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For many people around the world, the next few days are sure to be filled with St. Patrick's Day celebrations. But for folks in Finland — Finland, Minnesota, that is — this upcoming weekend is about a different patron saint. The World's Bianca Hillier explains.

This week, Oslo hosts the ski jumping world championships, but Norway's team kicked off the event with a cheating scandal. Members of the team, including Olympic medalists, are barred from competing as the International Ski and Snowboard Federation investigates suspected modifications of Norwegian ski jumpers' suits. The World's Host Carol Hills spoke to Sigmund Loland, a professor of sports philo...

Scientists are zeroing in on wastewater surveillance of airplanes as a critical tool to quickly detect the global spread of emerging pathogens. To learn more about what a monitoring system would look like, The World’s Carolyn Beeler went to Logan International Airport in Boston to speak with Alessandro Vespignani, a professor at Northeastern University and director of the Network Science Institute...

The US has reported more than 200 cases of measles this year, mostly in Texas and mostly affecting unvaccinated people. Public health experts in the US and worldwide are concerned about the spread of this highly contagious disease. Host Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Peter Hotez at Baylor College of Medicine about the outbreaks of measles in other countries, its spread across borders and the correla...

Over the course of three decades, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury built a multi-million-dollar real estate empire with properties across the globe, as recent investigations by the Financial Times and Al Jazeera show. But he did so during his tenure as Bangladesh's minister of land, and most of the money used by Chowdhury to purchase real estate was laundered from the country he was supposed to serve. Now, B...

Donatella Versace is stepping down after nearly 30 years at the helm of the luxury fashion house started by her brother Gianni. Donatella took on the role in a crisis, after her brother was murdered outside his Miami Beach mansion in 1997. Host Marco Werman speaks to Robin Givhan, critic-at-large, at the Washington Post, about the legacy of Donatella Versace on the fashion world and the role of wo...

Scientists working with the Ocean Census have discovered more than 800 new marine species over the past two years. It’s part of a decade-long project trying to expand what we know about life under the sea. Studies estimate only about 10% of the world’s marine species have actually been identified. The discoveries could have wide ranging implications for biodiversity management and medicine. The Wo...

In Germany, employees miss an average of 20 days a year because of illness — a whole lot more than in the rest of the EU. Businesses see a direct link between that and the generosity of the country's mandated sick pay system. The World's Sarah Birnbaum has more on the debate over sick pay raging in Germany.

The UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, has found that Israeli forces have used sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians. The report also seeks to explain why these activities have expanded without check. The IDF referred The World to the Israeli prime minister’s office for comment, but they d...

In an audio postcard from the project Postcards from the Wind, Fil Corbitt brings us a performance of a heavy metal band in Kathmandu, Nepal, which mixes traditional Nepali instruments with rock guitars.

Today at a news conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced tentative support for a 30-day ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States and Ukraine. But the Russian leader also made it clear he was in no hurry to agree to it and wanted to continue negotiating on a number of points. Host Carolyn Beeler gets reaction from Dmitri Alperovitch,  a political analyst and author of "World O...

Twelve years ago today, Pope Francis became the first pope from Latin America. Since then, in all his travels around the world, he has never gone back to visit his home country, Argentina. Now, Pope Francis is facing health issues and has been hospitalized since Feb. 14. His followers in Argentina are praying for his recovery — and hoping that he will finally come back on a papal visit. From Bueno...

Kids in northern Israel are starting to return to school this week following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. This comes after the Israeli military deemed it safe for families to move back into their homes and children to go to school. Host Marco Werman speaks with journalist Davide Lerner who recently reported from Israel on the returning Israeli school children and the impact all the ti...

Lucky passengers got a free cable car ride over the River Thames in recent weeks in a program designed to stimulate conversations between total strangers. The World's hosts spotlight transport for London's "chatty cabins".

A new abortion clinic has opened in the center of Warsaw despite Poland's strict abortion ban. Abortion rights activists who opened the clinic said they felt they had no other option. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed to liberalize the country's abortion laws when he took office in December 2023. But, so far, little has changed. The World's Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports.

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, hundreds of thousands of Spain's poorest families who received monthly government assistance are now being told they were overpaid and must return the money. The trouble is, the recipients were already low-income earners and most say they don't have any savings, much less cash on hand, to pay back the COVID aid based on errors the government admits it...

The Trump administration has revoked Chevron's license to pump oil in Venezuela, accusing its president of not making progress on electoral reforms. In response, Venezuela says it will stop receiving deportees from the US. Phil Gunson, a Caracas-based analyst with the International Crisis Group tells The World’s Host Marco Werman that the White House may be quietly lobbying for a return of the mig...

Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman catch you up on a few headlines you may have missed.

Tribal elders from territory that Al-Shabab controls were meeting with Somali government officials in a hotel to discuss cooperation in the war against Al-Shabab when a Land Cruiser exploded out front, followed by gunmen attacking. When the siege was over, people on both sides had been killed. Mohamed Gabobe, a reporter in Mogadishu, walks through what happened, what it means for the offensive aga...

The head of the interim government in Syria has signed a deal with the leader of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Kurdish militia that controls the northeast. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports on the parameters of the deal, and what will happen to the US-backed camps for the suspected ISIS fighters and their families that are based there.

Walk into an unassuming church just outside Denver on any given Sunday, and depending on what time you arrive, you might hear singing in Nepalese or preaching in Burmese. The former St. Matthew's Lutheran Church is home to four congregations that meet there on Sundays in the heart of Aurora’s immigrant and refugee community. From Colorado Public Radio, Elaine Tassy reports.

The owner of a London comedy club announced he is banning audience members who have had Botox injections. He said performers complained about unresponsive faces in the crowd. Botox, the target of many a stand-up comic’s humor, is now raising eyebrows — or not — when customers are barred from entering The Top Secret Comedy Club in Covent Garden.

Professional track athletes from Brazil, Australia, Kenya, the US and beyond are meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 4 for the first-ever Grand Slam Track meet. The World's Bianca Hillier reports on how this global league is differentiating itself from the current models.

The firebrand former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, will likely stand trial for crimes against humanity. He was arrested today by Philippine police serving an Interpol warrant from the International Criminal Court. His daughter says he was put on a plane and sent to the Hague. The World's Asia correspondent Patrick Winn tells us the arrest was a shocking development in the politica...

The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for an attack on a train in Pakistan. The separatist group has been fighting a violent insurgency for decades. But this attack — with more than 400 hostages thought to be involved — is unprecedented. The World's Matthew Bell has more.