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Harassment of Canadian MPs online and off has risen dramatically, with increasing complaints of death threats. Dangers to lawmakers intensified after a convoy of truckers occupied Ottawa in February and March. The World’s Carol Hills talks with TBA with Canadian Member of Parliament Judy Sgro.

The Biden administration is telling the Pentagon it no longer has the right to use land mines around the world, with one major exception: the DMZ between North and South Korea. The World’s Patrick Winn explains the policy change to host Carol Hills.

Nearly half of all small businesses closed in Ukraine when the war began. But as many Ukrainians are returning to their homes, they're starting to reopen. Ashley Westerman reports from Kyiv on the uncertain small business landscape, and one shop owner who is trying to keep her business afloat.

Rescuers are trying to reach provinces in eastern Afghanistan after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook the area on Wednesday. Initial reports suggest a high death toll and injuries. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

Cheating on end-of-year exams is a problem in many countries. Tests are leaked online and students share answers on their phones. One solution? Turn off the internet. Across the entire country. The Economist's Rebecca Jackson says countries in North Africa and the Middle East do this every year, and people aren't happy.

The US Navy says a small Iranian vessel charged an American ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday; the strait is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes for oil. Carol Hills interviews Mehran Haghirian, about the situation. He's a PhD candidate at Qatar University and the director of regional initiatives at the Bourse and Bazaar Foundation.

The blockbuster video game “Genshin Impact” is China's biggest hit in the gaming world. It's highly addictive, which is interesting because the Chinese government puts strict limits on how much children can play any video game. Dina Temple-Raston, from the podcast “Click Here,” reports on how the game is subtly introducing Chinese values, while censoring certain topics, for players around the worl...

Many US manufacturers rely on products from China’s Xinjiang region. It's a place where forced labor is common. New rules that come into force on Tuesday requiring firms to prove a “complete digital chain of custody” for products from the region. That won’t be easy. The World’s Carol Hills talks with Allison Gill, a program director with the Global Labor Justice International Labor Rights Forum.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the African Union Monday that "Africa is actually taken hostage" by Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine. While countries across the continent face serious food insecurity and rising fuel prices worsened by the conflict, the countries' responses to the war have been mixed. Ebenezer Obadare at the Council on Foreign Relations speaks with The World's...

Since the start of Russia's invasion, Lithuania has been among Ukraine's most proactive supporters. It supplied Ukraine with nearly 100 million euros worth of weapons. Last week, Lithuania announced that it will no longer allow Russia to transfer sanctioned goods across its territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Host Carol Hills speaks with Dionis Cenusa, a political risk analyst and ass...

Last year, the International Olympic Committee said no athlete has an inherent advantage just because of their physical appearance, gender identity, or if they are intersex. But they said each sport's governing body should be able to decide on their own policies. Now, the international governing bodies for rugby and aquatics announced effective bans on transgender women this week. The World's Bian...

Fed up with President Guillermo Lasso's conservative economic and social policies, Indigenous groups are blocking highways and staging major protests. They're upset over a series of laws the government is pushing that would further jumpstart resource extraction projects, and concerned with rising costs. Michael Fox reports that with the president's approval rating at an all-time low, the rising pr...

Flooding in northeast India has been the worst the state of Assam has seen in generations. Weeks of monsoon rains have caused the largest rivers to overflow, flooding 32 of the state's 35 districts. Sushmita Pathak reports that the military is running rescue operations but many people are still marooned.

The US is a major exporter of wheat around the world. But according to experts, most modern US wheat can be traced back to Turkey Red Wheat, which Mennonites brought from present-day Ukraine in the late 1800s. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

Today, Belgian authorities returned the tooth of assassinated Congolese colonial independence leader Patrice Lumumba to his country. The World's host Carol Hills interviews Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Democratic Republic of Congo's representative to the UN, about the repatriation of Lumumba's only known remains.

Protests across India against a shift in the military’s recruitment policy have left trains ablaze and at least one person dead. The policy, known as Agnipath or "the path of fire," going into effect this month, would begin new military contracts on a four-year basis, with only a quarter of recruits expected to continue after that term. While the government says this is a modernizing effort, prote...

Author and journalist Karen Cheung says her hometown is being transformed into a place she barely recognizes. Cheung speaks with The World’s host Carol Hills from Hong Kong and explains how everyday life has changed for the city’s residents since Beijing’s crackdown on opposition activists and ordinary citizens.

Access to abortion has changed drastically over the past decade in China. While China's one-child policy was under effect, abortions were encouraged or even forced on people who were unwed or already had a child. But since the loosening of population restrictions, married couples have been encouraged to have more children to offset China's aging population. As the World's Rebecca Kanthor reports f...

During COVID-19, students at the Asian University for Women — with its main campus in Bangladesh — sent everyone home to study online. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan, many Afghan students there were able to flee the country. Now settled in the US, they are resuming their studies, but they first need to learn English. Emily Fine reports on the women, who are now studying at the University o...

Sources say Israel’s governing coalition will vote to dissolve parliament within the next week. Reporter Ariel Orseran tells host Carol Hills that the move would bring down the government and send Israel into its fifth election in just three years.

One of the many ripple effects of the war in Ukraine, is that many countries throughout Europe are trying to wean themselves off of Russian gas. Over the weekend, Germany announced new measures to conserve gas, and reduce its reliance on Russian gas in the long term. Part of Germany's strategy is to return back to using coal. Host Carol Hills speaks with Andreas Schröder, the Head of Energy Analyt...

Hundreds of people were reportedly killed by rebels in the Oromo region of Ethiopia. The attacks are part of a larger wave of ethnic violence in the country. The World's host Carol Hills spoke with William Davison, a senior analyst with International Crisis Group, to understand more about the violence and the source of the ethnic tensions.

Left-wing senator Gustavo Petro, who was also mayor of Bogotá, was elected as president by Colombian voters on Sunday. It was a first-time victory for a political progressive in Colombia. The World’s Latin America correspondent Jorge Valencia reports from Bogotá.

Today the European Broadcasting Union announced that the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will not be hosted by Ukraine, who was this year's winner. And as host Carol Hills explains, there's plenty of speculation that the UK, the year's runner-up, could host the event for the first time since 1998.

Dak'Art, or the Dakar Biennale, is West Africa's biggest art exhibition, and this week marks the event's 14th year and the first of the pandemic era. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke with Nigerian artist Tyna Adebowale about her first time showing her art at the biennale.