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The Biden administration intended to lift COVID-19-era border restrictions for asylum seekers — known as Title 42 — earlier this month. But a federal judge's decision will now keep the policy in place indefinitely. Reporter Alisa Reznick spent the day at a border crossing in the Mexican city of Nogales to find out what's next for the asylum seekers.

Since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine Moscow’s navy has blockaded Ukrainian Black Sea ports. Its impact is having ripple effects all around the world. Right now, more than 20 million tons of grain are stuck in Ukrainian silos. Russian officials have said that it could provide a corridor for vessels carrying grain if the West lifts sanctions. Ukraine and Western officials have called this a fo...

It's been more than three months now since Russia invaded Ukraine. February 24th was the day when thousands of Ukrainians woke up to the sound of their cities and towns being bombarded by the Russian military. Since then, according to the UN, more than 14 million Ukrainians have fled their homes, with about half of them leaving the country. But now, about 1.8 million Ukrainians have returned back...

Many Ghanaians have been livid on social media after news came out that President Nana Akufo-Addo has granted executive approval for one of the country’s few surviving forest reserves — the 92-year-old Achimota Forest Reserve, which has been classified as protected since 1930 — to be redeveloped and sold for other purposes.

Maine's largest public school district wants more students to take part in its school lunch program. With Portland being home to students from several African countries, cafeteria workers are experimenting by offering them their native dishes. Ari Snider reports that, instead of serving up hotdogs and hamburgers, Portland's unique pilot program is taste testing chickpea and kale stews.

In India, pandemic lockdowns caused most schools to shut for nearly two years. But many of India’s children are completely locked out of the schooling system, as their parents migrate from job to job. Reporter Chhavi Sachdev explores one program in Mumbai where children living on construction sites get care and support with their schooling.

Pfizer announced on Wednesday that it will now sell all of its patented medicines at a not-for-profit price to 45 of the world's poorest countries. The drug company has been accused of “pandemic profiteering” over the billions of dollars it's made over the past few years. Host Marco Werman speaks with Jamie Love of Knowledge Ecology International, an NGO that focuses on the effects of intellectual...

Humans aren't the only species on the planet with complex vocal communications. And now, new research shows that chimpanzees communicate with 390 "words" and some say that could have big implications for the understanding of the evolution of human languages. Host Marco Werman spoke to Catherine Crockford, a co-author of the findings. She’s research director at the CNRS Institute of Cognitive Scien...

Quebec's legislature has passed a new law propping up French as the dominant language in the province. Critics are saying the language violates their rights, while proponents say it is necessary to maintain the province's French culture. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with freelance reporter Leyland Cecco about the new requirements and how it will impact the province's non-French speaking res...

The Guinness Book of World Records called it the “greatest robbery of a government.” Ten billion dollars, looted from the Philippines in the 1970s and ‘80s by the country’s former president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda. Investigators are still trying to track down all of that ill-gotten wealth. Emboldened by a political revival, the family now appears to be flaunting its wealth — even sho...

China has dangled security agreements and cooperation on communications and cybersecurity before 10 Pacific nations. The Federated States of Micronesia has warned them not to go along with China. The World’s host Marco Werman interviews Yun Sun, a China policy expert at the Stimson Center about China's influence campaign in the Pacific.

Shareera Jalil is a Rhodes Scholar from Pakistan. In May of 2018, she and her cousin, Sabika Sheikh, were both exchange students in the US. That’s when Sheikh was gunned down in a school shooting in Sante Fe, Texas. Jalil looks back on her cousin’s death, and reflects on what she’s learned since about gun violence in the United States.

The day after 19 children were murdered in Texas, host Marco Werman shares this video of a grandson and grandmother duo that has gone viral. They perform Cree — a North American Indigenous group — songs of healing using hand drums and vocals. Noah Green, the 12-year-old singer from Alberta, Canada, is known for his searing and powerful roar.

A small but growing group of extreme athletes in Sonora, Mexico, are pushing themselves to new heights. And they’re doing it with a backdrop of stunning natural beauty. They’re called highliners. If you haven’t heard of them, think tightrope walking, but with lines strung between two high points — or in this case, steep cliffs. From KJZZ, Murphy Woodhouse reports.

US oil giant Exxon Mobil and Russia's Lukoil are trying to sell their oil fields in Iraq to a Chinese state-owned oil company. But as Ben Van Heuvelen, editor-in-chief of Iraq Oil Report tells host Marco Werman, Iraqi authorities are concerned that a single country, China, would have too much control over Iraq's oil production.

The United Kingdom has protected abortion rights since 1967. But they only became legal in Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, three years ago. Andrew Connelly reports from Belfast that these services are still highly contentious and stigmatized.

Around the world, few treatments exist for the countless numbers of people who develop long Covid. In the UK, where more than a million people are estimated to be in this situation, a group of medical specialists and professional opera singers have been examining whether an age-old performance practice can help address one of the most common, debilitating symptoms: breathlessness. The World’s Elan...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Israel and the West Bank today. It's the first visit for a senior Turkish official to Israel in 15 years. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Ilhan Tanir, executive editor of Ahval News, about the visit and what it means for the region.

China's zero-COVID policy has shattered many people's trust in the government, especially in Shanghai. The two-month-long lockdown has left people exhausted and making plans to escape. But, as The World's Rebecca Kanthor reports from Shanghai, getting out of the city isn't easy.

As legal ways for crossing the southern US border remain closed, more people are choosing to swim across the Rio Grande River into Texas. Local media in the area have reported dozens of drownings in the river this year. But some migrants in Nicaragua are getting ready for the challenge. The World's Tibisay Zea has the story.

Following the mass shooting on Tuesday at an elementary school in Texas, US Senator Chris Murphy gave an impassioned speech to Congress highlighting America's exceptionality when it comes to gun violence when compared to other countries. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Professor David Hemenway, from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, about what the data says.

Host Marco Werman spins the first single "Tocarte" or "Touch You," from Uruguayan musician and composer Jorge Drexler. 

With alarms, beeping monitors, slamming doors and more, hospitals are rarely quiet. The noise isn't just annoying; it can be harmful and interfere with patients ability to rest and doctors ability to work. But a group of international psychologists, designers and musicians are reimagining what hospitals can sound like. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

Engineering students at Johns Hopkins University have developed an edible adhesive tape to keep your taco closed and tidy while you eat it. Marco Werman chews on this story.

Thirty London landmarks were lit up in purple last night to mark Tuesday’s opening of the Elizabeth Line, one of the biggest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Britain. The new rail line which will link Reading to the west of England with Essex to the east, via central London has been described as a game changer by London transport commissioner Andy Byford. But four years late and almost $...