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When polls opened in Turkey on Sunday, opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu seemed poised to unseat Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been in power for 20 years. Now, the two are headed to a runoff, with Erdoğan enjoying a comfortable lead. The World's Durrie Bouscaren has more on what happened.

Mother's Day is observed on the second Sunday of May in the US and dozens of other countries. Host Carolyn Beeler gathers together greetings from some of The Worlds reporters, editors and producers, wishing their moms Happy Mother's Day in languages from around the globe.

Astronomers have detected an explosion "100 times the size of the solar system," according to Philip Wiseman, a research fellow at Southampton University, who led the research. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke to Wiseman, who said it's possibly the largest blast ever witnessed and likely caused by gases sucked up into a black hole.

In Sudan, the warring parties have been negotiating a ceasefire. The UN envoy meeting with them in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said the generals had agreed to protect civilians. Meanwhile, The US and China met in an effort to reopen dialogue and defuse tensions.

The Romanian blouse, known as the IA, is one of the best-known symbols of traditional dress in Romania. Henri Matisse painted it and famous designers like Tom Ford and Oscar de La Renta have featured it in their collections. Last December, UNESCO granted it special cultural heritage status. But all the attention has led to the mass production of fake replicas in China and India which threaten to p...

The US government changed the rules governing how people can seek asylum at the US-Mexico border this week as a pandemic-era policy called Title 42 expired. Although it may become more difficult, thousands of people are still making their way from South America to the US border, including migrants from all over the world. Manuel Rueda reports from the Darién Gap, a dangerous jungle that separates...

Fighting continues for a third day this week between Israel and the Palestinian militant faction, Islamic Jihad, in the Gaza Strip. The group has launched approximately 900 rockets into Israel, killing one Israeli so far. Meanwhile Israel's killed at least 30 Palestinians, including several of the group's top commanders as well as women and young children. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke with AP...

Finns are going all in on Eurovision this year. The rapper Kaarija with his metal-meets-pop song “Cha Cha Cha” and his poofy signature jacket has the country in thrall. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports. 

Presidential candidates in the Mediterranean nation of Turkey are making their closing arguments to voters before the country's historic elections on Sunday. The country’s leader of 20 years, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is facing a robust challenge from six opposition parties who have united behind a candidate with a promise to return democracy to the country: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. As the World's Durrie B...

While the Toronto Raptors have been in the NBA for nearly 30 years, the WNBA does not have a team in Canada. This weekend, though, the women's league is introducing their players and teams to Canadian fans by holding a preseason game at the Raptors' arena in Toronto. League officials are excited for the historic game — and so are fans. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

After months of stalemate, Ukraine’s military says it’s gaining ground in the embattled southern city of Bakhmut. In recent days, Russian troops have pulled back, and Ukrainian forces have advanced more than a mile. The World's Daniel Ofman speaks with the US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.

The third annual Sound of the Year awards are underway in London. The World’s host Marco Werman plays some of the sounds on the shortlist.

At the start of the war in Ukraine, much of Russia's cultural elite fled the country, including playwrights, filmmakers, artist and curators. A year on, they have established themselves in new cities across the world, a century after a previous exodus of Russian writers and artists reshaped global culture. From Paris, Theo Merz reports on how some artists are struggling to find a new identity and...

Millions of people are forced to leave their homes every year, driven by violence or disaster. While there is much made about people crossing borders for shelter, most displacement around the world happens within countries. A new report shows that the number of people internally displaced hit a record high last year, with more than 70 million people displaced within their own country, up 20% from...

US consumers have plenty of reasons to snap up electric vehicles. They are helping the US meet its climate goals, and new owners may qualify for a tax credit. But some of those old cars end up on Africa's roads. From Accra, the capital of Ghana, Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman reports that these vehicles provide vital transportation in poor countries, but they are polluting and unsafe.

Across Europe, prosecutors have been nabbing suspects involved in the drug trade for an Italian mafia group. The World's Marco Werman talks with Anna Sergi, professor of Criminology at the University of Essex, about how the criminal network operated and how deep the 'Ndrangheta's roots in Italian society go. 

Since the 1930s, there’s been a military coup in Thailand on average every seven years. The army will sometimes allow elected leaders to govern — even for yearslong stretches — but eventually, the military intervenes, claiming that elected leaders are unfit to rule. The current prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, took power in a 2014 coup. There’s an upcoming election this Sunday, and Thai voters w...

Representatives from Sudan’s two warring parties are meeting in Saudi Arabia. The talks began last Saturday. The Saudi government wants to help broker a peace deal between leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, which have been fighting for control of Sudan's capital since April 15. The World’s Shirin Jaafari speaks with host Marco Werman about how the...

Local residents and humanitarian workers are trying to recover from devastating floods and landslides around Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 400 have been confirmed dead and thousands have been left homeless in one of the country's deadliest disasters in recent history. Marco Werman speaks with Liliana Palacios, a health adviser for Médecins Sans Frontières, currently...

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that Imran Khan's detention is illegal. Khan's arrest had sparked two days of protests by his supporters and left nearly a thousand people arrested. Khan has been charged with corruption by a lower court. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Qamar Cheema, a Pakistani academic and political analyst, about his arrest and what it means for both Khan's supporters and...

The number of migrants waiting on the Mexican side of the border appears to be dwindling. Shelters in cities like Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, are emptying as many of them have decided to surrender to US authorities before Title 42 ends, on Thursday evening. Some fear that stricter rules might prevent them from coming after the pandemic-era policy expires. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports from Ciudad Juá...

A Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, or PBGV for short, took home the coveted Best in Show award at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday night. Never heard of the breed? That's ok. Host Marco Werman has this primer.

Mangroves are trees and shrubs that live in saltwater estuaries and along sheltered coastlines. They’re considered one of the planet’s most important ecosystems — but they are disappearing worldwide. To combat the trend, an Indigenous conservation group is working to protect some of the northernmost mangroves on the North American continent. From the Fronteras Desk in Hermosillo, KJZZ’s Kendal Blu...

More than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees are now living in Romania, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. But only around 10% of Ukrainian children attend Romanian schools. Many Ukrainian adults also struggle to find work in the country because of the language barrier. Two Ukrainian mothers, who met just 24 hours after fleeing to Bucharest, came up with a plan: to create their own school....

Wildfires in Canada's Alberta province have forced thousands of local residents to evacuate over the past few days. The fires have started to ease, but provincial authorities remain on alert. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Darryel Sowan, the emergency management communications coordinator of the Little Red River Cree Nation, about what he witnessed in his local community and how much he...