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Judges on Colombia's highest court voted on Monday to decriminalize abortion until 24 weeks of gestation, or about six months. It was a victory for abortion rights groups that sued to have the procedure removed from the penal code. In Bogotá, Manuel Rueda reports that the decision adds Colombia to a list of Latin American countries that have recently liberalized abortion access, including Mexico a...

Ukrainian leaders say they're prepared to confront Russia, but their military is vastly outmatched. From Kyiv, former Ukrainian parliamentarian Hanna Hopko tells The World's Marco Werman that Western allies must do more to counteract a potential "worst-case scenario" for Ukraine.

In response to Russian troops entering eastern Ukraine, US President Joe Biden spoke today about sanctions. European Union foreign ministers also adopted widespread sanctions against Russia. The World's Daniel Ofman gives an update.

Nearly 3,000 athletes competed in Beijing over the past few weeks. But as they soared, skied and skated through the Games, there was also plenty of news of the competitions, too. Host Marco Werman talks to The World's Bianca Hillier, in Boston, and The World's Rebecca Kanthor, in Shanghai.

When most people imagine migrants arriving in Europe, they probably picture crowded dinghies arriving by sea. But some refugees are also attempting a less well-known but equally treacherous journey through high Alpine passages in Italy and France. Betsy Joles reports from a French city near the border with Italy, where volunteers are working to keep migrants safe along this trek.

Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020. But now the disease is back with the detection of a case in a young child in Malawi. Aiden O’Leary, director for polio eradication at the World Health Organization, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the setback and latest strategies to battle the disease.

In Hong Kong, a hard-line, COVID-19 policy once praised for stamping out the virus is starting to fail. The Chinese territory requires everyone who tests positive to go into quarantine — at a hospital or state-run facility. Now, cases are soaring despite the policy and hospitals are at capacity, with some of them putting infected people on beds in parking lots. The latest official announcement say...

England has become one of the first countries worldwide to announce an end to all COVID-19 restrictions. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the announcement just a day after news emerged that 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for the coronavirus. As The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry tells host Marco Werman, many British scientists are calling the prime minister's dec...

Police in Ottawa began clearing anti-vaccine protesters out of the Canadian capital this past weekend. By Sunday, nearly 200 people had been arrested and the government began freezing the bank accounts of those involved in the protests, which had swept across Canada and inspired similar protests elsewhere, including New Zealand and France. Emma Jacobs, an NPR reporter who has covered the protests...

Doctor and public health visionary Paul Farmer died on Monday in Rwanda at the age of 62. Upon hearing of his death, messages of support poured in on Twitter from around the world, from Nepal, South Africa, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Haiti and more — signaling the global reach of his work. Farmer dedicated his life to global health and spent much of his life in places in greatest need of resources and...

Tensions over Ukraine continue to ramp up between Russia and the Western nations. The US continues to provide intelligence pointing to a Russian invasion. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director, about the source of the intelligence and why it's being shared with the public. 

In Moscow, inside the halls of the Kremlin, Ukraine is at the center of attention. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over a meeting with his national security council. Putin said that his administration is recognizing the independence of the so-called Dontesk and Luhansk People's Republics in eastern Ukraine. Host Marco Werman speaks with Alina Polyakova, president and CEO of CE...

"Far From Jamaica" is the latest single from reggae artist Mighty Mystic, aka Kevin Holness. He emigrated from Jamaica to Boston when he was nine, but even after 30-plus years, it's hard for many outsiders to endure the long New England winters. "Far From Jamaica" is an old-school reggae jam that is about missing home, and much more. Host Marco Werman gives us a taste.

In Ghana, fantasy coffin makers are making colorful caskets in shapes that refer to the deceased person's profession or passions: a lion for a village leader, a microphone for a broadcaster or a seed pod for a farmer. Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman takes us to a fantasy coffin maker's workshop in Accra.

Thailand's government is pushing a surprise proposal: changing the capital's official English-language name from Bangkok to Krung Thep, meaning City of Angels. Krung Thep is the name for Bangkok in the Thai language. As The World's Patrick Winn reports, the suggestion has inspired both jokes and confusion among Bangkok natives.

In 1951, during Francisco Franco's fascist regime, the American Sixth Fleet arrived in Barcelona and stayed for 37 years. The sailors' presence kicked off a series of leisure and entertainment businesses that eventually grew into the mass tourism industry that we know of today. The World's Lucía Benavides has this story from Barcelona.

Iraq's federal court ruled that a law which allowed the Kurdistan Regional Government to pump and profit off its own oil reserves is unconstitutional. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Ben Van Heuvelen, editor-in-chief of Iraq Oil Report, about the significance of this ruling and what it could mean for Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

French President Emanuel Macron announced this month that his country will be building 14 new nuclear reactors by 2050, as part of an effort to drastically reduce carbon emissions. Meanwhile, Germany is heading in the opposite direction, shutting down its nuclear plants. Rebecca Rosman reports on how European countries are contending with different approaches to cutting back on carbon.

Before there was COVID-19, tuberculosis was the world’s leading killer and is still responsible for 1.5 million deaths every year. TB, once known as “consumption,” has been a major scourge around the globe for centuries, and is on the rise again. Indian journalist Vidya Krishnan spent two decades researching the history of TB, and in her new book, “Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History,”...

Survivors of clerical child sexual abuse in Italy are calling for an independent investigation to be carried out into how the crisis has been handled there. National inquiries have been held in several countries, including Ireland, France and the US, into the Catholic Church's handling of abuse claims. But in Rome, the seat of the Catholic Church, such an inquiry has not yet been conducted. The Wo...

Tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated to the United States after the fall of the government in Kabul to the Taliban. Many are here on temporary or emergency visas, but the wait for a more permanent status in the United States is long and uncertain. From Tucson, Arizona, Alisa Reznick has the story of a judge from Afghanistan trying to sort out his future with his wife and child who are stuck...

Tensions continue on the border of Ukraine and Russia. The US says Russia has increased its troops at the border. And fighting continues between Russian-backed groups and Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine. The World's host Marco Werman is joined by Maria Avdeeva, research director of the Ukraine-based European Expert Association. She’s based in Kharkiv, a city in Eastern Ukraine, clos...

Ukrainians have been victims of Russian imperialism and Soviet aggression. At the same time, they've played a central role in the creation of modern-day Russia. Faith Hillis, a professor of Russian History at the University of Chicago, traces the countries’ shared roots back to the 9th century. Hillis and The World’s Marco Werman discuss why knowing that history can help illuminate a path out of t...

While the Olympics are being held in Beijing, it is a painful time for Uyghurs whose family members are imprisoned or detained in China. The tragic story of one young Australian woman who has been separated from her husband for four years now.

In a rare case, an Ethiopian domestic worker in Lebanon is taking her former employer and the agency that hired her to court over accusations of slavery and slave trading. The woman, identified only as MH, alleges that she was underpaid, locked up and assaulted over several years. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.