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Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have long fought the government over land claims. They've faced discrimination and assimilation in Chilean society. But some Mapuche communities are now turning the page. And they’re using an ancestral sport to help protect and revive their culture, customs and language. Michael Fox has the story from Chile’s capital, Santiago. This story originally aired on Dec 2...

As Chinese automakers like BYD announce record sales for their electric vehicles, Americans might be left wondering what these cars are all about. Production and sales have skyrocketed in many global regions, but tariffs have kept Chinese EVs off the roads in the US. Journalist Jane Perlez examines the rapid ascent of Chinese auto manufacturing in the past four years in this excerpt from her podca...

Talks are ongoing to broker an end to the war in Ukraine. Today's development: The US says there's an agreement to ensure safe navigation of the Black Sea. US officials have been meeting with Ukrainian and Russian representatives in Saudi Arabia for the past three days, as Host Marco Werman explains.

Increasingly brazen armed gangs have taken control of most of the roads leading into and out of  Haiti's capital. Haitian police and Kenyan-led multinational forces are pushing back, using new weapons, including explosive drones. But Widlore Mérancourt, editor-in-chief of Haiti’s AyiboPost, tells The World’s Host Marco Werman that the authorities’ control is slipping away.

A presidential primary organized by the party of jailed Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, galvanized millions of voters across the country. If convicted of corruption charges, Imamoğlu will be disqualified from Turkey's next elections in 2028. İmamoğlu has emerged as a formidable rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in recent years, and his supporters say the case against him is a politic...

Canada's new prime minister announced a snap election over the weekend as the country faces a trade war and annexation threats from the US. The incumbent Prime Minister Mark Carney of the Liberal Party faces off against the Conservative Party's Pierre Poilivre, who previously earned endorsements from US President Donald Trump's inner circle. The World's Host Marco Werman speaks with Kevin Quigley,...

For a few days starting this weekend, Saturn's iconic rings will vanish from the Earth's point of view. The phenomenon occurs every 15 years. Host Marco Werman speaks with Larry Esposito, a professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, about how this cosmic illusion works.

Elon Musk recently seemed to threaten to shut down Ukraine’s use of his Starlink satellite communications system. Musk quickly issued a statement saying he would “never” do this but, given the uncertainty surrounding US policy towards Ukraine since President Donald Trump took office, Europe is examining its options and believes it has an alternative. John Laurenson reports from Paris via our partn...

Dan Dan Noodles, forbidden rice, and beggar's chicken. These are just some of the names of Chinese dishes that beg us to know their backstories. The new cookbook, "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes," tells us the stories behind these names. It illustrates them, comic-book style, while also teaching us how to make the recipes. Food writer Ying Chang Compes...

As fighting escalates in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s biggest battles may be within his own country. Last week, he announced the firing of the Shin Bet security head. Now, he’s attempting to remove the attorney general. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas to learn more about the state of democracy in Israel, and how the political dynam...

City life is loud, and the cacophony of noises in urban areas can be bad for human health. Noise pollution pumps up stress levels and damages our hearing, and it can even increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. The nonprofit Quiet Parks International is on a mission to preserve quiet areas and their health benefits. The World's Host Marco Werman spoke to Ulf Bohman, the group's executive...

Costa Rica is a major producer of coffee. But this year's harvest is off to a slow start. Plenty of coffee is growing, but there's no one to pick it, as Nicaraguan migrant farmers who often fill these jobs are staying home due to the risks involved in crossing the border right now. A big campaign is underway to get Costa Ricans to do those jobs, but experts say it's not enough to compensate for th...

Oleg Gordievsky was a top Russian KGB officer who had a growing disillusionment with the Soviet Union after the Prague Spring in 1968. Eventually, he was recruited by the British spy agency, MI6, where Gordievsky became one of the West's most important double agents. Ben Macintyre is an author who interviewed Gordievsky extensively, and explains what made him an exception in the history of intelli...

Yemeni coffee shops have been opening up across the US for years. But this past year, they've really taken New York City by storm with shops opening across the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Host Carol Hills reports with help from The World's producer Omar Duwaji.

Lego posted it's yearly profits in March. They achieved record revenue in a year that was hard on the toy industry as a whole. The reason? Adults. Lego is luring adult builders who are willing to shell out upwards of $500 for a set. Now, other toy companies are following suit with Mattel and Hasbro also focusing on the "kidult" segment. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

Hundreds of people gathered in Srinigar, Indian-administered Kashmir, on Friday, for a leech therapy clinic. Friday is the start of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, and it is traditionally believed that leech treatments are more effective on this day. The World's Carol Hills spoke with reporter Syed Shahriyar about what he saw at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinigar, how leech therapy works and why Nowru...

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who tried to take over Sudan in a surprise attack on Khartoum almost two years ago, made the presidential palace one of their first objectives. During the back-and-forth fighting in Khartoum, the RSF took it and held it, until recently when the Sudanese Armed Forces grabbed it back. It's symbolic of the story of the grinding civil war that has laid waste to m...

The world's top producer of natural mineral water is struggling to keep its sources clean of contaminants, from pesticides to bacteria to animal fecal matter. If it filters its water it loses its designation as "natural" and most likely a lot of its business. Perrier is not alone; over 15% of Europe's aquifers are dangerously polluted or over-exploited and things are getting worse. The World's Ger...

On Friday, Germany's Legislature approved debt reforms in hopes that it will give its sluggish economy a shot in the arm. It's a reversal of nearly two decades of restrictive borrowing policy known as the Schuldenbremse, or "debt brake," which limited the government's annual borrowing to an amount equal to 0.35% of the country's GDP. The World's Carol Hills spoke to Shahin Vallée, who called the r...

Ted Ngoy is a bit of a legend in the donut world; in the 1970s, he escaped Cambodia's communist Khmer Rouge and made his way to Southern California. Over the next decade, he earned the nickname "The Donut King" after opening 60-plus doughnut shops across the region. Ngoy's legacy led to thousands of doughnut shops run by Cambodian immigrants across the US, including one shop called Twin Donuts in...

People are marking the beginning of spring with unique rituals and celebrations. Host Carol Hills looks at some traditions around the globe, from solstice songs, to scrambled eggs to newborn lambs.

How does a country rebuild a democracy? It's a question the Polish government under Donald Tusk has been trying to tackle for over a year now. For eight years, the previous administration filled the country’s democratic institutions with party loyalists, turning public media into a government mouthpiece and stacking the judiciary with its allies. As The World's Europe correspondent tells us, new P...

Heathrow, one of the world's largest airports, shut down after a fire broke out Thursday night at an electric substation, effectively knocking out the airport's power. Host Carol Hills speaks with Paul Cuffe, an assistant professor at University College Dublin, about the potential causes behind the fire at the substation and how vulnerable airports are to these kinds of incidents.

When Rodrigo Duterte was president of the Philippines, from 2016 to 2022, he seemed invincible. Now, he’s confined to a drab prison cell in the Hague. At 79, he is the International Criminal Court’s most high-profile prisoner ever. Duterte was arrested last week for overseeing a war on drugs that killed, by some estimates, up to 30,000 people. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports, victims’ relative...

Seven candidates campaigned for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, but in the end, Kirsty Coventry won the majority of the votes. Coventry will officially take the helm of sport's most-powerful organization in June. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.