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HIV/AIDS today is treatable but in many places, the stigma continues. In Ghana, more than a quarter of a million children have been orphaned by AIDS. They are often shunned and left to the streets. Reporter Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman visits Motherly Love Orphanage, a home for orphans in Accra, started by a pastor who also dealt with discrimination when he was diagnosed with HIV.

In Istanbul, gardens once farmed by ancient Romans are slowly being taken over by the Turkish government for development. Urban farmers and activists are to fighting to protect the land that sits next to the 5th-century, Byzantine walls. But Durrie Bouscaren reports that tenuous land agreements give them few options.

Vietnam’s president, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has submitted his resignation after a sweeping corruption crackdown. It's a rare public shuffle in a country where politics are usually controlled affairs. The World's host Marco Werman speaks with Southeast Asia specialist Zachary Abuza of the National War College about the political drama playing out in Vietnam and what is says about the direction the count...

People around the world are looking to Brazil's new government, led by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to help save the Amazon jungle. For the Karipuna people, who live in the Amazon, ending deforestation and attacks on their land, is key to their survival. Michael Fox reports that communities are welcoming the creation of an Indigenous Peoples' Ministry.

A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb on Wednesday took the life of Ukraine's Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky. His death has left a gaping hole in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s team. Member of Parliament Mariia Mezentseva knew many of those who died in the crash and worked closely with the minister. She chairs Ukraine’s delegation to the Council of Europe. The World's Marco Werman spoke with M...

After learning that the name "Brownies" caused harm to current and former members of color, Girl Guides of Canada launched a national effort to rename the branch for girls ages 7 and 8. This month, members voted overwhelmingly to change the name to Embers. The World's Bianca Hillier reports on the reaction to the move. 

A court in Manila has acquitted journalist Maria Ressa and Rappler, the online investigative news site she started, of tax evasion charges. The case is one of several brought against Ressa by the government of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ashley Westerman reports from Manila that the acquittal is being seen as a victory for press freedom in the country.

Over the last year, nearly a quarter million Cubans have migrated to the United States. It's one of the largest waves of Cuban migration. The World’s Tibisay Zea speaks to those who want to leave and those who have left about why people are making what is often a dangerous journey.

It's illegal to be LGBTQ in Iran, but gender reassignment surgeries are not just legal, they are encouraged, according to Iranian medical experts. Fariba Nawa has the story of one person who didn't fit the binary system she was born into in Iran, and escaped to Turkey, where she's become an activist for women's and LGBTQ people's rights in Iran.

Power cuts in South Africa have been increasing this past week. The country's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, skipped the World Economic Forum on Wednesday to return to South Africa and address the problem. The World's Marco Werman speaks with South African energy expert, Lungile Mashele, about why her country is facing these power cuts and how the ruling African National Congress party is taking the...

Last year, for the first time in 60 years, China's population fell. This development was not unexpected, but it came much sooner than experts thought it might. What are the factors that caused the drop? And what will the impact be for Chinese families? Marco Werman speaks with Mary Kay Magistad, a former China correspondent for The World who is now deputy director for the Asia Society's Center on...

A Canadian mining company is looking to build the largest gold mine in the Brazilian Amazon region. Nearby, riverside and Indigenous communities are concerned that the mine could destroy the environment where they live. Reporter Michael Fox has the story.

Mursal Nabizada could have fled Afghanistan with a humanitarian visa. But the former lawmaker remained in Kabul, after the Taliban seized power in August of 2021. Early on Sunday morning this week, gunmen killed Nabizada in her home. Fawzia Koofi, Nabizada’s friend and a former colleague in the Afghan parliament, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the dangers facing all women in Afghanistan...

Last month, the Taliban announced a ban on women working in national and international nongovernmental organizations in Afghanistan. Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, just returned from Kabul, where female members of his team insisted the ban needs to end.

Japanese artist Yukihiro Takahashi was one of the co-founders of the influential Yellow Magic Orchestra. He died earlier this month, and host Marco Werman fills us in on the impact he made as a musician, from Tokyo to the sound stage of the US TV show, “Soul Train.”

In July, the United Nations brokered a deal with Russia to restart Ukrainian shipments of food that were halted in the early weeks of the war. The agreement created a "humanitarian corridor" in the Black Sea for sending grain abroad, with ships inspected by UN, Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian authorities. Ukraine says the deal is not meeting expectations, and it's blaming Russia. The World's Daniel...

A man who claims to be a commander from the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary group fighting in Ukraine, has fled to Norway. He told a Russian human rights activist that he was shot at and chased by dogs during his escape. He says he is prepared to testify against the Wagner Group's founder and leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, about extrajudicial executions committed by members of the mercenary group. T...

“Dina Kiroto” means "I have a dream" in Kikuyu, a language widely spoken in Kenya. Musician Ness Mburu is from Kenya, and has released a new version of the children's song, "I Have a Dream," that was written 20 years ago in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Host Marco Werman spins the track for us.

Australian Erchana Murray-Bartlett now has the women's world record for most marathons run over consecutive days. She ran 150 marathons back-to-back along a route from the northern to southern tips of Australia's eastern states. Along the way, she raised $70,000 to preserve biodiversity across Australia. The World's host Marco Werman tells the story of Murray-Bartlett and her run, which has been d...

After eluding authorities for decades, Matteo Messina Denaro was captured at a hospital by Italian police today in Palermo, Sicily. He was convicted in absentia in 1992 for murder and other crimes. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Sicily to congratulate police and prosecutors. “We didn’t win the war, we didn’t defeat the mafia, but this was a fundamental battle to win,” Meloni told re...

Residents in Kasindi, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are mourning the bombing deaths of as many as 20 worshipers on Sunday at a Pentecostal church. Host Marco Werman speaks with Stephanie Wolters — director of Okapi Consulting and a Great Lakes region expert at the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg — about the attack by the Allied Democratic Forces,...

A Nepalese airplane crashed into the mountains on Sunday, killing at least 70 people onboard. Plane crashes in Nepal have become increasingly common. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Himendra Kumar, a senior business editor of The Kathmandu Post, about the crash and what we know about it so far.

A massive underwater volcano erupted one year ago near the island nation of Tonga in the Pacific. Tonga was blanketed in ash and acid rain, and tsunami waves threatened countries across the region. It took a month to restore communications after a fiber-optic cable was severed. But even after that, recovery has been slow. Ashley Westerman reports on the human and environmental destruction wrought...

Ukrainska Pravda broke ground in the year 2000 when it became Ukraine's first online newspaper. Now, nearly a year into the current war with Russia, and despite frequent air raids and intermittent electricity, the "UP" newsroom continues to operate. Charles Sennott, the founder of The GroundTruth Project, which supports independent newsrooms around the world, recently visited the staff in the capi...

China has reported 60,000 new COVID-19-related deaths. And now, millions of Chinese people are headed to remote, rural areas for Lunar New Year celebrations this coming weekend. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Hong Kong epidemiologist Ben Cowling about what those journeys are likely to mean for the spread of the coronavirus.