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France's energy union has threatened mass power cuts over Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the retirement age after months of violent street protests. The powerful CGT union has already cut power to an airport and school that the president was visiting this month. They say the Cannes Film Festival, French Open, and the Monaco Grand Prix will also be targeted, unless he rows back on reforms. Theo M...

French producer and artist Anthony Gonzalez and his electronic ensemble M83 immerse the listener in sound for an experience that is part sound-bath, part imaginary journey. Host Marco Werman sets up the band's current US tour.

The King's League is a new sports competition luring millions of online viewers in the Spanish-speaking world. The game is loosely based on soccer but immersed in video game culture and reality TV antics. Alan Ruiz Terol reports from Barcelona on the kickoff of the second season of the King's League and the spin-off for women, the Queen's League.

Last week, Australia announced a new and radical defense strategy emphasizing the significance of increasing its long-range strike capacity. This move is a major shakeup in the country's military preparedness and an effort to reposition itself against China while strengthening its alliance with the US. Mark Watson, the director of the Australia Strategic Policy Institute in Washington, DC, joins T...

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the United Nations says that around 1,000 children have been injured. This has overwhelmed the medical facilities in the country, forcing many families to look overseas for treatment. GBH's Sarah Betancourt has the story of one young Ukrainian child who's life has been changed by a Boston hospital. 

Author Anne Applebaum and co-author Jeffrey Goldberg traveled Ukraine to look at the country's preparation for a spring offensive. Applebaum tells host Marco Werman that Ukrainians believe the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backward — perhaps even out of Crimea for good.

Legendary Canadian musician, Gordon Lightfoot, passed away this week at the age of 84. Lightfoot rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s alongside other folk singers like Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton. Nicholas Jennings, a music journalist and author of the biographical book, “Lightfoot," talks with The World's Marco Werman about the musician's legacy. 

The latest disturbing TikTok trend in Japan features young pranksters who are contaminating sushi that is served on conveyer belts in restaurants. They share videos of themselves licking sushi rolls or otherwise contaminating plates and condiments. Although it's unclear how common this practice actually is, it's concerning diners and especially owners of sushi restaurants. Julia Kim and Rebecca Ro...

In an attempt to keep Toronto Maple Leafs fans from taking over FLA Live Arena during their upcoming second-round Stanley Cup playoff series, the Panthers are restricting ticket sales for home games to United States residents only.

After more than a decade at the forefront of AI research at Google, Geoffrey Hinton is stepping down from his post with a warning. He says artificial intelligence could cause serious harm to humanity. Hinton tells The World’s Marco Werman what has him so worried. 

In the Palestinian city of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, there’s a new group of national heroes. They’re part of an upstart militant group called the Lions’ Den. Israelis see the group as terrorists, blaming it for a rise in shooting attacks. But in Nablus, many Palestinians hail these men as brave fighters standing up to the Israeli occupation. From the West Bank, The World’s Matthew...

Author Jonny Steinberg’s new book explores the complex relationship between two of the world’s best known freedom fighters, Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Steinberg and The World’s Marco Werman discuss how and why the marriage of the iconic revolutionaries became a highly prized and unwieldy asset for the anti-apartheid movement.

Foreign ministers from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia met in Amman on Monday to discuss bringing Syria back into the fold of the Arab League. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Natasha Hall, a senior fellow with the Center for International and Strategic Studies, about the motivations for normalization of relations with Syria's Assad regime after more than a decade of conflict.

University professors and researchers depend upon getting published. So, it was considered a bold move when the editors of two prestigious brain journals resigned en masse this month after the publisher refused to lower the fees it charges academics to publish in it. The editors of NeuroImage said that profits are coming before research and that they're going to start a rival journal. Ari Daniel r...

In the small, off-radar music halls in the Spanish cities of Barcelona, Madrid and Sevilla, emerging groups of punk rockers are taking to the stage with an emotional, apolitical message: society is broken. It’s a cry that’s starting to be heard, and loudly. Gerry Hadden reports from Spain. 

Pollution and trash carried from the Tijuana River to the Pacific Ocean have long plagued swimmers and surfers on both sides of the US-Mexico border. The World's Marco Werman visits Imperial Beach, California, and Tijuana, to speak with an elected official and activist about how a recent court settlement is bringing hope for cooperation.

Cuba's communist government has canceled its widely celebrated International Workers’ Day parade, because of the acute fuel shortage crisis on the island. The World's Tibisay Zea reports that is the first time that this event has been canceled for economic reasons, and will be replaced by small celebrations.

The semi-autonomous Abkhazia region broke away from the country of Georgia in the mid-1990s, with support from the Russian government. It became an independent country, sort of. And the population was cut in half when all the ethnic Georgians fled. Including many of the region's leaders, who formed a government-in-exile in Georgia. But as Levi Bridges reports from Georgia, many former Abkhazians a...

Fighting in Khartoum between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is spreading throughout Sudan. Violence in the western Sudanese region of Darfur threatens to revive the civil war and genocide that engulfed that region 20 years ago. Host Marco Werman speaks with Brian Adeba, deputy director of policy at The Sentry, about the roots of the Sudanese conflict in Darfur and how a pot...

When meeting a stranger, it's always useful to have someone you trust vouch for them. Djavan is a Brazilian music superstar you may not know of. He's been huge there for decades, and right now he's touring the US for the first time in 13 years. If you want an endorsement for Djavan, turn to none other than Stevie Wonder. Their 1982 collaboration called "Samurai" features vocals from Djavan, with S...

Police in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince pulled suspected gang members off of a minibus on Monday, and witnesses say that residents took the men away, beat them, and then set them on fire. Host Marco Werman speaks with Vanda Felbab-Brown with the Brookings Institute, who's been closely following the situation.

A panda that had been living at a zoo in Tennessee is being sent back to China — and the vibes are not great. The bear is sick and some in China are accusing the US of failing to properly care for the prized panda. While pandas have long been used as a form of soft diplomacy by China, recalled bears reveal the rocky relationships between China and other countries. The World's Marco Werman discusse...

Since last November, thousands of schoolgirls in Iran have been subjected to a series of suspected chemical attacks. It is not clear who is behind them. But activists and human rights advocates say the government should be doing more to stop them. 

The Biden administration on Thursday announced new efforts to limit the flow of unauthorized migrants across the southern border, including the opening of processing centers in the region. But the law will not make entering the US easier. Host Marco Werman speaks with reporter Manuel Rueda about the policy announcements, and how they might impact people he has been speaking with in Colombia at the...

Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said his country should take responsibility and apologize for its  role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade . It's the first time a Portuguese leader has suggested offering a national apology. Michael Fox reports on the apology and the reaction in Brazil, where a large number of Africans who were enslaved ended up.