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On Monday, Joe Biden meets with China’s leader Xi Jinping. It’s their first one-on-one virtual summit since Biden became president. Relations between the two superpowers have wide-ranging ripple effects throughout the globe, yet over the years, that relationship has been strained — even adversarial. Host Marco Werman speaks with Susan Thornton, a retired career diplomat focused on China and East A...

Traditional Mexican alebrije sculptures got an international platform for one week with an exhibit at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. The World’s Latin America correspondent Jorge Valencia visited the town where they came from

Together, Solidarity, Recovery. These aren’t just rallying words of the pandemic, they’re the actual names of the clinical trials that are making important discoveries about what drugs help and don’t help, for treating COVID-19 and preventing serious illnesses and deaths. The World's Elana Gordon takes us inside one trial, in Brazil. 

Britain's terror threat level has been raised from "substantial" to "severe" following an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool on Sunday morning. One man died at the scene and four men have since been arrested. Our Europe correspondent Orla Barry describes what happened.

Legendary race car driver and instructor Bob Bondurant died on Sunday. Not only was he a racer, but he coached tactical driving for security teams for prominent people and world leaders. Marco Werman talks to Anthony Ricci, a professional instructor who teaches tactical driving to elite soldiers, intelligence officers and guards for important people.

Beginning Monday in Austria, anyone unvaccinated and older than 12 isn’t allowed to leave their homes except for “essential” reasons like grocery shopping. The partial lockdown comes as Austria faces its worst surge in infections since the pandemic began. From Vienna, reporter Catherine Edwards speaks with The World’s Marco Werman.

Gunmen are targeting community and human rights leaders who have spoken out against the gangs that rule the refugee camps in Bangladesh. The World's Marco Werman speaks to Asia correspondent Patrick Winn about the terror campaign that has left at least eight people dead in less than a month.

The UN climate summit wrapped up this past weekend, issuing a set of agreements that use the strongest language yet to convey the gravity of the climate crisis. But nearly every climate envoy or minister at the meeting left Glasgow, Scotland, saying more still needs to be done, and fast. The World’s environment correspondent Carolyn Beeler is in Glasgow and shows us one reason this gap between amb...

What happens if a large asteroid is on a trajectory to hit planet Earth? Well, in the movie version, Bruce Willis stops the asteroid — by blowing it up. But now, NASA is testing its own solution. They're calling it the Double Asteroid Redirection Test — or DART. It's a collaborative project between Johns Hopkins University, NASA and SpaceX, where scientists are planning on moving an asteroid. They...

American journalist Danny Fenster, arrested earlier this year by authorities in Myanmar, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a military court. Host Marco Werman speaks with former US Ambassador to Myanmar, Derek Mitchell, about Fenster's case, which spotlights the authoritarian regime's efforts to intimidate journalists. Around 30 others are also behind bars after reporting on the Feb. 1 m...

Vice President Kamala Harris represented the US at a peace summit in Paris on Libya. Libya is expected to hold elections in late December, but some analysts are cautioning that the elections might not bring stability to the country. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Emaddedin Badi, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council, about what's at stake in Libya and why elections might not be the be-all...

It's been nearly a month since 17 missionaries from North America were abducted in Haiti. Negotiations for their release continue to drag on, as the overall security situation in Haiti continues to degrade.

Nov. 13 marks the sixth anniversary of the coordinated terrorist attacks at the Bataclan concert hall and six other sites in Paris. This year it comes amid a major trial against the 10-man group that carried out the attacks. Rebecca Rosman spoke to survivors of the attack about what justice means for them, and their ability to move on.

How much do we know about the African side of history when it comes to European colonialism and the rise of capitalism in the United States? Most historical accounts don't place Africa at the center of the story. Author Howard French aims to correct that in his new book, "Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War."

A court in Sudan has ordered telecommunications companies to restore internet service in the country that was shut off after a military coup on October 25. That could make it easier for people who oppose the coup to organize ahead of a planned "march of millions" planned for Saturday. The World's Halima Gikandi reports.

In the run-up to COP26, the Living Language Land art project shared words from endangered or minority languages that reflect a different way of seeing and interacting with nature. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports.

The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, was supposed to end Friday, but it's going into overtime as major aspects of the agreement remain unresolved. Key sticking points surround language about phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies, financing for losses and damages caused by climate change, rules for carbon markets, and the timeframe for coming back to the table to increase commitments...

Thursday is Veterans Day in the US. It's also the first Veterans Day in 20 years without troops on the ground in Afghanistan. The World's Marco Werman caught up with Afghan-war veteran and friend of the program, Matt Farwell, about how he recalls his time in Afghanistan especially now that the US  has exited the conflict. 

On Thursday, F.W. de Klerk, the last president of apartheid South Africa, died at age 85. De Klerk was an Afrikaner, he came from a political family and he defended apartheid for most of his career. That changed when he became president. After releasing Nelson Mandela from prison, he worked with Mandela to end racial segregation and apartheid in the country. For that, both leaders were awarded the...

Cyprus has seen an influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa in recent months. But the divided politics of the Mediterranean island, and policies that don't officially allow families of refugees to join them, have left many in limbo. Andrew Connelly reports from the capital Nicosia.

The World's Carolyn Beeler spends a day at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, with a climate negotiator from Palau, to give listeners a behind-the-scenes view of what it means to fight for the future of your country on the international stage.

The newest plan doesn't offer a pathway to citizenship for about 11 million undocumented people. What it does include is work permits and protection from deportation. Still, some immigration experts say that even that plan would be historic if passed into law. The World's Daisy Contreras has more.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was 21 years old when he was arrested with a small amount of heroin in Singapore and charged with drug trafficking. The crime carries a mandatory death sentence. But one medical expert says Dharmalingam is intellectually impaired. Now, the government in Singapore is coming under increasing criticism to grant a reprieve in the case. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's...

The World Health Organization says Europe is the one region in the world where COVID-19 cases are on the rise. The WHO estimates a 10% weekly increase in infections there since the beginning of November. Russia and Eastern Europe are among the hardest hit, with lower vaccination rates and higher numbers of hospitalizations and deaths. But most of Western Europe is experiencing a rapid climb in cas...

Vice President Kamala Harris met with French President Macron on Wednesday and joined him on Thursday at an Armistice Day ceremony. Reporter Rebecca Rosman has been following Harris' visit to France and tells host Marco Werman how her first trip to Europe is being viewed.