaroslav Trofimov speaks with The World’s host Marco Werman about this cross-border incursion, which is the largest since the Ukraine war began.

Unless lawmakers can come to an agreement soon, the United States will default on its debts, throwing international markets into disarray. That's because the US is the world's largest economy, and other countries depend upon a stable dollar. But, as The World’s Jason Margolis reports, it's not the only country with a debt ceiling.

The Japanese stringed instrument known as the koto provides a quintessential sound for the country it comes from. The World's Marco Werman speaks to koto virtuoso Yumi Kurosawa about her newest recording "Metamorphosis," which fuses the koto to an international array of styles.

Culture journalist Zahra Hankir writes in The Guardian that though there can be health-related risks, women and people around the world who get manicures often do so for political reasons and a mental health boost. Hankir joins The World's Marco Werman to share how using cosmetics has historically been political in many cultures.

Benin's Angelique Kidjo will receive the prestigious Polar Music Prize in Stockholm on Tuesday. The World's Marco Werman speaks to Kidjo about this honor and her humanitarian work. 

The Kremlin-backed Wagner Group has been linked to a civilian massacre in Mali, where in March 2022 upwards of 500 people were killed in a military operation in a rural town in Central Mali. The Malian government has denied that any civilians were harmed in what it called an anti-terrorist military operation against an Islamist extremist group. The World's Marco Werman speaks with reporter Philip...

Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior has endured racist abuse on the soccer pitch for years. This weekend, during a match in Valencia, Spain, he reached a breaking point. Now, Real Madrid has asked Spanish authorities to investigate the abusive behavior, calling it a hate crime. Piara Powar, the head of FARE, an anti-discrimination network for global soccer, speaks with The World’s Marco Werman abo...

Greece will head back to the polls in the coming weeks for another ballot in its national elections. Greek voters over the weekend did give emphatic support to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, but not quite enough seats that he could build a government on his own. The World's Marco Werman has more details.

President Joe Biden is giving the go-ahead for the US to support a joint effort to train Ukrainian fighter pilots. Administration officials also said that Washington will allow its allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including US-made F-16s. The battle for air superiority in Ukraine has been ongoing since Russia's invasion, and now Ukraine hopes that the F-16s can give them an edg...