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The Darwin's Rhea bird is native to the Patagonia region, across both Argentina and Chile. But the population on the Chilean side of the border has struggled to survive, while the Argentinian population has thrived. Now, a first of its kind rewilding project is trying to support the Chilean birds by transporting 15 Darwin's Rhea birds across the border. The World's Host Carol Hills spoke with Cris...

The Oxford English Dictionary released a list of new additions to the lexicon. All of them are words borrowed from other languages due to a lack of a direct equivalent in English. Today, we look at "gigil." It's a word from Tagalog that describes a feeling so intense you can't help but have a physical reaction to it, particularly when something is cute or frustrating. Host Carol Hills has more.

This week, South Korea is fighting the largest forest fires in the country's history. Emergency crews and volunteers in the dry and windy southeast region are working around the clock to put down the flames and help evacuate residents. Today, Host Marco Werman spoke to journalist Ifang Bremer, who just visited the city of Andong, where officials ordered residents to evacuate as crews struggled to...

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, likes to needle Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum about the high levels of violence in her country compared to his. But Bukele had a Snow White moment on Wednesday when he asked and tweeted the response of the chatbot Grok: "Hey Grok, who is the most popular president in the world?" The answer: "Sheinbaum." The World's Host Marco Werman speaks with Ver...

Riyad Mansour has been the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations since 2005. In a conversation with The World's Host Marco Werman, he discusses where talks for a second ceasefire stand, addresses questions about the Palestinian Authority's efficacy as a governing power and the healing he believes peace can achieve.

The JUNO Awards are Canada's biggest night in music. This weekend, the ceremony will feature a new category for the South Asian Music Recording of the Year. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on what led to this addition and how some South Asian musicians are reacting to it. 

The UK climate activist group known as Just Stop Oil is ceasing its disruptive protests. In the past, activists with the group have thrown soup at a Van Gogh painting in a museum while also interrupting sports and theater events. Host Marco Werman speaks with Oscar Berglund, a senior lecturer at the University of Bristol's School for Policy Studies, about the group's goals and where it goes from h...

In the three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, parents in Ukraine are increasingly signing their children up for the patriotic education, outdoor activities and summer camps offered by the 112-year-old scouting organization Plast. Think Boy Scouts, but with a mission to preserve Ukrainian identity and language. Emily Johnson reports from Lviv.

From the trial of actor Gerard Depardieu for sexual assault to a man who shared his drugged wife with strangers to a doctor who's admitted molesting hundreds of children, this has been a year of reckoning in France. And it's made some women realize that while these trials are a sign of a trend toward speaking out, a lot of work still needs to be done to rid France of sexual predators. The World's...

Singer and storyteller Kaito Winse was born in a small village in the Sourou region of northern Burkina Faso. He was born into a family of griots, a keeper of oral traditions that are steeped in his ancestor's history. As a modern griot, Kaito is sharing some of these stories and proverbs with listeners far from his village on his new EP, "Reele Bumbou."

Forecasts for international tourism in the US are down sharply amid souring international opinions and ramped up immigration enforcement. Canadian airlines say passengers are choosing other destinations, and border crossings are down, too. In Europe, several countries have updated their travel guidance, warning their citizens about the risks of entering the United States. As The World's Transporta...

Lisa Hamilton's book "The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love and Survival" recounts the story of a Hmong immigrant, Ia Moua. After experiencing political violence in Laos and then 15 years in a refugee camp in Thailand, Ia Moua is resettled in California in the early 1990s with her eight children. Author Lisa Hamilton realized that the subject of her book would never able to read it, so she set...

Hundreds of Palestinians in Northern Gaza held spontaneous protests against Hamas. Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and protests against the group are rare and quickly stifled. Host Marco Werman speaks with Mkhaimar Abusada, a professor of political science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, to understand what happens when people in Gaza protest against Hamas rule.

Italians looking to avoid "egg-flation" have been flocking to a farm in northern Italy for classes in how to raise hens. Reporter Dany Mitzman, from our partner Deutsche Welle (DW), reports from Forlì, Italy.

On March 26, 2015, at 12:01 a.m., a Saudi fighter jet dropped the first bomb on Yemen in an airstrike campaign to destroy the Houthi forces that had taken over the capital, Sana'a. Host Marco Werman speaks with journalist Iona Craig, who has been tracking the war in Yemen, about the efforts by Saudi Arabia, and now the United States, to defeat the militant Yemeni group that controls most of Yemen'...

The holy month of Ramadan ends this coming weekend. It’s a month when many Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from just before sunrise to sunset. Most Muslims in Ukraine are Crimean Tatars, natives of the Crimean Peninsula. In Ukraine, this is the fourth Ramadan since Russia’s full-scale invasion. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports from Kyiv.

McDonald’s has had the most fast food chain outlets around the world — but not anymore. It is now being surpassed by Mixue Bingcheng. That’s Chinese for “Honey Snow Ice City.” This chain is exploding across Asia. It became a public company this month, joining Hong Kong’s stock exchange to great fanfare. Mixue's growth shows no signs of stopping and there is now speculation it will be coming to Nor...

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred knocked out power for more than 300,000 residents, injured 13 soldiers and killed a 61-year-old man. But aside from the devastating impacts on people along the east coast of Australia, local wildlife have also been injured and displaced, including koalas, kangaroos and an albatross. Many species were already under threat because of climate change. Leila Goldstein reports...

Unmet expectations can be a terrible thing. But sometimes, the unexpected can actually be better than what you'd hoped for. That's a lesson learned by producer Fil Corbitt, who met a new group of old friends on a journey to Curitiba, Brazil.

"If Europe wants to avoid war, Europe must get ready for war." That was the warning from European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen this month as she unveiled a multibillion-dollar plan to strengthen the continent’s defenses. For decades, Europe has leaned on the US for security,  but since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second term, Von der Leyen has been calling for the bloc to bec...

"Mar i Cel" is a musical set in 17th-century Spain. It translates as "Sea and Sky", as a metaphor for a forbidden love between a Muslim and a Christian. Generations have grown up with the musical — which debuted in 1988 — but the show's handling of religious hatred, exclusion, deportation and generational trauma was ahead of its time. As Alan Ruiz Terol reports from Barcelona, "Mar i Cel's" curren...

A court in Tokyo has ordered the once-powerful Unification Church in Japan to be dissolved. The case against the religious group goes back to the 2022 assassination of Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe. The church is accused of violating the human rights of its followers, by demanding that they hand over their material wealth to the group. But church leaders deny any wrongdoing and say the...

Lately, the US government has placed mounting pressure on Denmark to give up its claims to Greenland. President Donald Trump even questioned Denmark's territorial right to the world's biggest island. But as Danish journalist Steen Jørgenssen showed, the US officially recognized Denmark's possession of the island over a century ago in order to purchase another Danish territory: the Virgin Islands i...

Hamdan Ballal, the co-director of the Oscar-winning film, "No Other Land," was reportedly beaten and detained by settlers and Israel Defense Forces troops. He was released earlier today. Nadav Weiman is the CEO of Breaking the Silence, a collective of former Israeli security personnel and soldiers seeking to disclose wrongdoing in the military.

Social services in South Africa are rapidly being digitized. This is a great idea, when it works, because people can apply for and receive grants online, wherever they are, instead of making the often-arduous trips to government offices. But many South Africans don’t have access to a smartphone or a stable internet connection. Digital literacy and disability accessibility are also barriers. From J...