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In Ukraine, the Russian military continues to bombard city centers, including civilian populations throughout the country. In Kyiv, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the nation: "We've hardly slept for seven nights," Zelenskiy said, adding, "The time will come when we will be able to sleep, but it will be after the war, after the victory." Host Carol Hills speaks with Volodymyr Sol...

Ukrainians are stockpiling homemade petrol bombs — Molotov cocktails —  to defend their streets. Host Marco Werman has a brief history of the petrol bomb, including the story of one Ukrainian brewery that has chosen to bottle up gasoline instead of beer, for Ukrainians to ignite and hurl at Russian soldiers. 

International sport federations are rapidly joining governments, businesses and banks by sanctioning Russian and Belarusian teams for the Ukraine invasion. The World's Bianca Hillier reports on the latest bans and suspensions, and how the impact could be immediately seen at the Paralympic Games in Beijing later this week.

As a huge convoy of Russian tanks and mechanized vehicles bears down on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Maia Mikaluk has been sheltering in her apartment with her family, including her daughter who is about to give birth. Mikaluk tells The World’s Marco Werman she hopes the baby’s arrival is delayed until the fighting halts.

Amid Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Belarus has been both a staging ground for the Russian military’s push south to take control of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, as well as the location of the first attempted negotiations between the Russian government and Ukraine this week. Host Marco Werman spoke to Katia Glod, a fellow with the Washington-based Center for European Poli...

The conflict in northern Ethiopia has gone on for more than a month now. Thousands of people have died and hundreds of people have been displaced across three regions. Only a few months ago, fighters from the Tigray People's Liberation Front were advancing on the capital. Now, they've retreated, but fighting still continues in some parts of the country. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from the...

Frederic Chopin fled his native Poland almost 200 years ago at the age of 20 when the Russian army invaded. He made his musical career in Paris, but remained a staunch Polish nationalist. Two centuries later, his music is now the pride of Poland, but, until recently, it was hard to hear it performed regularly, or in the smaller venues his compositions were intended for. Rebecca Rosman has the stor...

Across the world, all eyes are on Ukraine. But people in Taiwan are watching extra closely. The de facto independent nation also knows a thing or two about invasion — or at least the threat of it. Beijing says the island belongs to China and can use force to take it. Whether the US military would jump in to stop such an invasion is unclear. Taiwan’s leaders are now closely analyzing the Ukraine cr...

The battle for air superiority over Ukraine is at a stalemate between the Ukrainian and Russian air forces, but it could be one of the most decisive advantages either side wins. Marco Werman interviews Matthew Powell, an air power historian at the University of Portsmouth about the fight in the skies above Ukraine.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, a barrage of international sanctions have been placed on large sections of Russia's government, oligarchs and overall economy. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Richard Nephew, a researcher with the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, about how the sanctions work and what impacts they'll have on ordinary Russians and oligarchs alike. 

This is the sixth day of the Russian military's invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, remains under attack. Rocket strikes from the Russian military are hitting the city, including Kharkiv's central square, a city government building, the city's opera house and the ballet theater. Host Marco Werman speaks with Yulia Pototskaya, she and her family live in Kharkiv.

Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in a kinetic warfare, but they're also fighting an information war. Russia state media continues to spread propaganda and false narratives, while Ukraine attempts to push back against disinformation and rally Ukrainians to help defend the country. There's also the battle that's being waged over cyber. Host Marco Werman speaks with cybersecurity expert Dmitri Al...

Host Marco Werman brings you a few global stories, beyond Ukraine and Russia, that we're following right now.

Ukraine has surprised the Russian military by slowing them down and preventing a blitzkrieglike takeover of the country. Marc Werman interviews Oleksiy Nozdrachov, an academic-turned-fighter from the Central Military Science and Research Institute of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, about their army's capabilities and what the fight for Kyiv and other cities looks like.

Over the weekend, Turkey’s foreign minister announced that the country would invoke a section of a 1936 treaty that regulates two strategic straits during wartime. That means that warships from Russia and Ukraine cannot pass through Turkey’s two key waterways: the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles Straits, which open to the Mediterranean, unless they’re returning to port.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 500,000 people have fled Ukraine in recent days on a mass exodus to the eastern edge of the European Union, which shows no signs of stopping. About 100,000 of them have arrived in Poland. Reporter Andrew Connelly spoke to people fleeing war in Przemysl, eastern Poland.

Germany has taken a U-turn on defense spending and military aid for Ukraine. The European Union is closing air space to Russian planes. Norway's massive sovereign wealth fund is selling off Russian assets. Even the prime minister in Hungary, who has been a supporter of Vladimir Putin, says his government won't block European sanctions. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry has the latest. 

Tarkan, one of the biggest names in Turkish pop music, has just returned from a long hiatus to release "Geçcek," or “It Will Pass.” Though on the surface it can be read as a message of encouragement two years into a global pandemic, many say it's a veiled way to say that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rule over the country will soon end. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul.

Some natural systems are no longer able to adapt successfully to a warming world, including coral reefs, Arctic and high-mountain ecosystems. And the ability of people to adapt is limited by a lack of funding and political will. Those are the findings of the latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 

Russia is an energy powerhouse in Europe and supplies 1 out of 10 of the world's barrels of oil. Conflict and sanctions have destabilized energy markets in the region and around the world. The World's Marco Werman speaks to Gregory Brew, an expert of energy politics at Yale University.   

Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, is often described as the most Russia-friendly city in the country. Now, Russia forces have unleashed a brutal assault on the city, including a barrage of rockets that fell in residential areas, killing dozens of civilians — including many children. Kharkiv resident Luda Sviridok talks with The World’s Marco Werman.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's long track record gives Western leaders plenty of opportunity to look back at failed opportunities to keep him in check. We look at his history in Ukraine, Belarus and purported meddling in US election politics.

Isaac Stone Fish has a book coming out next week about Beijing’s influence in the United States, and how to push back without being McCarthyist or racist. He speaks to The World in advance of the 50th anniversary of former US President Richard Nixon’s groundbreaking trip to China later this month.

The UK has long found it profitable to turn a blind eye to dirty money. But a U-turn is underway as the US demands action amid renewed tensions with Russia. The UK’s status as a premier destination for shady oligarchs may be about to change, or so campaigners hope after the Conservative government promised to bring forward a long-delayed series of reforms to close existing loopholes. The Economic...

The past two days in Ukraine have been a blur of bomb shelters, evacuations and excruciating decisions. But what does the war look like from Russia? Thousands of Russians turned out for anti-war protests in more than 50 cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg and Pushkin, but demonstrators were quickly arrested. As Durrie Bouscaren reports, anti-war sentiments in Russia may be stronger than expec...