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US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan flew to Rome to meet his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi. Allegedly Sullivan planned to warn China of the isolation they would face if they help Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. Marco Werman interviews Robert Daly, the director of the Kissinger Institute, on China and the United States about the status of Russia-China relations and how China...

Bibian Mentel was a snowboarding champion and icon. The Dutch athlete helped get para snowboarding into the Paralympics and won three gold medals at the Games. Mentel died after a long battle with cancer in March 2021. But at the 2022 Paralympics in Beijing, athletes and her family say her legacy remains strong. The World's Bianca Hillier has the story.

At this point, 2.5 million Ukrainians have fled their country, and many are staying in Poland, Hungary and Germany. The United Kingdom has only accepted 1,000 Ukrainian refugees so far, while many are awaiting visas to join family members there. Rebecca Rosman reports from the port city of Calais in France that the UK home office is receiving criticism for not temporarily dropping visa requirement...

Chernobyl is running out of electricity, Ukraine said Wednesday. Generators at the site of the world’s greatest nuclear accident, now under the control of the Russian military, could only keep running for 48 hours. A countdown to another nuclear disaster. Meanwhile Russia says the plant has been connected to the power grid of neighboring Belarus.

The British government has imposed new sanctions on 386 Russian lawmakers, including asset freezes and travel bans. But in the UK and other parts of Europe, Russian citizens have found themselves targets of abuse. In the Czech Republic, a number of restaurants have put up signs saying they will no longer serve Russian diners, while in Britain, Russian restaurants have been attacked on social media...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, international observers and bodies have started to document potential war crimes by Russia's military. Meanwhile, Russia denies any responsibility for its actions in Ukraine. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Ambassador Michael Carpenter, the US representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, about the OSCE's efforts to document war...

On this day two years ago, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. In the time since, it would be hard to find a place this virus hasn't reached. It knows no borders. But the impact has been uneven, and as the World’s Elana Gordon reports, the pandemic has exposed and worsened long-standing inequalities.

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic was declared two years ago on March 11, 2020. Our reporters stationed around the world take us to places that show how life has changed — or hasn't — since the declaration was declared. Hear from Bianca Hillier in Boston's Chinatown, Lucía Benavides in Barcelona, Halima Gikandi in Nairobi, and Rebecca Kanthor in Shanghai, where COVID-19 cases are ticking up again.

Train #82 runs between the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, which is under fire by the Russian military, and the western city of Lviv, which is probably the safest big city in the country right now. The train route is a lifeline for thousands of people fleeing the bombardment by Russian forces. Reporter Phillip Robertson got a round-trip ticket and spoke with some of the rail workers — exhausted and workin...

Russia launched air strikes on new targets in the west of Ukraine on Friday morning, a sign that, as the war enters its third week, Russia is expanding its military operation. Host Carol Hills speaks with journalist Jessica Golloher in Lviv.

In Russia, former US Marine Trevor Reed has been in detention since 2019 — 937 days to be exact. Russian authorities charged Trevor Reed with assaulting a police officer, a trumped-up charge not backed up by any evidence. Trevor Reed's family believe that his detention was purely political — and that Russian authorities are using him essentially as a hostage. Now, amid Russia's war with Ukraine, n...

It’s official. South Korea’s next president will be a hard-charging conservative who is staunchly pro-US and determined to take a tougher line on North Korea. Yoon Suk-yeol narrowly won the race against the left-leaning ruling party. The World’s Patrick Winn is on the line to tell us how his five-year term will shake up politics inside and outside the country.

The war in Ukraine complicated the plans of thousands of tourists, who remain stranded in popular travel destinations like Tanzania, Egypt or the Dominican Republic. Without any money or the possibility of returning home, many of them are waiting for humanitarian flights. Tibisay Zea has the story.

It's been two years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. In many nations around the globe, cases are now way down and COVID-19 precautions like masking, social distancing and vaccine mandates are being lifted. Two years in, Marco Werman looks back with Suerie Moon, co-director of the Global Health Program at Geneva’s Graduate Institute, to assess the global response...

The COVID-19 pandemic was declared two years ago on March 11, 2020. Our reporters stationed around the world take us to places that show how life has changed — or hasn't — since the declaration was declared. Hear from Anita Elash in Toronto, Chhavi Sachdev in Mumbai and Theo Ruprecht in São Paulo.

It may seem like countries in Latin America or Africa have been unscathed by the invasion of Ukraine. But in places like Kenya and Colombia, Mexico or Egypt, economists are warning that the war in Ukraine will raise food prices and could increase the number of people who are not eating three meals a day. Manuel Rueda reporters from Bogotá on how the war is affecting wheat prices, other commodities...

The war in Ukraine puts Israel in an awkward diplomatic spot. The Israeli government has a good relationship with Russia, but it's most important ally is still the United States. So, where does Israel stand on questions about arming Ukraine and sanctions for Russia? Host Marco Werman speaks with Agence France-Presse reporter Daniella Cheslow in Jerusalem.  

Two years ago on Friday, the world officially entered a pandemic. In just a matter of weeks after the first COVID-19 cases were detected in China, the coronavirus had reached more than 100 different nations. Since then, SARS-CoV-2 has made its way to every corner of the globe. The World’s Elana Gordon reports on some of the lessons we’ve learned over the past two years, and why the virus is still...

Fighting in Ukraine is taking a toll on the country's health system. Shortages of medical supplies are reported, and an air strike on a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol on Wednesday highlighted the danger to health facilities. Host Marco Werman speaks with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder in Lviv about how medical workers are coping with the military threat and the growing shortages...

Explorer Ernest Shackleton's long-lost ship, The Endurance, was recently discovered. The granddaughter of the navigating officer on that sunken ship continues his legacy. Host Marco Werman speaks with Aileen O'Brien, who has attempted to retrace her grandfather Tom Crean's expedition with Shackleton. She now runs a restaurant in Ireland bearing his name.

Leonid Volkov, a Russian opposition leader and chief of staff to the imprisoned Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, says support for Vladimir Putin inside Russia is crumbling. Volkov tells The World’s Marco Werman that Putin is unlikely to retain sufficient support within Russia to continue his military campaign in Ukraine in the months ahead.

Lviv is not just the biggest city in western Ukraine, the historic city center is also a UNESCO world heritage site. Cobblestone streets, ornate churches, and the Lviv Theater of Opera and Ballet are just some of what makes the place special. Today, people in the city are rushing to protect these cultural treasures, as they watch the Russian military's assault on cities in the east, south and nort...

The civil war in Ethiopia has seen a lot of destruction across the northern region. Important religious sites have not been spared. As the war came closer to the holy city of Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage site, there was concern about the fate of the 13th century churches there. The World's Halima Gikandi recently traveled to the town to see if it has weathered the storm.

When the British Empire ruled Singapore, same-sex “indecency” between men was punishable with two years in prison. Despite all its touted modernity, the island nation clings to that law nearly six decades after independence. Its courts had a chance to kill the law in early March — igniting hopes among LGBTQ+ Singaporeans — but demurred, only promising to not “proactively '' enforce it. That decisi...

The leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates won't take US President Joe Biden's phone calls. The relationships between these countries have gotten steadily worse — especially with Saudi Arabia and the UAE refusing to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and refusing to cooperate with the US on surging oil prices. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Kristen Diwan, a senior resident sch...