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“I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples,” Pope Francis said during his visit with First Nations people this week in Canada. He was apologizing for the inhumane treatment of Indigenous children at the hands of Catholic clergy at residential schools and homes run by the church. But how did the visit go over with Indigenous communities in...

Ahead of Kenya's upcoming presidential election, Facebook is failing to detect hate speech that could fuel political violence in the country. That's the conclusion from two nonprofits who conducted a study of hate speech appearing on Facebook. A government agency is now warning that the platform could be suspended if they don't do better. The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi reports. 

A majority of global monkeypox cases are in Europe and America, where vaccines are slowly being rolled out to the most affected groups. However, the continent of Africa has no vaccines, despite being the place with the only recorded monkeypox deaths. To discuss the challenge and importance of vaccine equity, the World's Carol Hills is joined by Julie Rosenberg, deputy director of the Global Health...

A correction from Thursday’s broadcast. We incorrectly said that Turkey considers Kurds — even in Sweden — to be terrorists. This isn't accurate. Turkey considers members of the PKK and other armed guerila groups to be terrorists. Not all Kurds. We regret the error.

The Russian economy has been "catastrophically" crippled by the war in Ukraine. Foreign sanctions and an exodus of multinational businesses have taken a severe toll, a recent study out of Yale University suggests. The World's Carol Hills Jeffrey Sonnenfeld co-authored the study looking at the Russian economy. He’s the senior associate dean for leadership programs at the Yale School of Management.

It's been over five months since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. As Ukraine's military goes on the counteroffensive, including to the south in an effort to reclaim Kherson, Russia has launched airstrikes on Ukraine's remaining Black Sea coast. The World's Marco Werman heard from The Wall Street Journal's chief foreign affairs correspondent, Yaroslav Trofimov, who says new weapons from the...

Host Marco Werman speaks with songwriter, vocalist and member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band Mike Mattison. He speaks with Werman about Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi who wrote “Layla & Majnun,” the influential epic romance poem that none other than Lord Byron called the “‘Romeo and Juliet’ of the East.” It's one part of the band's new four-part album “I Am The Moon” — being released in four success...

Gun battles between rival Haitian gangs continue to wreak havoc in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti. United Nations figures suggest more than 200 have died between July 8-17. There's also growing anger about weapons trafficking from the US that is fueling the violence. Marco Werman speaks with Monique Clesca, a retired United Nations development official who works with the Commission for a Haitian...

A Chinese rocket launched on Sunday is now plunging back toward Earth for an uncontrolled reentry. Experts say the odds of any person being struck is low but higher than they'd like. Host Marco Werman has the details.

Sweden’s and Finland's membership to NATO is still pending although an agreement with Turkey last month has brought the two Nordic nations one step closer. The large Kurdish community in Sweden is worried though that striking any deal with Turkey could put members of their community at risk. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry has more.

WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner and American businessman Paul Whelan are both detained in Russia. We've learned that the pressure to get Griner and Whelan released led the White House to propose a prisoner swap. Host Marco Werman has the latest.

The “Gaia hypothesis” proposes that the planet is a complex, self-regulating system, a community of organisms that creates and maintains the conditions for life. The author of that theory was a British scientist named James Lovelock. Lovelock died on Wednesday surrounded by family. He leaves behind a vast collection of writing and ideas that continue to influence a new generation of scientists and...

High up in the Alps, along the Italian-Swiss border, a restaurant and lodge has long been serving skiers and hikers in summer. From Italy. But with climate change, and a melting glacial ridge, the border has shifted. And the Swiss say the building is now theirs. Host Marco Werman explains.

Thousands of people drown, or are never found again, when they try to cross from Africa to Europe on overcrowded, flimsy boats. It's often ships, piloted by humanitarian groups, that rescue them. The nongovernmental organization Open Arms has a new boat but paperwork means it is stuck in a Spanish port. Alan Ruiz Terol in Barcelona reports on why the ship hasn't been allowed to set sail.

Iraqi protesters aligned with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement stormed the heavily militarized Green Zone and Iraqi Parliament building on Wednesday. The protesters eventually cleared out of the building. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Hamzeh Hadad, a visiting fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the protesters’ demands and the political gridlock plagui...

A 1,300-pound walrus is living the dream in Oslo, Norway, this summer, napping, snacking and (occasionally) submerging a boat or two. The World’s Marco Werman has more.

Two Syrian fathers say they were deported to Syria after random ID checks in Istanbul, despite having legal permission to live in Turkey. Turkish officials say 19,000 undocumented people have been deported from Istanbul in recent months as part of a stepped-up enforcement campaign. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports.

The Game Preservation Society estimates that at least 20% of Japanese games have already been lost due to physical degradation or getting thrown out. So, they're on a mission to save the day. GPS is a Tokyo-based nonprofit working to preserve Japanese video games from the 1970s,19 80s, and 1990s. The World's Bianca Hillier has the story.

Europe's far-right is getting more vocal. In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban gave a speech a few days ago saying he wanted to stop his country from becoming “mixed race." In Italy, the next prime minister could be from a party that's been described as “post-fascist.” And France's Nationalist Party — with its xenophobic bent — has been gaining seats in the French Legislature. Host Marco Werman...

For nearly three years, The Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission held hearings that documented scores of human rights abuses and murder at the hands of dictator Yahya Jammeh. Acts of contrition and forgiveness are hard won, but as Alexa Dvorson reports, they can have a powerful impact on the nation's ability to heal. 

This summer, Interest in the sport of ultimate frisbee is soaring on Chinese social media. People who play the sport say they like that it is egalitarian and mixed gender, and it's an easy entry for beginners. But Rebecca Kanthor reports that not everyone is thrilled.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is auctioning off land for oil and gas exploration this week. And we're not just talking about any old land here. Parcels extend into one of the largest old-growth rainforests on Earth, parts of Virunga National Park, the world’s most important gorilla sanctuary. There are also tracts in wetlands that store a lot of carbon, and if that's released the consequences c...

The US Federal Reserve decided to raise interest rates in the US by several percentage points. Despite the hike being a domestic decision — it has a global impact. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Michael Klein, an economist with the Fletcher School at Tufts University, about what the global impact is going to look like for countries that use the US dollar for trade and beyond. 

Severe fuel shortages in Sri Lankan aren't just impacting transport by land — they're also keeping boats from getting to sea. Fishermen and women are losing income, and prices for fish have jumped way up in a country where it's a main source of protein. The World's Carolyn Beeler reports.

A Chinese official is warning of "serious consequences" if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island nation of Taiwan, a place Beijing considers a part of China. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to talk about that in a phone call scheduled for Thursday. Marco Werman speaks with Mike Chinoy, a nonresident senior fellow at the US China Institute who happens to be...