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Mexico has slowly made reproductive health services more accessible over the last 20 years, largely because of changing political winds and women’s movements pushing for abortion access. The World’s Latin America correspondent Jorge Valencia reports.

A trove of leaked police files and photos from Xinjiang in western China has revealed more details about China's treatment of Uyghurs. More than 2,800 mugshots of detainees in what China terms its "reeducation camps” along with information including a shoot-to-kill policy for those who try to escape, were hacked and then leaked to an American-based researcher. Darren Byler, a specialist on China's...

The Taliban recently ordered all women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Only their eyes may remain visible. The rule also applies to female television anchors. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Khpolwak Sapai, the deputy director of TOLO news in Kabul about how his newsroom is dealing with the edict.

A new exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art explores how one of the most iconic jewelry makers in the world, Cartier, was influenced by Islamic art and architecture. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

Every week, thousands of songbird competitions are held in Indonesia. Even the country's president has participated. But Charlie McCann, the Economists' Southeast Asia reporter, says the popular contests mean every year that millions of birds are being taken from the wild.

Banks and insurers in the United Kingdom could lose big on climate change. The Bank of England — the country’s equivalent of a federal reserve or central bank — announced Tuesday that the failure of financial institutions in the country to respond to climate risks could cause as much as 15% profit losses year over year. Host Marco Werman spoke with John Morris, assistant professor of economic geog...

It's been 3 months now since Russia invaded Ukraine. Feb. 24 was the day when thousands of Ukrainians woke up to the sound of their cities and towns being bombarded by the Russian military. Now, most of the fighting has shifted to areas in eastern Ukraine such as the Donbas and Kharkiv regions. Host Marco Werman speaks with Wall Street Journal chief foreign affairs correspondent, Yaroslav Trofimov...

One hundred million people have now been forcibly displaced worldwide due to conflicts and crises. Refugees from Ukraine make up just 6.4 million of the tally. David Miliband, the head of the International Rescue Committee and a former UK foreign secretary, puts the sobering new statistic into perspective for The World’s host Marco Werman.

War zones are often places where new technology is unleashed and tested. Amid the war in Ukraine, one particular technology has taken hold within the Ukrainian army: facial recognition. We have the story of a program called Clearview AI and the questions that swirl around how it's used on the Ukrainian battlefield. Dina Temple-Raston of Click Here reports.

Australia swore in Labor party leader Anthony Albanese as prime minister today, following the defeat of incumbent Scott Morrison. It's only the fourth election victory for the center-left party since World War II, and the reversal of a near-decade of conservative government rule. As guest Misha Ketchell, the editor of The Conversation Australia, tells host Marco Werman, the deciding factor for vot...

India and Pakistan have been suffering from an intense heat wave in recent weeks. Temperatures have risen up to 115 degrees Fahrenheit. A new report by the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London says that the heat wave can be directly attributed to climate change. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Mariam Zachariah, the lead researcher behind the report, about the attribution and the...

On Monday, Kenyan mountaineer James Kagambi returned home to a hero's welcome. A crowd of people met him at the airport to congratulate him on summiting Mount Everest earlier this month. The 62-year-old was part of the first-ever all-Black team of mountaineers to climb the mountain. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from Nairobi.

Health leaders from around the world are convening in Geneva this week for the 75th World Health Assembly. The series of high-level discussions will help shape how the world moves forward to boost health, and how it responds to the current and future pandemics, as well as ongoing public health threats. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Elana Gordon about the week ahead.

President Biden is in Tokyo today on his first trip to Asia as president. When asked during a news conference if the US was willing to get involved militarily in the event that China attacked Taiwan, Biden said, "Yes ... That's a commitment we made." Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded by saying that Beijing expresses “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition” to Bide...

Language plays an important role in the war in Ukraine, and the ways in which Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the validity of Ukrainian culture and identity. The question of language is unavoidable for Olga Pariieva. She's a language teacher in Kyiv, or at least she was — before the war. Laurel Chor of the PRX podcast, "Resistance: Mother Tongue," has the story of what it means to...

Since 2014, 19,000 people have gone missing while attempting to cross the central Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, according to the Missing Migrants Project. A new book examines how a deal between the European Union and Libya has helped stop migrants and refugees from across Africa and forced them to remain in the country’s detention system. Host Marco Werman spoke with Sally Hayden, the author...

Eelgrass, underwater grasses found around the world, play a key role in storing so-called "blue carbon.'' Seagrass habitats are in decline around the world, but the Comcaac people in northern Mexico have protected the grasses off the coast of their land near the Gulf of Mexico. A festival this month celebrated the plant and revived interest in the tradition of eating its nutritious seeds. Reporter...

Friday is day 86 since Russia invaded Ukraine. On Thursday, the UN human rights office said that it had confirmed 8,000 civilians killed or injured in Ukraine. They also said that the real number is likely to be considerably higher. Most of the fighting that's going on right now in Ukraine is in the Donbas region in the east. Host Carol Hills speaks with Alexander Khrebet, an editor with the Weekl...

Cocaine is now being produced inside Europe and reexported to other parts of the world. Authorities have detected record levels of trafficking and consumption of cocaine, and are struggling to stop the crime that comes with it. But as The World's Tibisay Zea reports, the solution might be in Latin America.

Monkeypox cases continue to grow in several US states and some European countries. The United Kingdom's first case was reportedly traced back to Nigeria, which has experienced outbreaks in previous years. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Christian Happi, director of the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, about how the world should respond to these outbreaks and wha...

May 23 is when the Biden administration is set to terminate Title 42, which heavily restricts asylum for immigrants coming in at the US borders. But, several states have sued to block the move, and the actual decision is in the hands of a federal judge who has previously ruled in ways that go against the Biden administration. Host Marco Werman speaks with Jessica Bolter of the Migration Policy Ins...

China has put its focus on mass testing as a way to achieve its zero-COVID-10 strategy. But that puts a vulnerable population at risk — the elderly. While 87% of China's population is vaccinated, less than half of Shanghai's 60-plus population has been fully vaccinated. Rebecca Kanthor spoke with her neighbors about why they're resisting vaccination.

US President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday and visited a semiconductor plant to highlight economic ties between the US and South Korea. Biden will meet with leaders from Japan, Australia and India on this trip. And the one country that's probably highest on the agenda is China. The White House seeks to rally its most important allies in Asia to send a message to China, warning Beijing...

Two of the biggest acts in Australia have teamed up. The electronic, hip-hop duo Hermitude and the indie-rock band The Jungle Giants. Hermitude said that they wanted to create a "feel good vibe." The tune is called "When You Feel Like This." 

This weekend, Australia will choose a new prime minister and one of the major points of contention between the candidates is China policy. Australia's recent security concerns over a secretive deal between nearby Solomon Islands and regional power China is only the latest in tensions that have been escalating over the past decade. Host Marco Werman spoke with Jennifer Hsu, a research fellow at the...