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How long can Russia keep up its regular missile and drone attacks on Ukraine? The World’s Marco Werman talks with Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the extent of Russia’s arsenals and where it's turning to to replenish its weapons supplies.

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia early this week. The natural disaster left more than 200 people dead and over 1,000 injured in a densely populated region of West Java province. The World's host Carol Hills spoke with Katrin Monecke, an associate professor of geosciences at Wellesley College, about why Indonesia is so susceptible to natural disasters, and especially earthquakes.

Over the past few years, the iconic yellow-and-green Brazilian soccer jersey has become associated with the government of President Jair Bolsonaro, who just lost his re-election bid. And it's been making it hard for many Brazilians to get behind their national soccer team, their flag and the beloved jersey, formerly seen as a symbol of unity. Michael Fox reports from São Paulo.

Today, drivers in Nairobi, Kenya, say they are striking against the American ride-hailing company Uber and its European counterpart Bolt, citing ongoing issues over low fares and high commissions. While drivers have gone on strike in the past with little success, they are now trying a new approach: organizing a migration to Uber's competitors. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from the Kenyan cap...

Hebe de Bonafini, who had two of her sons disappeared by the military junta in Argentina, and who went on to co-found a group of mothers who marched for their kidnapped family members, has died. The World's host Marco Werman interviews Juan Mendez, a former UN special rapporteur on torture who knew Bonafini, about her life and legacy.

Murder rates of trans and queer people in Brazil are among the highest in the world. And it's become Bia Ferreira's mission to inform and protect the LGBTQ community there. In 2019, Ferreira released an album which translated to "Lesbyterian Church, A Call." In a way, she created her own church through the album. That mission continues with her latest release "Faminta."

A century after the discovery of King Tut's tomb in Egypt, another big moment has unfolded at the pyramids. Hundreds of coffins and mummies have been unearthed in Giza, 20 miles south of Cairo. The newly found coffins have individual faces, distinguishing men from women, as host Marco Werman explains.

Russian forces have allegedly buried around 400 Ukrainians in one of the largest mass graves discovered since the war in Ukraine started. The grave was found in a forest in the northeastern city of Izium. Investigators are now trying to piece together what happened. The World's Shirin Jaafari visited the site and spoke to the investigators there.

There are many ways to forecast the winner of the World Cup, and animals are also flexing their predictive abilities. "Mystic Millie" — a purportedly psychic camel in the UK — correctly chose her countrymen’s victory over Iran today. But she's not the only animal in the predictions game, as host Marco Werman explains.

There's a long history of trying to predict the outcome of the World Cup. Animals choosing which country will win has been a popular choice in the past. But good old math may be the way to help us determine who will win. The University of Oxford in the UK has developed a model to determine the result of the World Cup. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Joshua Bull, a biologist who uses math...

The FIFA World Cup is under way in Qatar. The tournament saw much controversy in the years, months, weeks and days ahead of the start of the tournament. But even as the matches are underway in Qatar, the controversy continues — from comments made by FIFA's president to Ecuadorian fans demanding beer and Iranians refusing to sing their country's national anthem in solidarity with protests back home...

The Turkish air force bombed several areas of northern Syria and Iraq over the weekend, calling it a response to last Sunday's bombing in Istanbul. Dozens of Kurdish militants are believed to have died in the strikes. The Syrian Democratic Forces then launched rockets into Turkey on Monday, killing at least two people.

Russian and Ukrainian officials are trading blame for the intense shelling yesterday around the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine. More than a dozen explosions rocked the area. Olena Pareniuk, a nuclear power expert at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, tells The World’s host Marco Werman what’s at stake.

The World’s Carolyn Beeler explains the outcome of the COP27 summit, with wealthier nations agreeing to pay for damage caused by climate change in developing countries. Though the devil is in the details, nations feeling the environmental impacts say just agreeing to find a framework for "loss and damage" funding is still a big step forward.

Last night's big winners at the Latin Grammy Awards include Jorge Drexler from Uruguay and Angela Alvarez from Cuba. Host Carol Hills reports.

Controversy has surrounded the 2022 World Cup from the moment Qatar won the bid 12 years ago to be the host country. Host Carol Hills tells the troubled backstory of the soccer tournament that will draw 1.5 million fans to Qatar, and will put the tiny Gulf monarchy front and center for football fans around the globe.

Motor vehicle traffic all but disappeared during the first COVID-19 lockdowns in London. So, local officials rearranged their streets, and in many cases, closed roads to cars. Residents, especially families with school-aged kids, loved it. But now, many drivers — and some elected officials — want the roads opened up again to traffic. As reporter Russell Newlove explains, that's not going to happen...

Once completed, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline — running from western Uganda to the coast of Tanzania — will be the longest electrically heated oil pipeline in the world. The Ugandan and Tanzanian governments have promoted the project as an opportunity for economic development, employment and energy security. But in western Uganda, there are major concerns about how the pipeline could negativ...

Qatar has reversed its decision to sell beer at World Cup stadium sites. It comes just days before the start of the World Cup tournament, and after a decade of setting expectations that alcohol would be permitted. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Tariq Panja, a global sports reporter with the New York Times, about the late decision and what the mood is like in Qatar as the tournament is about to...

What happens when you feed cows hemp laden with THC? Do they get buzzed or want to take a snooze? Is their milk safe to drink? Some German scientists presented some answers in a study that came out this week. The World's Anna Kusmer has more.

The recent layoffs and resignations at Twitter have left the company potentially understaffed. The World's host Carol Hills talks to journalist Vittoria Elliott about the international implications of the chaos inside one of the world's biggest social media organizations.

Many Indigenous groups and other small farmers in Honduras live and work on land with disputed ownership. Violent evictions have been common over the past decade, but with a new government in place, people are looking to see if President Xiomara Castro responds differently. Anna-Catherine Brigida reports from Tegucigalpa that separate legal claims to land can end up in conflict with each other.

Seventy-five countries — led by the US, UK and France — are signing a declaration in Dublin to refrain from urban bombing, the first time countries have agreed to curb the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. Host Carol Hills speaks with Laura Boillot, the coordinator of the International Network on Explosive Weapons, about the aims of the declaration and the challenges ahead for their imp...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it’s now "crunch time" for negotiators at the COP27 climate summit. Talks are expected to stretch into this weekend. We hear from a young climate activist from Pakistan who's spent the last two weeks taking part in the climate conference in Egypt. Fatemah Sultan, 19, talks with The World's environment correspondent Carolyn Beeler about her mot...

Checking Google maps is a popular way to navigate through unfamiliar places. But that’s not always an option, especially if the path is a sea route through Antarctic waters. Research scientist Jonathan Smith at the British Antarctic Society tells The World’s host Marco Werman about a new tool that can help.