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Irish writers punch well above their weight when it comes to literary awards. The small country of just 5 million people has had four Nobel literature laureates and six Booker prize winners.  But now, some of its most-celebrated authors are facing a battle they never expected — against artificial intelligence and the company at the center of the storm — is tech giant Meta. The World’s Europe corre...

The Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang that President Donald Trump is targeting in his latest wave of deportations, formed in a Venezuelan prison and quickly became a transnational criminal organization with operations across the Americas. The World's Tibisay Zea looks at the history and impact of this gang in Venezuela, the US, and beyond.

Hungary has begun proceedings to leave the International Criminal Court. The announcement coincides with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the country despite an active warrant for his arrest issued by the ICC. The court alleges that Israel's military actions in Gaza under Netanyahu's leadership amount to war crimes. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban characterized those allega...

Back in January, a massive chunk of ice the size of Chicago broke off from an ice sheet on Antarctica's coast. Exploring the waters this oversized block of ice once covered, scientists found — to their surprise — an abundance of life that was living in the waters that were once beneath that ice. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks to Patricia Esquete who was with the first team of researchers to study this...

After India and the US, Indonesia is the largest democracy on Earth. The country also has a dark history of military rule that only ended in the late 1990s through a mass uprising in the streets. A new law is putting more of the military back into government. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports, some fear this pushes Indonesia in the wrong direction.

President Donald Trump's tariffs will apply to more than 100 trading partners, but the 34% tariff on Chinese goods is especially high. It comes on top of the 20% tariff he already imposed on Beijing in recent months. Marco Werman speaks with David Steinberg, associate professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins, about the impact of the tariffs on China, what options the manufactu...

Israel launched a number of aerial attacks on Syria late Wednesday night. The largest attack came in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, where 10 Syrians were killed. Israel also carried out attacks on a major airbase and a branch of the Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) in Damascus. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Qutaiba Idilbi, a Syrian political analyst and senior fellow at the Atlan...

Peace talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine appear to have stalled. But far from the negotiation tables, Ukrainian lives are still at risk from Russian aerial attacks. And it’s not just soldiers who are vulnerable; journalists, volunteers, and military chaplains often visit front-line areas as part of their work. The World’s Daniel Ofman recently spoke with Ukrainian chaplains in Kyiv to learn...

Last week, the Sudanese Armed Forces forced the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces out of Khartoum. The once busy capital was the setting for a brutal stalemate between both sides. Hamid Khalafallah is a former nonresident fellow for the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy and a PhD candidate at the University of Manchester. He speaks with host Marco Werman about what's been lost in the fightin...

Sometimes, memories of travel — even years after visiting a place — can transport us there, simply through mental snapshots. That's exactly what producer Fil Corbitt captured one particular evening in Cuzco, Peru.

The wide-ranging tariffs President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday are designed to project strength, raise revenue for tax cuts and revive US manufacturing. But skeptics say the tariffs will pull the rug out from under a global trade system that  — despite its flaws — managed to deliver prosperity for many global players for decades. Host Marco Werman discusses the implications with Ian Bremme...

The ceasefire which had halted fighting between Israel and Hamas for two months seems long ago and far away. On Wednesday, Israel announced a major expansion of its military advance in Gaza, vowing to seize "large areas" of land and displace residents. From Jerusalem, journalist Noga Tarnopolsky discusses the implications with host Carolyn Beeler. 

A new decree in Italy is putting a damper on people of Italian descent seeking the dolce vita life. The decree, issued by the country's foreign ministry, is banning people with Italian great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents from seeking Italian citizenship. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Samantha Wilson, CEO of Smart Move Italy, about the reaction from her clientele who continue to seek I...

Parisians have voted to close traffic on hundreds of streets in the city center and open them up to pedestrians, cyclists and new green spaces. The plan is part of Socialist Party Mayor Anne Hidalgo's sweeping effort to transform Paris into the city's most-bikable city. Transportation advocates are celebrating the changes, but tension is growing between cyclists and drivers. The World's transporta...

Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are exalted in the island’s culture as givers of life and sometimes makers of miracles. In this reprised story, The World’s Patrick Winn visited Bougainville, discovering an icon of Saint Mary believed to h...

President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Iranian officials offering to hold talks about Iran's nuclear program. Iran responded by saying it is willing to negotiate indirectly with the US. The two longtime adversaries have come together in the past to agree on a nuclear deal but Trump walked away from it in 2018.

The final US soldier who went missing in Lithuania has been found dead after a weeklong search. His name has not yet been made public. The four soldiers went missing last week when their armored vehicle sank into a peat bog. 

A desiccated 110-year-old lemon and a talcum power case are among the tools of spycraft that are now on display at Britain's National Archives. MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency collaborated on the exhibit, which focuses on 20th century spies. Host Marco Werman speaks with British intelligence historian Nigel West about some of the items in the exhibit.

The Himalayan country of Bhutan is officially a Buddhist kingdom. It's also a fledgling democracy and trying to establish a balance between honoring its Buddhist identity and maintaining a separation between religion and government. The compromise the country has settled on for now excludes clergy from political life. Sushmita Pathak reports from Bhutan on the country's unconventional approach to...

A new release out this spring from Liberian-American singer-songwriter Mon Rovia focuses on his journey to finding empathy from grief, and making peace with the fact that he escaped Liberia's civil war as a child, while much of his family remained behind. He shares his story with musician Meklit Hadero for her project, "Movement."

After weeks of street demonstrations, supporters of jailed presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoglu are turning to economic pressure. Imamoglu's opposition party has called for customers to avoid pro-government news channels and shops, and to refrain from buying or selling anything on April 2. The World staff reports. 

The Baha'i faith hasn't attracted many followers in Africa. The main Baha'i temple is located in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. It's one of the few green spaces in the city, and one of the quietest, too. For The World's Sacred Spaces series, reporter Anita Elash takes us there to experience — and understand — the meditative appeal.

When artist Noah Angell heard rumors that the British Museum in London was full of ghosts, he set about documenting ghost stories that were circulating among the museum's staff. In his book, "Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects," Angell posits that the ghosts are there because of the way many of the objects in the museum were acquired by colonial powers...

After the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, aid organizations that are allowed to operate in the civil war-stricken country are bringing in support. Despite broken infrastructure, they're working to meet the needs of what's estimated to be hundreds of thousands of people now sleeping outside. Elinor Raikes is the International Rescue Committee's vice president of program delivery and talks with...

Spaniards are celebrating one of the wettest months on record: 22 days of rainfall in March. After three years of virtually no precipitation, reservoirs were running dry. Now, they're topping up quickly, bringing relief to government officials trying to control water use, and to farmers who depend on the rain for their crops. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.