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Aurelio Martínez, a popular Honduran musician and politician, was one of 12 people killed this week when a small plane crashed near Honduras. Host Marco Werman memorializes Martinez as a singer and songwriter who was one of the best-known champions of Garifuna music.

Ever since Latvia authorized its border guards to use "physical force" to prevent irregular border crossings from Belarus in 2021, there have been reports about human rights violations against migrants. Journalist Ben Bathke from our partners Deutsche Welle reports from the Latvian-Belarus border on how migrants are treated there.

Ex-Formula 1 team owner and media personality Eddie Jordan has died at age 76. Host Marco Werman tells the story of the Dublin-born banker turned racing car driver who built a winning F1 team in the 1990s and 2000s, became a popular BBC sportscaster, and is remembered today for having launched the careers of many of F1's top drivers.

Israeli ground troops have reentered the Gaza Strip, and airstrikes have been ongoing for the past few days. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health officials. Meanwhile, Hamas has responded by firing rockets at Tel Aviv. With all signs of ceasefire having disappeared, host Marco Werman talks with the Khaled El-Gindy about the return to fighting. He's a visiting scholar...

At 72 years old, Netumbo Ndaitwah is about to become Namibia's fifth president — and the first woman to ascend to the presidential office. Gender didn't play a big part in her campaign messaging, but employment and poverty did. Ndaitwah's promise to address the issue has women in the country feeling hopeful. Vitalio Angula brings us the story from the capital, Windhoek.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a vast country in Africa with rich mineral deposits that have been fought over for decades. In recent months, the rebel group M23 has expanded its control in the eastern part of the DRC where those rare earth minerals are located and the crisis has come to a head. Marco Werman teases out the origins of the conflict and what's at stake.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek was thousands of miles into his Out of Eden Walk when he had to pause his journey in Myanmar to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic. Host Marco Werman speaks with him about the experience of walking and reporting through Asian regions made inaccessible by quarantines and lockdowns.

The World Happiness Report for 2025 was released on Thursday. Topping the list is Finland — again — with the rest of the Nordic countries dominating the top four spots. The United States fell to its lowest position ever. Host Marco Werman has more details on what makes a country happy.

Police arrested Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and a likely contender to unseat the country's longtime president. Expecting an outcry, authorities blocked roads, stopped metro services and banned demonstrations for four days. As The World reports, demonstrators took to the streets anyway.

As a teenager in 2021, Kate Koval left her hometown of Kyiv, Ukraine, to play basketball in the US. Now a freshman at Notre Dame, Koval is excited and ready for Friday's tip-off, which will mark the start of her first-ever NCAA March Madness tournament. The World's Bianca Hillier has her story.

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization finds 2024 was a record-breaking year for the impacts of climate change. Temperatures reached new highs in the ocean, as did sea levels, and both are considered locked in for hundreds of years. Carbon dioxide, which traps heat and fuels climate change, has reached higher concentrations in the atmosphere than there has been in 800,000 years. T...

The worst terrorist attack in Japan's history happened 30 years ago, on March 20, 1995, during the morning rush hour on the Tokyo subway system. Members of a violent cult called Aum Shinrikyo released packages of deadly sarin gas on several subway cars, killing 14 people and injuring several thousand more. Japanese authorities say the group remains an "ongoing problem." The World's Matthew Bell sp...

President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday. Putin rejected a full ceasefire in Ukraine and put forward his own conditions to end the conflict. For some insight into how the Kremlin views this moment, The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Nina Khrushcheva, a professor of international affairs at the New School...

An executive order issued late last week has halted US funding for independent news organizations worldwide. Outlets like Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia began in response to the rise of Naziism during World War II, to support access to journalism across the globe. Reporter Levi Bridges explains how crucial the information in these outlets provide has been — and remains — i...

A professional Bulgarian soccer team offered a minute of silence before its game over the weekend to celebrate one of its former players. Problem is, the man isn't dead. Seventy-eight-year-old Petko Ganchev is very much alive. Host Marco Werman has more.

Mexicans are shocked by the recent discovery of an extermination camp belonging to a powerful drug cartel in the western state of Jalisco. Evidence shows the site was also used for the forced recruitment and training of the cartel’s foot soldiers. The case has reignited national outrage over Mexico’s countless disappearances, and lack of justice. From Mexico City, The World’s Tibisay Zea reports. ...

China is facing some tough economic headwinds right now. A mix of deflation and US tariffs are impacting the country's economy. Despite this, the government is still aiming for 5% growth for 2025. And to help boost the economy, it's looking to domestic consumers to spend more. Host Marco Werman speaks with Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow, Zoe Liu, about what China's government is doing...

Sam Ruthe, a high schooler from New Zealand, just became the youngest person to run a mile in under four minutes. He's about nine months younger than the previous record holder. Host Marco Werman takes you through Sam's day, starting with a disastrous breakfast before earning his place in the record books.

Lawmakers in Mexico City enacted new rules to make bullfighting less bloody. The fights are not banned outright, but they will be shorter and have more ways to protect bulls and matadors. Diego Oré, a reporter for Reuters, talks about the details of the new rules and what it means for the historic colonial pastime in Mexico.

Veterinarians and pet owners are taking to the streets to protest strict new rules meant to curb the use of antibiotics. Antibiotics are widely used on animals, especially livestock, which is accelerating bacterial resistance in humans who receive the same drugs. Spain's government recently passed a law that essentially makes using antibiotics a last-resort treatment. The World's Gerry Hadden repo...

Wildlife biologists and snow leopard fans are excited about a short video that was posted in recent days of a mother snow leopard and her cubs climbing a snowy cliff in northern Pakistan. For conservationists, the fact that it was a local Pakistani who took the video makes it even more significant. Marco Werman speaks with Rodney Jackson of the Snow Leopard Conservancy. He's a conservation biologi...

One man in Ireland has set himself an unusual challenge — to record the sound of every bird species in the country. The mission is not frivolous, though. Many of those birds may soon be extinct. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

After a nearly two-hour phone call on Tuesday, the White House said Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a 30-day cessation of attacks on infrastructure in Ukraine — if Ukraine would agree to the same thing. The agreement came with some demands, though. Putin wants an end to weapons shipments to Ukraine and for intelligence sharing with Ukraine to stop as well. From Kyiv, The World's Dan...

At a time when many are utilizing AI as an alternative to in-person therapy, a new study out this month found that ChatGPT can act like it's anxious when presented with traumatic experiences by users. The study's lead author Ziv Ben-Zion told The World's host Marco Werman that the results raise questions about how language models might impact people at their most vulnerable. Ben-Zion is a clinical...

A hilltop Buddhist temple in Bhutan, built in the 15th century, attracts visitors from across the globe, many of them struggling to conceive. They often make return visits, with children, believing their prayers here have been answered. As far as destinations for family vacations go, it's not for the bashful: the Chimi Lhakang temple is filled with phallic imagery. That's because the phallus is a...