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The WHO reported this week that COVID-19 infections are down by nearly 20% worldwide. And while the declines are dramatic in parts of the US and around the globe, places such as Hong Kong and New Zealand are seeing surges of new cases. Host Marco Werman puts today's global COVID-19 numbers in context. Also, Africa may finally be getting a much needed boost in access to mRNA vaccines against COVID-...

A six-episode podcast series from National Geographic follows Black scuba divers and marine archaeologists who search for shipwrecks that once carried enslaved people. The series is hosted by Tara Roberts and also includes Kamau Sadiki, an instructor at Diving With a Purpose. Marco Werman speaks to both.

Waseem Azeen admitted to strangling his sister Qandeel Baloch in a so-called "honor killing" in 2016. With his parents pardon, Azeen is set to be released from prison. Pakistan passed tougher laws after Baloch's murder, but the killings continue. The World's Marco Werman speaks to Sanam Maher, journalist and the author of, “A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Sta...

Nine years after intervening in Mali, France is now withdrawing its troops. France's relationship with Mali's junta military government deteriorated recently. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Delina Goxho, a security analyst based in Niger, about France's intervention and what happens next in Mali. 

In Brussels and Washington, DC, global leaders reiterated their certainty on Thursday that Russia is planing to invade Ukraine. Host Marco Werman has the latest comments by President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Following years of drought and war, there are severe food shortages in parts of Afghanistan, leaving many hungry. The UN and other aid groups are asking for international help. Shelley Thakral is on the ground with the UN's World Food Program. She speaks to The World's host Marco Werman from Kabul. 

Thousands of Mexican fisher people once made their living in the Gulf of California catching and selling the Humboldt Squid — a huge invertebrate that can grow up to 6 feet long and sometimes weigh over 100 pounds. By 2015, however, the squid fishing industry in the Gulf of California had collapsed. The giant squid seemed to have disappeared from the Gulf's waters. Scientists say what's actually h...

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennet was in Bahrain on Tuesday. It's the first visit of its kind by an Israeli prime minister. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Hussein Ibish, senior resident at the Arab Gulf States Institute, about how the relationship is going and where it could be headed into the future. 

Voting is underway this month in Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state, and politically crucial for Prime Minister's Narendra Modi's BJP party. The state's population is religiously mixed, Hindus and Muslims. Analysts say a victory there would be a resounding validation of the party's Hindu nationalist crusade. Sushmita Pathak reports from the city of Meerut on the national and local issues that ar...

If Russian President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, he's probably watching the weather. With spring around the corner, so is warmer weather. And as the snow melts, Ukraine could turn into a giant muddy swamp, bogging down men and tanks. The defense editor of the Economist, Shashank Joshi, explains that Putin has learned the lessons of the past and is prepared.

A new study finds that pharmaceutical river pollution is at dangerous levels worldwide. The study looked at 258 rivers across the globe, including the Thames in London and the Amazon in Brazil, to measure the presence of 61 pharmaceuticals, such as carbamazepine, metformin and caffeine. Host Marco Werman speaks to John Wilkinson, the lead author of the study recently published in PNAS.

The FSO Safer, which holds a million barrels of crude oil, has been called a floating time bomb. Throughout the Yemen war, the storage tanker has been anchored off the country's Red Sea coast, rusting and in danger of exploding under control of the Houthi rebels. Host Marco Werman tells how, after years of negotiations, an agreement has been made between the UN and the Houthis to offload the Safer...

Poland and Hungary could lose billions in European Union funding following a ruling by Europe’s top court on Wednesday. The European Court of Justice ruled that billions of euros in aid money could be withheld from the two nations if they are found not to uphold EU values and standards Hungary’s Justice Minister Judit Varga said the judgment represents an abuse of power by Brussels. The World's Eu...

After meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, Russian leader Vladimir Putin declared that Moscow would “partially pull back troops” from the Ukrainian border. But NATO leaders are not convinced that Putin has decided to step back from the brink. The World’s Marco Werman talks with Evelyn Farkas, a former senior adviser to NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe about the new optics in U...

With Indian and Jamaican roots, and a religious upbringing in South London, Luke Sital-Singh left the confines of his home in the UK in the midst of the pandemic and moved to Los Angeles. Now an atheist, he's been thinking about faith, and on his new single, "Me & God," asking what he might be missing. Host Marco Werman introduces us to Luke Sital-Singh.

While headlines in the West carry news of Russian troops surrounding Ukraine, Russians hear about a very different troop buildup — Western forces gathering near Russia’s border. The World’s Marco Werman talks with Russian journalist Mikhail Fishman, host of the independent TV program, “Dozhd.”

The last day of the Chinese New Year is known as the Lantern Festival, when the lanterns light up the streets and dazzle young children. These days, most of the lights are made with plastic and powered by batteries. The World's Rebecca Kanthor visits Li Jianguo, one of the last artisans making them out of bamboo and paper, and lit by candles.

The European Chips Act, launched last week by the EU, pledges to secure $49-billion of public and private funding for building European chip manufacturing capacity. The move mirrors a $52-billion US pledge being promoted by President Joe Biden. Host Marco Werman speaks with Sujai Shivakumar of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the sudden focus on manufacturing computer chips...

In India, a bill in Parliament proposes that the age of marriage for women gets raised to 21. The current legal age for men is 21, and for women, 18. India has many illegal marital unions between children and adults, but arguments have emerged from activists and parliamentarians as to why this is a bad move. Chhavi Sachdev reports from Mumbai.

The former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, has only been out of office for three weeks but is now facing extradition to the US. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Jennifer Avila, a journalist in Honduras, about the current standoff and what happens next.

The history of the Olympics is undeniably political. Six Olympic games were officially boycotted since the 1950s; famously, the US and the USSR boycotted each other's games during the 1980s, during the height of the Cold War. This year, the US and 11 other countries are diplomatically boycotting the games — citing China’s mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims. The boycotts have left some sports watchers...

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act to deal with the nationwide trucker protests that have caused bottlenecks at international bridges and paralyzed the country's capital, Ottawa. Trudeau's father, Pierre Trudeau, used a similar Act in 1970, after a splinter group of Quebec separatists kidnapped a provincial minister and British diplomat. Marco Werman speaks with...

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday that it’s pulling some troops back, away from Russia’s borders with Ukraine. Ukraine’s government is skeptical, though. The Ukrainian foreign minister tweeted today: “we don’t believe what we hear, we believe what we see.” People in Ukraine living near the Russian border are keenly aware of what’s at stake.  The World’s Daniel Ofman is just back from...

Even the casual figure skating fan might notice how often Ravel's Bolero is used as a soundtrack for short and long programs at the Olympics. No less than three have skated to it this week so far. Classical music host Colleen Phelps explains why.

Kenya has made a lot of progress over the years when it comes to protecting its lush forests from problems like land grabbing. But this month, environmentalists have been sounding the alarm about proposed legislation that would weaken those protections. From the capital Nairobi, The World's Halima Gikandi brings this story.