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The driest nonpolar place on earth, the Atacama Desert, is currently covered with carpets of colorful blossoms. This natural spectacle only happens once or twice every 10 years, and it has prompted the Chilean government to name this region as a national park earlier this month. Here, researchers are finding clues to deal with climate change and extremely dry conditions. The World’s Tibisay Zea re...

Major flooding in parts of Nigeria has left over 600 people dead. Nigeria's minister for disaster management has said that many states affected by the floods were not properly prepared despite numerous warnings. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Nosmot Gbadamosi, a journalist based in Lagos, about the flooding and the government's response.

George Soros and other shareholders of energy companies are raking in billions right now while the war in Ukraine drags on, the Hungarian Prime Minister said recently. Viktor Orbán rarely misses an opportunity to slam one of Hungary’s most-famous citizens. Soros, who is Jewish and now lives in the US, is a billionaire investor and philanthropist. He’s also Orbán’s favorite bete noire . The Hungari...

Poland was quick to cut back on Russian energy imports. The government has signed contracts with Norway and the US to help make up for those cuts. But the energy crunch is hitting Poland hard. Prices have shot up by as much as 700% since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Rebecca Rosman reports from Warsaw. 

President Jair Bolsonaro and challenger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have extremely different views on public education in Brazil. When Lula was president, he dramatically increased the country's higher education system and greatly expanded access to people of color. When Bolsonaro came into office in 2019, he started making cuts, which have continued into the election season. As Michael Fox reports...

Kevin Rudd, a prime minister of Australia ,has been to China more than 100 times and knows leader Xi Jinping personally. Rudd listened carefully to Xi’s opening speech to the Communist Party Congress on Sunday. He tells The World's Marco Werman that he heard in the address a warning to the West that it should be on the lookout for more military preparations in China as it anticipates possible arme...

Since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine, Russia's military leadership has been in flux. Most recently, Gen. Sergei Surovikin has been appointed as Russia's new commander charged with leading Russia's war effort in Ukraine.

A protest Thursday in Beijing, with banners and burning tires on a highway overpass, was quickly shut down and cleaned up. But videos of the plumes of smoke were posted on Chinese social media, drawing attention to its anti-government message. Government censors have tried to block relevant words, but as The World's Carol Hills reports, people are finding fresh ways to spread the message.

China’s Communist Party is hanging red banners around Beijing that read, “Unite Around Comrade Xi Jinping.” China’s leader has a big weekend ahead. On Sunday, more than 2,000 party members will gather to begin instating a new cast of top officials. Xi will almost certainly hold onto his position as supreme leader. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports, he’s worked hard over the past five years to er...

Fall is walnut harvesting season in Kyrgyzstan, which is home to 30,000 acres of walnut forests. But cow and sheep herds are encroaching on this land. Levi Bridges reports from southern Kyrgyzstan that herders and environmentalists are using a new app to gather data about the changing climate in the region in order to help preserve the forests and the livelihoods of people there. 

On Friday, two young activists in the UK poured what appeared to be two cans of tomato soup on a famous work by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh housed at the National Gallery in London. The work known as "Sunflowers" was behind glass and remains undamaged, the National Gallery said in a statement. The activists were members of the organization Just Stop Oil, the goal of which is to pressure the UK...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has complicated Latvia’s relationship with its own ethnic Russian population, who account for a quarter of the country’s 2 million citizens. Most came during the Soviet period and lived alongside yet apart from Latvians, sending their kids to Russian-language schools and eschewing Latvian themselves. They’ve been assimilating over time but with Latvian public opinio...

Iraq's parliament elected a new president on Thursday, marking an end to more than a year of political gridlock. The new president, Abdul Latif Rashid, quickly designated Muhammad al-Sudani as prime minister. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Hamzeh Hadad, a visiting fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the significance of this political breakthrough. 

The coalition that has governed Catalonia's semi-autonomous government for years fractured this week. Political infighting has plagued the Catalan independence camp ever since the movement became mainstream over a decade ago, but they always managed to keep regional power as a means to stand united against Spain. Reporter Alan Ruiz Terol explains why this may be a turning point in the struggle for...

Where there is instability in this world, cholera often follows. The ancient disease is back in the headlines as outbreaks spread in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and other countries. Now, officials are warning an outbreak may be imminent in warring parts of Ukraine. The World's Carol Hills discusses the latest global picture with Daniele Lantagne, a professor of environmenta...

On Oct. 13, Taiwan finally reopened to tourists, after 2 1/2 years of relative isolation. The country had focused border restrictions to keep COVID-19 cases and death rates low. From Taipeir, reporter Ashish Valentine spoke to elated travelers, and tourism business owners who are thankful their main source of revenue is returning.

Britain's new prime minister is fighting for her political survival. Liz Truss has been at 10 Downing Street for just six weeks, but she's already made U-turns on some of her big economic policies. And on Friday, Truss sacked her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, one of the most senior figures in government. For the latest, host Carol Hills speaks with The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry.   

Serbian tennis pro Novak Djokovic has been honored with trophies, sponsorship deals and more, during his 20 years on the court. Now, scientists in his home country have named a beetle after him as a sign of gratitude. The World's host Marco Werman has the details.

The town of Przemyśl, which lies on Poland's border with Ukraine, has seen a revolving door of migrants fleeing the war in Ukraine, and then returning home. Reporter Rebecca Rosman went to the train station in Przemyśl to hear about the difficult decisions Ukrainians are facing over returning home in the midst of a brutal war.

Liliana Segre, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor and senator-for-life, presided over the session as Italy’s first far-right government since World War II assumed control of both houses of parliament. The World’s host Marco Werman reports.

As China prepares to anoint Xi Jinping as the leader of its ruling Communist Party again next week, The World's Rebecca Kanthor travels to a popular museum that celebrates the history of the party's founding a century ago. As she reports, "red tourism" has been on the rise under Xi's expanding leadership.

As leaders of China’s Communist Party prepared to meet in Beijing, they were met with a rare protest, including banners on a highway bridge that read, “Go on strike, remove dictator and national traitor Xi Jinping.” David Rennie, the Beijing bureau chief for The Economist, talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about how China's top brass is combating dissent in the prelude to the party congress...

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this week that Russia has been deploying Iranian-made drones into his country, targeting civilian areas. He said that the drones are relatively small and can fly at low altitudes, evading Ukrainian radars. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports on how they are shifting the battle dynamics on the ground.

Next month will mark two years since the start of the conflict in Tigray, a northern region of Ethiopia. After the breakdown of five months of peace talks, the war — pitting the embattled Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front against the Ethiopian government and its ally Eritrea — is now escalating once again. Host Marco Werman spoke to Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation,...

Protests have continued in Iran for about a month since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was held in police custody for violating the country’s hijab laws. But the Iranian government has used technological tools to try and quell the protests, throttling mobile phone connections and limiting internet service during certain times of the day. Dina Temple-Raston of the podcast “Click Here” ex...