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Earlier this month, Puffin and The Roald Dahl Story Company announced they were removing offensive and insensitive language from the late-British author Roald Dahl's classic stories, including “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Critics cried censorship, so the publisher says they have found a middle ground. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

The White House has opened a pathway for Ukrainians to stay in the US for two years. For those who can find their way to the US, getting housing is often the most difficult challenge. The World's host Marco Werman meets a Ukrainian artist and her daughter who have resettled in San Diego.

The leader of Belarus will visit Beijing on Tuesday, just days after US officials announced they had gathered intelligence suggesting China is considering supplying lethal aid to Russia for its war in Ukraine. David Rennie, Beijing bureau chief for The Economist, speaks with The World’s host Marco Werman.

The Northern Ireland Protocol was the biggest sticking point when Britain left the European Union. Today, the the EU and the UK announced that they had reached an agreement. The World's Orla Barry tells host Marco Werman that now British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has to sell it back home.

A debate has raged in Finland over the past few years as to who should be considered part of the Sami Indigenous group. But a bill that would narrow the criteria for membership failed in committee on Feb. 24. As John Last reports from Inari in northern Finland, some Sami leaders say the current membership rules allow outsiders to influence Sami decision-making.

Since Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup two years ago, the US government has tried to isolate the junta through sanctions. It has even taken steps toward supporting an armed uprising to restore democracy in Myanmar. But this month, Washington chose to participate in joint military training exercises. The World's Patrick Winn says this flies in the face of official US policy.

Over the weekend, millions of Nigerians cast their votes for a new president, in Africa's biggest democratic election. While many voters applauded improvements in the election process, others experienced violence at the polls. Now, comes the wait for the results. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from Lagos.

Palestinian and Israeli delegations began peace talks in Jordan on Sunday just as a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis and settlers burned cars and buildings in the West Bank. The World's host Marco Werman speaks with David Makovsky, director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Project on the Middle East Peace Process, about the escalating violence and efforts to find peace.

On Thursday nights, a nightclub called Pepper hosts a “pass the hat” event. The idea is to collect donations for different causes. This week's show was held to support medical care for Ukraine's military personnel. The music had a Ukrainian roots vibe, with a touch of jazz.

A 31-year-old from the western city of Lviv, Ivan Pokh, talks about how the war over the past year has made good things in life better, and some bad things worse.

The World’s Carolyn Beeler spends time with a Ukrainian soldier in his hometown of Kyiv while he's on leave from the front lines. After serving in combat, this fourth-generation warrior says that something simple, like getting a hair cut or talking a stroll through his family's neighborhood, suddenly takes on new meaning.

A 21-year-old Ukrainian man, Vadim Shandorsky, talks about how his outlook on life has changed over the past year of war. He says he's learned to "be present in the moment."

The port city of Odesa has remained in Ukrainian control throughout the last 12 months of war, but it hasn't been spared from Russian attacks. The people who work at the historic opera house has still managed to put on performances. The World's Daniel Ofman visited the opera and met some of the performers.

Ukrainian Natalia Zaretska is a military psychologist who specializes in trauma. The World's Carolyn Beeler talked with Zaretska in the city of Bucha, outside of Kyiv, about what the people there went through under Russian occupation. People are recovering, but Zaretska explains that life will never be the same for those who lived through the atrocities that took place there.

The World's team of journalists in Ukraine has been hearing the personal stories of many different people about what they've been living through over the past year. But another way to look at this conflict is through the numbers. The World's co-hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler break down some statistics to help illuminate what this war has meant for those living through it.

The World's reporting team in Kyiv, Ukraine, has been speaking with people about what they've experienced over this past year of war, and asking them what they learned about themselves.

The war in Ukraine is shaking up global alliances and deepening the divide between Moscow and Washington. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman talks with The World’s Marco Werman about what a Ukrainian “victory” would mean, and whether or not Russia's president Vladimir Putin has completely given up on nuclear arms control treaties.

It’s difficult to say exactly how people in Russia feel about the war in Ukraine. Just calling the conflict a "war" is against Russian law. On top of that, the Kremlin’s narrative is hammered home daily on state-run news outlets in Russia. Despite this, The World's Daniel Ofman says the Russian public’s understanding of the war is not monolithic. 

In parts of northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus, Russian troops were firmly in control for several weeks early last year. The World's Carolyn Beeler visits one village occupied by Russian soldiers and later retaken by Ukrainian forces. One resident, who's fixing up her family's house that was damaged in the fighting, says, "It's going to go back to normal."

One year to the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special operation" in Ukraine, The World's co-hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler look back at some of the turning points in the ground war, the humanitarian crisis and the political fallout that has played out across the globe.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London announced Thursday that it has acquired David Bowie’s archive of more than 80,000 items. The trove of costumes, musical instruments, letters, lyrics, photos and more will be housed at a new arts center dedicated to the pop icon. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum describes some of what fans can hope to see.

A major mapping project has shown that pollutants known as “forever chemicals” have been found at high levels at thousands of sites across the UK and Europe. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of about 10,000 chemicals that make their way into water, soils and sediments from a wide range of consumer products, firefighting foams, waste and industrial processes. PFAS don't break...

In Alicante, Spain, the number of Russian students in high schools has gone up 42% since the war started. Most are families that have fled Russia fearing their kids would be conscripted. At the same time, there's also been an influx of Ukrainian families fleeing the war. Gerry Hadden reports how the two communities, thrust together, are dealing with each other. 

Haiti’s women’s national team notched a crucial win over Chile to clinch a spot in the upcoming World Cup. It’s the first time Haiti’s women’s team has advanced to the World Cup. Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, a women’s national tennis team has been assembled and they will got to the Billy Jean King Cup in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in April. It’s the first international women’s tennis appearance on the wor...

The United States is helping to rebuild Haiti’s police forces. The Biden administration is working on training and providing equipment as the police struggle to take back control from local gangs. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Todd Robinson, assistant secretary of state for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, about his efforts to bolster and boost Haiti’s police and what he...