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The reckoning over sexual abuse at Catholic institutions has finally come to Spain. Two separate investigations were recently opened, one led by the government, the other called for by Pope Francis within the Church. Alan Ruiz Terol reports from Barcelona on the people who have worked to make this happen, and why it took so long.

Purnendu Goswami grew up in a deeply religious family and came to embrace radical Hindu nationalism. At one point in his life, he says his heart was filled with nothing but fanaticism and violence, especially toward Muslims. In the early 1990s, he joined a mob that marched to the town of Ayodhya, intending to tear down a mosque there. But as Goswami became more famous in India, and began traveling...

Victoria Obidina was among a group of women who were taken as prisoners by the Russian military. They were captured at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol in May. Obidina was held captive for six months before being released last month as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. The World’s Shirin Jaafari brings us her story.

A rescue ship carrying around 230 migrants had been stuck off Italy’s coast in recent days, after a new far-right government in Rome barred it from docking. France is now permitting the boat to anchor in Toulon, but has lashed out at Rome, suspending a plan to take in 3,500 refugees currently in Italy. Andrew Geddes, director of the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute talk...

The streets of Oaxaca are packed with trash, since the municipal government stopped garbage collection after the city's dump was shut down in October. Michael Fox reports on how the situation is contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, and the type of small-scale disaster that leaders at the COP27 climate summit are trying to prevent.

WNBA superstar Brittney Griner is being moved to a Russian penal colony. It follows a rejection of her appeal of a nine-year sentence on drug-related charges. The World’s host Marco Werman spoke with Kimberly St. Julian Varnon, a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, about what life is like at a Russian penal colony and why Russia has turned Griner into a high-value prisoner.

China touts its ability to bring alleged criminals who've fled the country back home to face justice. But human rights groups say their methods are illegal and that they're going after political dissidents as well. Beijing has set up a global network of overseas police stations to help pursue government targets, including in Spain. Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

The Iranian American author Marjan Kamali went to the polls and braced herself. She was getting ready for the usual mispronunciations or rude comments about her “foreign”-sounding name. But what could have been a moment of discomfort (at best) turned into a moment of connection. Marjan Kamali tells the story.

Over the centuries, the history of Eastern and Central Europe has been written and rewritten according to whoever’s been in power. In recent years, historians from former Soviet republics and their neighbors have been congregating in Warsaw to revisit that history. Rebecca Rosman reports that they are working together to document what they call "real history," even when it flies in the face of the...

Meet the new boss of the Miss Universe pageant, who’s very different from the old one. Anne Jakrajutatip, the world’s third-richest transgender person, according to Forbes, is a Thai media tycoon and celebrity. She recently bought the Miss Universe pageant, following in the footsteps of Donald Trump, its most-famous former owner. Like Trump, Anne wants to become the face of the 70-year-old pageant...

Last week's ceasefire deal between Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels put an end to the two-year conflict that has taken hundreds of thousands of lives. But the Tigray region is in shambles and has been cut off from basic supplies and aid for more than a year. Host Marco Werman speaks with Ethiopian journalist Tsedale Lemma about what it will take — and who will pay — to rebuild Tigray.

Abdul Ghani and his extended family fled to the roof of a school in their town in rural Sindh province, Pakistan, when catastrophic flooding reached their home in August. The floods destroyed their home, put Ghani out of work, brought illness to their family and meant months of missed school for the children. As environmental leaders at COP27 negotiate whether richer countries will pay for climate...

Ships carrying liquified natural gas are sitting off the coast of Europe, holding onto their cargo, because of an economic condition called contango. The World’s host Marco Werman talks to Peter Hartley, a professor of economics at Rice University, about what’s going on.

World leaders are meeting in Egypt to discuss climate finance, and how much richer countries should pay to help poorer ones deal with the impacts of climate change. Host Marco Werman speaks to The World's Anna Kusmer about what the shortcomings of climate finance have been, and what developing countries are hoping to see at this year's COP27 global climate summit.

A 2,000-year-old archeological find in Tuscany, Italy, this week is being called one of the most significant ever in the Mediterranean. Two-dozen bronze figurines and objects were found in perfect condition, thanks to mud from thermal baths that protected them for centuries. Host Marco Werman has more.

Washington’s European allies are looking across the Atlantic with concern, wondering why the US cannot address the deep polarization that is threatening what was once viewed as a model democracy. Former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder tells The World’s host Marco Werman what he heard in recent meetings with officials in Berlin, London and Brussels.

In a major shift in the war in Ukraine today, Sergei Surovikin, the Russian general in charge of Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, briefed Russia’s defense minister by recommending that Moscow shift its defenses to the east bank of the Dnipro River. That means that Russia is withdrawing its troops from the key southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. The World's host Marco Werman speaks with Wall Street...

Composer Christopher Tin's music uplifts, while the words quietly remind us of the power of a birdsong, with lines borrowed from Emily Dickinson. The musicians who played in "The Lost Birds" album are part of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Transgender and nonbinary people often face inequalities in health care systems around the world. Some countries have more inclusive laws than others, but legal rights don't always lead to easy access in reality. Abortion services are no exception. The World's Bianca Hillier reports on how trans and nonbinary people’s access to reproductive care varies across the globe.

Somewhere in California, someone is $2 billion richer, thanks to a winning Powerball ticket. You might have your own ideas about good luck charms and choosing lucky numbers. But in Naples, Italy, divining a winning lottery number isn't just for mere mortals. Local tradition holds that loved ones who have passed away can guide you to a winning number by sending you messages in your dreams. Lucia Be...

For nearly half a century, the children in the tiny village of Argelita, in Spain’s northeast, have been bused elsewhere for their education. The reason: There just weren’t enough kids for the town to qualify for a public school of its own. Hundreds of other Spanish villages have also lost schools, as families abandoned the countryside in search of better work. But now, Argelita has managed to rev...

Sweden's new prime minister has made NATO membership a top priority. He visited Turkey today to convince the NATO member to approve Sweden's membership bid. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with reporter Durrie Bouscaren in Istanbul about the visit and what Turkey's concerns are around Sweden's membership.

Since 1995, when the Dayton Peace Accords ended fighting in what is now Bosnia, power has been shared by three main ethnic groups: the Serbs, Croats and Bozniaks. But that leaves many other minority groups, like Jews, Roma, ethnic Albanians or Italians, out of power altogether. John Last reports that this arrangement is one of the major barriers to the country's EU membership — but opening the con...

Anchors on Russian state TV are rooting for a Republican win in the US midterms. They’re hoping a GOP majority in the House and Senate will diminish US support for Ukraine, and allow the Kremlin to rebuild its military. Russian journalist Mikhail Fishman tells The World’s host Marco Werman that, according to Russian TV presenters, Democratic lawmakers in the US will be defeated because of their st...

A new study out of the University of Oxford suggests that certain kinds of birds opt for divorce. The study of 232 species found that those who end up separating have long migratory routes. The birds studied are those that are known to breed and raise their young together, and the trigger for the so-called “divorce” is low levels of breeding. The bird that leaves, goes in search of a better breedi...