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Mexico is hard at work on a huge development project that the country’s president says will rival the Panama Canal. It won’t be another waterway though. Instead, it will link new ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico with a network of rail lines and industrial parks. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is looking to the US for support on the project. Michael Fox has the sto...

The US and Canada have agreed to change a decades-old asylum agreement, putting more restrictions on migrants seeking protections in Canada. Susan Fratzke, senior policy analyst with the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, tells host Carol Hills about the new agreement, its goal of relieving pressure on both country's immigration systems, and how it will impact the lives of people seeking as...

The late Malian master of the desert blues, Ali Farka Touré, left behind many recordings that periodically get discovered. The latest trove of music recorded impromptu and in jam sessions has just come out. Host Marco Werman tells us about "Voyageur."

After 20 years in power and a much-criticized response to devastating earthquakes, the president of Turkey will face a tough election on May 14. In an effort to unseat him, a coalition of six opposition parties have nominated Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, a candidate with a long political career, but few wins. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul.

In a state-of-the-art laboratory in Valencia, Spain, building engineer Jose Miguel Adam is trying to save the world from more tragedies, like the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this year. No building can be made 100% indestructible, but they can be built to resist all but the most devastating disasters — both natural and human. Gerry Hadden reports from Spain.

“Femicide” — the killing of women for their gender — has been a persistent problem in Colombia. In 2022, more than 11 women were murdered every week on average. The crime of femicide has been on the books in Colombia since 2012, but a lack of resources, high levels of impunity and deep-seated cultural discrimination are hampering efforts to put a stop to it. Richard Kemeny reports from Medellín.

Protesters took to the streets today in Israel after the Knesset passed a law limiting the ways a sitting prime minister can be declared unfit for office. Critics of the measure see it as a shield to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from fallout amid an ongoing corruption trial. From Jerusalem, Rabbi Susan Silverman discusses the measure with The World’s host Marco Werman.

It's taken 15 years for Haitian musician Erol Josué to release a new album. Other things took priority, like helping those devastated by the earthquake that hit the island in 2010. In addition to being a musician, he's also a vodoo priest and director of the National Bureau of Ethnology in Port-au-Prince. Josué believes his new album "Pelerinaj," or “pilgrimage” in Haitian Creole, will help highli...

Mice are plaguing tiny, uninhabited Marion Island located southeast of South Africa in the Indian Ocean. The island is home to millions of seabirds, including albatrosses and four species of penguins. But an invasive mouse population is threatening the birds, and they need to go, say conservationists. The World's host Marco Werman speaks to Keith Springer, operations manager for the Mouse-Free Mar...

The tiny island nations in the Pacific are not big players on the global stage, but they are often courted by superpowers. It's not surprising why — they offer abundant resources and a place to put military bases. Reporter Ashley Westerman asks how countries like the Solomon Islands feel about being in the middle of a power struggle between China and the West.

RUSSIAN FAN ID LAW SEEN AS A NEW FORM OF AUTHORITARIAN SURVEILLANCE: In Russia, to be able to attend soccer matches in the country's Premier League, fans need to present a "Fan ID." The pilot program for the "Fan ID" system was first launched in June 2022. This year, with the full rollout of the "Fan ID" law, attendance at soccer matches has dwindled, and fans aren't happy. The World's Daniel Ofma...

US President Joe Biden is visiting Canada today. He will be meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and will address Canada's parliament in Ottawa. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with CBC senior reporter Tom Parry about Biden's visit and a major issue at the top of the agenda: the US-Canada border.

At the World Baseball Classic final between Japan and the US in Miami on Tuesday night, it came down to the final at bat — two of the world's top players, teammates during the Major League Baseball season pitted against each other, with bragging rights for their country on the line. Host Marco Werman breaks it all down.

The government of Moldova has voted to remove the "Moldovan" language from its constitution and enshrine Romanian as the country's official language in all legislation. Pro-Russian lawmakers in Moldova have condemned the move. They  see it as another attempt by Moldova to move closer to European Union membership. But 80% of Moldovans already speak Romanian, so what's the issue? The World's Europe...

The parliament in Uganda on Tuesday passed a bill that criminalizes being gay. Human rights observers say the measure go farther than similar laws in other countries, creating jail terms for new offenses called "attempted homosexuality" and "aggravated homosexuality." Host Marco Werman has this update on a story we brought you earlier this week.

Scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute have linked the languages we speak with how we think, according to a new study. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Dr. Alfred Anwander, lead researcher behind the study, about the findings and specifically about the differences in the wiring of the language regions in the human brain.

Dharavi is known as the largest informal settlement in Asia. One million people live in 1 square mile of Mumbai. For decades, it's been slated for redevelopment, with the formalization of streets, utilities and services for 20 years now. From Mumbai, Raksha Kumar reports that plans are finally taking shape, but debates remain over where people will live, and whether they will be able to continue t...

The New Zealand government has launched a campaign to help teenagers and young adults heal from romantic breakups. It's called the “Love Better” campaign and includes real Kiwi teens talking about the added stress social media plays when a relationship ends. Marco Werman speaks with Lucia O'Sullivan, a professor of psychology at the University of New Brunswick who studies the impact of digital tec...

Late last month, Moscow launched a rescue vessel to the international space station to bring home three crew members who are stuck in orbit after their original capsule became damaged. While this is a Russian mission, it requires US collaboration, highlighting that space is one of the few places where US-Russia cooperation remains intact. The World's Anna Kusmer reports.

The International Monetary Fund and Ukraine have agreed to terms that pave the way for a huge relief package. It's designed to prop up the government's intense military spending and the blows Russian forces have dealt to the economy. New rules crafted by the IMF allow the international financier to steer funds to countries suffering from "exceptionally high uncertainty." The World's Marco Werman t...

President Joe Biden is set to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week. This trip is Biden's first visit to the US's northern neighbor since becoming President. The World's Bianca Hillier looks at previous trips of this kind and what Biden and Trudeau will discuss. 

Former US Army Sgt. Kayla Williams was deployed to Iraq in 2003 as an Arabic linguist two days after the US-led invasion began. She met her husband in Iraq. He suffers from a traumatic brain injury sustained in Mosul. Williams talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the long-term physical psychological impact of the war on veterans, and the times she felt she didn’t live up to her values in Iraq...

Host Marco Werman spins the latest sounds from the innovator of the Hindustani slide guitar, Debashish Bhattacharya, a track titled "The Sound of the Soul."

Art is the family business for the Isupov family of Ukraine. They are sculptors and painters. One son emigrated to the US in the 1990s but his parents and brother remained in Kyiv. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has upended their lives and their art. The World's Carol Hills visits the older son in his studio in western Massachusetts to find out the different ways the family is coping and continui...

The United Nations says there's still time to mitigate or reverse the effects of climate change. That's according to the UN's latest report on climate change, which details steps that can be taken to arrive at transformative change. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Elisabeth Gilmore, a lead author of the UN report, about the necessary steps and why there's hope for tackling climate change.