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A four-legged robot built by Boston Dynamics has been deployed to wander around the ruins of ancient Pompeii, Italy, identifying structural and safety issues while inspecting underground tunnels dug by relic thieves. Host Carol Hills tells how Spot the robot dog is helping archaeological park managers gather data to help preserve and protect the historical site.

Brazil is known for its successful anti-tobacco policies and low smoking rate. But it's now considering lifting a ban on e-cigarettes. Proponents argue that the devices might help wean people off of smoking, but Theo Ruprecht reports from São Paulo that, even though they are illegal, e-cigarettes are disproportionately being used by young people smoking for the first time.

A 35-year-old British woman breaks the world record by rowing solo for 3,000 miles. Victoria Evans rowed from the Spanish Canary Islands to Barbados in 41 days to help improve the conditions for women in sports.

The British Museum opened a new Stonehenge exhibit this month examining the wider prehistoric world surrounding Stonehenge. The period described by the museum — from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age — echoes “a restless and highly connected" world we live in today, with migration, social change and advances in technology. Host Marco Werman spoke with the exhibit's curator Neil Wilkin.

The Jewish composer Eugen Engel died at Sobibor extermination camp before he could see his life's work, “Grete Minde,” performed. The score was buried away in a San Francisco basement for nearly 80 years. Now, it has been brought to life at last. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports. 

In southern Ukraine, Russian forces are bombarding the port city of Mariupol. The city's mayor, Vadym Boichenko, called it a humanitarian catastrophe. Mariupol is being besieged by Russian forces — people in the city lack electricity and access to food and water. According to Ukrainian authorities, about 160,000 residents remain in Mariupol. Before the war, the city had a population of about 430,0...

What's it like to interview Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in person right now? We hear from a reporter who got inside Zelenskiy's bunker location. Arkady Ostrovsky is the Russia and Eastern Europe editor of The Economist.

A Palestinian gunman shot and killed five people on Tuesday night in a town outside of Tel Aviv, Israel. The victims were two young Israeli fathers, a police officer and two immigrants from Ukraine. This was the third deadly attack in the last week. Israel's prime minister, Naftali Bennett, said the country is facing "a new wave of terror." Host Carol Hills gets the latest from AFP reporter Daniel...

NASA astronaut, Mark Vande Hei, landed safely on Earth on Wednesday with two Russian cosmonauts. The group of space travelers were assisted by Russia's space program. But Russia's invasion of Ukraine has put the US and Russia at odds. Will this affect the International Space Station and future cooperation in space? The World's Carol Hills spoke with Brian Weeden, a space researcher and director wi...

On Tuesday, it sounded as though Russia and Ukraine tiptoed one step forward in peace talks. The two sides met on neutral ground in a palace in Turkey. On Wednesday, Russia renewed its assault around Kyiv, Ukraine. That's after they claimed they'd back off. To talk about the delicate balance in these peace talks, we're joined by former ambassador to both Russia and Ukraine, John Tefft.

Juanita Euka, who goes simply by Euka, has just released her debut album. The single is a breakup song, and as host Marco Werman tells us, Euka gives it some "I will survive" energy.

A group of Deaf refugees recount their experiences fleeing the war in Ukraine from a shelter in Romania. Olga Sviridenko says she and her husband realized their family had to leave because she couldn't hear the air raid sirens — she'd see people on the street running into shelters and have no idea why. Deaf community leaders say thousands of deaf Ukrainians have fled the war, and more are coming....

Members of the Colombian band Monsieur Perine were shocked to find one of their songs trending on TikTok six years after it was released. The swingy rhythm and horns had become popular for choreographies around the world. Reporter Manuel Rueda caught up with band members as they prepare to release a new album, driven by their musical vision instead of TikTok glory.

In Honduras, former President Juan Orlando Hernández will be brought to the US to face drug trafficking charges. Host Marco Werman has the latest.

When Nicaragua’s ambassador to the Organization of American States, Arturo McFields, resigned last week, he accused the government of President Daniel Ortega of human rights abuses and attacking freedom of speech. McFields tells The World’s Marco Werman about his efforts to win the release of Nicaraguan political prisoners.

With hundreds of thousands of women and children fleeing Ukraine, there are growing fears that traffickers are targeting them both at border crossings and online. Many Ukrainians have turned to Facebook to try and connect with families in the UK who are opening up their homes to refugees. But British charities say the chaotic way it’s all being managed is leaving Ukrainians open to exploitation an...

In 2014, a group of Mexican college students vanished in Mexico’s state of Guerrero. By the end of the night, six people were killed and the missing came to be known as the “Ayotzinapa 43.” But this week, fresh findings from a group of experts shed new light on what happened. Anayansi Diaz-Cortes was one of the reporters who led Reveal’s investigative series “After Ayotzinapa.” She told host Marco...

A summit began on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to try to resolve the conflict that has been tearing apart Yemen since 2014.  The Yemen war has killed tens of thousands of civilians, broken the country’s economy and divided its people along sectarian lines. Host Marco Werman speaks with Nadwa al-Dawsari, a Yemeni woman and scholar and nonresident fellow at the Middle East Institute, about the g...

Some 12,000 small earthquakes have hit the Azorean island of Sao Jorge in the past week and a half, triggering more than a quarter of the island's residents to leave their homes or the island entirely. The regional seismic authority raised the alert level for a volcanic eruption to a level four last week, and scientists have set up seismic monitoring stations to better understand whether these sma...

There were some signs of progress in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday in Istanbul. Ukrainian officials proposed discussing the status of Ukrainian territory now held by Russian forces. And Russia's defense minister, Alexander Fomin, said Russia would "drastically reduce" military activity near Kyiv "to increase mutual trust." US Secretary of State Antony Blinken quickly expressed...

Host Marco Werman tells us about the Academy Award winner for best original screenplay, Kenneth Branagh, for "Belfast." Branagh's movie about the city he grew up in as a child — and which he had to leave with his family, due to the violence of The Troubles — is both a personal memoir and a recount of history. But it's really just a story about home, as Branagh has explained, which makes it a relev...

Rhinoceros beetles in Colombia are huge, the size of your hand. Japanese collectors pay hundreds of dollars for just one. But it turns out the waste from beetle larvae can be sold as fertilizer. And as Manuel Rueda reports, one Colombian is making good money from beetles — and their poop.

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. is the leading candidate for president of the Philippines, according to the latest polls. That's despite his history as the son of the Philippine's late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Ashley Westerman reports from Manila that the younger Marcos is reframing the past to become popular with a younger generation that never experienced the dictatorship.

Foreign ministers from the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt met with their Israeli and US counterparts in Israel — an unprecedented diplomatic trip in the region. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, about the talks and whether or not this furthers peace and stability in the region.

Many families with very young children are in a tricky spot right now. COVID-19 vaccines still aren’t available for kids under 5 in the US. This may soon change: Moderna and Pfizer have announced they are pursuing approvals this spring. But outside the US, in places like Chile, thousands of children as young as the age of 3 have already been immunized. The World’s Elana Gordon reports on why these...