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There are now 8 billion human beings living on Earth, according to a UN report. Despite women having fewer children, the past century has seen exponential growth. The World's host Carol Hills speaks to demographer Jennifer Sciubba about the myths and the complex truths surrounding the milestone.

The city of Izium in northeastern Ukraine was under Russian occupation for about six months. In September, Ukrainian forces managed to liberate the city, but, as The World's Shirin Jaafari reports, the hard work of bringing it back to normal has only begun.

A man is caught in legal limbo and left to live at an airport terminal — that’s the plot of “The Terminal,” a 2004 Steven Spielberg film starring Tom Hanks. But it was based very loosely on the lived experience of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, a refugee from Iran. He died this weekend after suffering a heart attack in France’s Charles de Gaulle airport, a place he called home for nearly two decades, betw...

Military commanders from Ethiopia's federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) met in Nairobi, Kenya, over the weekend to continue talks on implementing a peace deal in northern Ethiopia. The World's Halima Gikandi was there, and brings us this report.

Human error is being blamed for a politically charged moment at a rugby match this weekend. In Incheon, South Korea yesterday, a team from Hong Kong was about to hit the pitch against a team from South Korea in the finals of the annual Asia Rugby Sevens tournament. Instead of China's national anthem, the stadium played a song strongly associated with Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests to welcome t...

It’s not a light breakfast choice. The full English breakfast, as it’s known, is a one-plate cornucopia of meats and more: bacon, sausage, eggs, grilled mushrooms and tomato, baked beans, toast and more sausage. Londoners love it. But the dish is getting more and more pricey, just like a lot of things these days. Some restaurants are finding it harder to keep on the menu, as reporter Leo Hornak ex...

Lithium has proven itself a highly valuable component of battery technology for electric vehicles. But as more and more lithium discoveries are made across the globe, is it ready to supersede oil as the engine of global transportation? The World’s host Marco Werman spoke with Elizabeth Connelly, an analyst with the International Energy Agency, about lithium’s global potential.

Global demand for lithium is soaring, because it is used in electric car batteries. This is good news for Chile’s economy, which meets a third of the world’s lithium needs. Experts say it's a big financial opportunity for the region, but it comes at an environmental cost. The World's Tibisay Zea brings us this story from the Atacama Desert in Chile.

In Iran, mass protests against the government are now in their seventh week. They were sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini. She died in police custody after being arrested by the country’s morality police. Since then, at least 250 people in Iran have been killed in crackdowns on demonstrations, according to human rights groups. Some of the worst violence has ta...

Today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the newly liberated southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, which had been under Russian occupation since March. Russian forces retreated last week to the eastern bank of the Dnipro River. And as Ukrainian troops entered the city, they were greeted with joy.

At least six people are dead and dozens of others wounded after an explosion struck a popular shopping street in central Istanbul on Sunday. Turkish authorities have blamed the PKK and a suspect is in custody, but the event shatters a sense of safety that the city has felt after a spate of attacks between 2015 and 2016. Durrie Bouscaren reports from the scene, where witnesses have come to pay thei...

The US and China, the two biggest emitters of carbon pollution, have agreed to restart climate talks. China had halted climate dialogue with the US after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Ani Dasgupta at the UN climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, about what the decision might mean.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Monday on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Indonesia. Biden said China is not on the brink of invading Taiwan, nor will there be a new cold war. The meeting comes at a low point in the US-China relationship. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

Marco Werman offers an homage to Brazilian singer Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos, known professionally as Gal Costa, who died on Wednesday in São Paulo, at the age of 77.

In the early days of the 2022-2023 NBA season, one of the biggest stories has been about someone who doesn't play in the NBA. Victor Wembanyama is an 18-year-old-French-7'4”-once-in-a-generation phenom. He's the biggest and most-anticipated NBA prospect since LeBron James. The World's Daniel Ofman reports.

Last weekend, Hong Kong hosted the Rugby Sevens tournament, a major comeback for the city. But another international sporting event that was scheduled for this week has been instead postponed till next year — the Gay Games. David Ko, one of the organizers of the Hong Kong Gay Games says that uncertainty has been the biggest challenge facing the games.

The measure would apply to all parking lots with more than 80 spaces, and the plan is expected to generate as much energy as 10 nuclear reactors. The World's host Carol Hills says it's all part of a larger push to meet net zero targets and move away from reliance on Russian oil.

Qatar is just under two weeks away from hosting the FIFA World Cup. It's the first time an Arab or Middle Eastern nation is hosting the tournament. The World's host Carol Hills speaks with Abdullah Al-Arian, a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, about the rich history of soccer in the region, as well as the significant changes seen in Qatar as it draws closer to hosting the tournament.

Uganda is fighting to stop an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The government has put two districts under lockdown. More than 50 people have died from the disease so far. The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi visited one school in the capital Kampala that’s been affected by the outbreak.

Over the past week, thousands of employees from social media tech giants Twitter and Meta were laid off. Many of the workers are H1-B visa holders, which allows them special status to live and work in the US. The layoffs, however, mean that these special visa holders have fewer than 60 days to find and secure a new job to sponsor them — or they must return to their home countries. Fariba Faiz, a S...

A new proposed bill in Finland's parliament that would recognize the rights of the Indigenous Sámi people is proving to be controversial. A key question is about who gets to identify as part of the Sámi community. Reporter John Last has the story.

US President Joe Biden is meeting with leaders from Southeast Asia at the ASEAN summit in Cambodia. The meeting comes at a time when there are stark divisions between major world powers over climate talks, global inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Leila Goldstein looks at what’s at stake for Cambodia as it juggles the interests of all participating countries, as well as Chinese and US inf...

The FTX cryptocurrency exchange has just announced bankruptcy, and its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, has resigned. The World's host Carol Hills talks to Ben Pimentel, a reporter at Protocol, about what happened and what the bankruptcy might mean for cryptocurrency at large.

Traffic on Britain's busiest motorway, the M25, was brought to a standstill for hours this week as a result of protests by environmental group Just Stop Oil. Last month, activists with the group threw cans of tomato soup over Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting in the National Gallery in London. The campaigners are calling on the British government to stop issuing new licenses for gas and oil e...

Every year on "Guinness World Records Day," ambitious people from around the globe try to break the most random — yet impressive — records. The World's host Marco Werman shares some highlights.