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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed US border officials to continue expelling migrants under the Title 42 policy indefinitely, granting a petition from Republican-led states. The World's Tibisay Zea tells us more about how this policy has interfered with the asylum-seeking process in the United States.

Host Marco Werman shines a light on one of the tracks he loved from 2022: "Diarabi" from the album "Ali" by the Texas-based Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Toure.

A small British bookshop is helping displaced Ukrainian children escape into a world of reading. The store has donated thousands of backpacks filled with books and other treasures to children who have fled warfare in their country. Leo Hornak visited Little Toller Books in Beaminster.

Reindeer can do many things. Not only can they pull Santa's sleigh, but they can change their eye color from gold to blue during the winter. Really. Neurologist Glenn Jeffrey recently untangled the science behind the Christmas miracle. He shared his findings on The Conversation Weekly podcast.

The multinational oil company Shell will pay around $16 million to four Nigerian farmers and their communities in compensation for pollution from leaking oil pipelines. The settlement was agreed to after more than a decade of lawsuits and legal battles. It follows a decision handed down in a British court last year that Shell is responsible for damages caused by its branch in Nigeria. The World's...

On Monday, representatives of the Ethiopian government arrived in the country’s northern Tigray region. They’re in Tigray to carry out the peace deal that ended the country’s bitter two-year civil war last month. This week’s visit from Addis Ababa is the first since the end of the conflict. But what what does peace mean in practice? Here to discuss is Tsedale Lemma. She’s an Ethiopian journalist w...

Somewhere around 180 Rohingya refugees were stranded on a boat for weeks and feared dead. They arrived in Aceh, Indonesia, on Tuesday. The World's Marco Werman interviews Tun Khin, the president of the Burmese Rohingya Organization in the UK, about the refugee crisis that led these Rohingya to flee.

Dinosaurs almost certainly didn't roar — and probably produced sounds in ways similar to the way doves coo or ostriches boom, researchers say.

Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned NGOs, or nongovernmental organizations, from employing women. NGOs largely work in Afghanistan's aid sector and need women to conduct their operations. This also follows the ban on women's higher education across the country. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Hassan Abbas, a professor at National Defense University, about what the international communi...

Over the last 24 hours, both Russian and Ukrainian officials have expressed interest in peace talks. But only on their own terms. Meanwhile, the fighting on the ground in Ukraine continues. On Monday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that about 9 million people in Ukraine had electrical outages. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Daniel Ofman.

In Japan, they're known as “new religious movements.” But some people simply call them cults. Either way, Japan has a lot of them. In a country where most people don’t follow any organized religion, self-proclaimed prophets have long emerged to fill the spiritual void by developing their own religious movements. One of the more successful spiritual leaders in Japan is named Master Okawa, who says...

Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, has few friends in the European Union. Earlier this year, the European Parliament said Hungary can no longer be considered a functioning democracy. Among the long list of concerns laid out by EU lawmakers is Hungary’s treatment of ethnic minorities. The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Hungary. Now, one radio station is trying to break down the stereo...

Pastor Gabor Ivanyi presided at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's wedding. He also baptized Orban's children. But Ivanyi has been singled out by Orban's government and deprived of state financial support. Ivanyi says "it's a miracle" that his church is still surviving. The World's Orla Barry traveled to Hungary's capital Budapest to meet Pastor Ivanyi.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban began his political career alongside other young, idealistic, pro-democracy activists. Over time, Orban moved to the political right and embraced the rhetoric of religion. The World's Matthew Bell speaks with one of Orban's political allies about his transformation.

After the military in Sudan seized power in a 2021 coup, the internet and phone systems were down across the country. In response, some mosques in Sudan used their minarets to denounce the coup. Civilian leaders are trying to move the country away from military rule. And some are calling on the mosques to continue to play an active role in political affairs. The World's Halima Gikandi visited one...

As Christian evangelicals grow in number — and in their political influence — in Brazil, members of other religious traditions are feeling uneasy. Afro Brazilian religious centers have been targeted by evangelical activists. Temples have been destroyed, and icons and clergy members from Afro-Brazilian religious groups have been attacked. Many say the problem has become worse in recent years, spurr...

The number of French Jews moving to Israel is slowly rising. In 2021, around 3,500 Jews from France became Israeli citizens. Many say they just don't feel safe anymore in France because of anti-Semitism. But even those Jewish families who want to remain in France — their home country — many of them are turning inward, choosing to spend more time with their own community. Reporter Rebecca Rosman in...

Up until the mid-20th century, the Iraqi city of Mosul had a thriving Jewish community. That history has largely been forgotten. But one Iraqi Muslim man aims to help preserve that legacy. Reporter Rebecca Collard traveled to the city of Mosul to visit a neighborhood where Jewish families lived not so long ago.

Over the past few weeks, The World has been asking listeners to share a story about someone who helped them get through a difficult time. They came through with some really inspiring anecdotes experienced with friends, as well as complete strangers.

In Turkey, there's a type of pub that's renowned for its ability to help people open up, and share emotions not typically expressed in public. Visiting a “meyhane” involves long hours spent with friends over mezzes and raki, an anise-flavored liqueur. Dating back to the Byzantine Empire, the meyhane is a place where enthusiasts laugh, sing — and sometimes even cry. Durrie Bouscaren takes us inside...

Every day, people perform astonishing acts of generosity, sometimes at great risk to themselves. On a smaller scale, small acts of selflessness occur almost everywhere you look. Stephanie Preston is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, and an expert on why humans developed a powerful drive to help each other. She speaks to The World's host Marco Werman about her book, “The Altr...

An estimated 40,000 women have given birth in the past three months in flood-affected regions of Pakistan. That includes those living in temporary shelters or camps for displaced people. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke to one new mother who gave birth to her sixth child in a tent, with the help of a neighbor.

Mary Robinson was the first female president of Ireland in the 1990s. Later, Robinson became the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights. In recent years, she’s been chair of "The Elders," a group founded by Nelson Mandela, with a simple mandate: to share wisdom and experience to help solve the world’s toughest problems. Now Robinson is focused on tackling the climate crisis. She travels the world...

Aeham Ahmad grew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus. When his home was destroyed in the war, he rolled his piano through the rubble and just played — to counter the suffering. But after ISIS torched his piano and Syrian forces bombed his family's music shop, he fled to Germany. Today, he plays in Germany as an artist trying to tell the world about the war a...

When Abuja resident Jessy Maseli sent her son, Oreva, abroad to study, she was consumed with worry. The Nigerian teen knew no one in the UK. After dropping him off in Reading, England, Maseli found herself near tears in a church pew. A stranger approached, telling her “I’m going to take care of your son.” That stranger was true to her word.