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In his inaugural speech on Wednesday, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said his first duty is reversing the decline of French in Quebec. He has set forth a new goal: requiring that all economic migrants to Canada speak French in order to be accepted. Marco Werman explores the context for this and its implications for attracting migrants with Daniel Beland, director of the McGill Institute for the S...

Across Spain's Barcelona province children are getting to school in organized convoys of bikes, dubbed "bicibus," or "bicycle-bus." As with traditional bus lines, each bicibús route has stops where other cycling students can join along the way. Parents, teachers and other volunteer adults ride, too, to ensure the kids’ safety. Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona on the joys of this climate-friendl...

El Faro, a legendary news publication in El Salvador, reeled when they discovered most of their journalists' phones had been hacked using the spyware, Pegasus. The maker of the spyware, NSO Group, is now being sued by the paper's staff, including an American journalist who was hacked, in US court. The World's Marco Werman interviews Ronan Farrow, who reported the story for The New Yorker.

HIV/AIDS infections continue to be a health emergency. On this World AIDS Day, The World's Marco Werman spoke with Dr. Ruben Mayorga about the factors behind this ongoing health emergency in the region and what can be done to stop it. 

After a vote in March agreeing to build a treaty that would essentially “eliminate all plastic waste,” negotiations via the United Nations have started this week in Uruguay in hopes of adopting a treaty before a set 2024 deadline. Countries differ in how to effectively do this on a global scale. Jane Patton, campaign manager for plastics & petrochemicals at CIEL, joins The World from the Inter...

President Joe Biden is hosting French president Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Thursday, and the leaders of these two longtime allies have a lot to discuss: Ukraine, inflation and the environment, just to name a few. Biden said he sees Macron not just as the leader of France, but "also Europe as a whole." The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.   

European leaders in Brussels are expected to agree to a price cap on Russian oil this week in an attempt to moderate profits going to Moscow to fuel its war while keeping global oil prices in check. The World's Carolyn Beeler explains the move that’s paired with an embargo on Russian crude oil shipped to Europe set to take effect on Dec. 5.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a threat of impeachment following a report that found evidence that he had violated the country's constitution, in part, by covering up the theft of millions of dollars in cash hidden in a sofa on his farm in 2020. Host Marco Werman speaks with Marianne Merten, journalist at South Africa's Daily Maverick, about the scandal and its political fallout.

The United Nations agency for culture added the French baguette to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Host Marco Werman has this brief ode to the crusty, chewy, iconic loaf.

Former leader Jiang Zemin will be remembered for ushering in a decade of extraordinary Chinese economic growth. He sped up China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, transforming the global economy. But he also ensured the Chinese Communist Party retained absolute political power. Robert Lawrence Kuhn talks with The World’s Marco Werman.

Snow has already blanketed cities across Ukraine and temperatures drop below freezing at night. This is while millions of people face rolling blackouts and no heat. The World’s Shirin Jaafari visits a camping store in Kyiv and reports on how people are planning for the cold months ahead.

Some Iranians cheered for the US on Tuesday following its victory over Iran at the FIFA World Cup. The 1-0 victory catapulted the US into the knockout round while sending Iran's team back home. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Borzou Daragahi about the pressure Iran's team faced at the World Cup as well as the recent history of Iran's soccer team.

LGBTQ rights advocates have heavily criticized FIFA for giving the 2022 Men's World Cup to Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal and punishable with prison time. Both FIFA and Qatari officials have said “everyone is welcome” at the tournament, but messaging is inconsistent. The World's Bianca Hillier reports on how LGBTQ Qataris and global football fans are feeling now that the tournament is under...

Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, the son of Japanese immigrants, who was awarded the US Medal of Honor for holding off an attack by Chinese troops to allow an American squad to withdraw during the Korean War, has died. He was 97. Host Marco Werman has an appreciation. 

Some people in Japan call them “new religious movements.” Others 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. One of the more successful mystics in Japan is named Master Okawa, who says he’s a reincarnated alien from the planet Venus. He’s now intent o...

A team of researchers in Canada have discovered two new minerals after analyzing a slice of a 15-ton meteorite found in Somalia. Host Marco Werman speaks with University of Alberta professor Chris Herd, whose team identified the new minerals that had previously been synthesized in a lab, but never before seen in nature.

Flooded areas in Pakistan have seen a spike in waterborne illnesses like malaria, and health experts worry about skyrocketing malnutrition rates among children. The WHO warns that as temperatures rise, more people will die of malaria, malnutrition, diarrhea and heat stress. The World's environment correspondent reports from the hard-hit Dadu district in southern Pakistan. 

Researchers are heralding a breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer's: a drug that is the first to slow the destruction of the brain. But it only works in the early stages of Alzheimer's and many people aren't diagnosed until the disease has already advanced. Marco Werman speaks with an Alzheimer's researcher to find out what is so revolutionary about the new drug lecanemab and how it can be ma...

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is threatened by climate change. That much is agreed. But while the United Nations wants to label this World Heritage Site “in danger," Australia's government says that placing the reef on UNESCO’s “World Heritage in Danger” list would be a step too far. Host Marco Werman tells the story.

Brazil, in partnership with Dutch intelligence, apprehended a Russian spy named Sergey Cherkasov who was trying to infiltrate the International Criminal Court, likely to inform on the war crimes cases that the court is assembling in Ukraine. Now Russia is trying to get their spy back. The World's Marco Werman talks to Christo Grozev, Bellingcat's lead Russia investigator, about the newest turn in...

Since Russia's invasion, many Ukrainian songs have become symbols of defiance and resilience in the face of difficult circumstances. Aside from the national anthem though, one song has stood out as the song representing Ukrainian sovereignty and perseverance. It's called “Oi u Luzi Chervona Kalyna,” or 'Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow.' The World's Daniel Ofman reports.

The UK released the results of the 2021 census and the results were not very surprising. For the first time, fewer than half the population of England and Wales described themselves as Christian. The results also showed a decline in those identifying as white. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Abby Day, a professor at Goldsmiths University of London, about the decline in those categories and wha...

As the uprising in Iran enters its third month, dissidents are finding few places to run to for safety. Those who have fled to Iran are facing an increasing number of threats, online and in person. Istanbul-based journalist Fariba Nawa has been documenting cases of Iranian dissidents who have met with detention or death for speaking out while in Turkey.

For many people in the African diaspora, the idea of "Afrofuturism" has a lot to do with reconnecting with ancestry. But for many Africans on the continent today, Afrofuturism is more about what its name suggests: the future. The musician Afrotronix straddles both in his music. We hear from Caleb Ritmobaye, the man behind Afrotronix. 

Worldwide, the cattle industry is responsible for about 7% of greenhouse gas emissions. That comes primarily from waste, like cows burping out methane, and the energy required to grow feed, often on cleared forest land. In Colombia, ranchers are experimenting with a new kind of grass in the hopes of building a sustainable cattle farm. Manuel Rueda reports from Colombia.