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The crisis along Poland's border with Belarus has escalated over the last few days with thousands of migrants stranded there in near-freezing conditions. Separating the two countries is a barbed-wire fence. The structure was erected by Poland but Polish authorities are planning to build an 18-foot wall along its border. Twelve other European Union countries may soon follow suit and they say the EU...

Forced migration can be the most painful experience of one's life. Thousands of Afghans have experienced this since last August, when the Taliban took over the country. They all had to make a last-minute choice of what to leave behind and what to take with them. The World’s Shirin Jaafari brings us the story of two women and their final decision.

Tigrayan forces are about 300 kilometers outside the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Meanwhile, UN employees have been detained by the government. Marco Werman interviews Befekadu Hailu, a journalist living in Addis Ababa about what it feels like in the capital right now.

After 26 years, the English-language newspaper the Kyiv Post has suspended publication and fired the employees. Staffers are assuming the paper's current owner, construction tycoon Adnan Kivan, of shutting down the paper for political reasons: “We saw it as an attempt to infringe on our editorial independence,” the staffers said in a statement. Marco Werman speaks with Toma Istomina, a former feat...

A school in northern Vermont has been using a teaching model that encourages students to keep using their native languages. It's helped many refugee and immigrant students and their parents navigate the US school system. Yet — other students say more can be done to prepare them for college. The New England News Collaborative's Ben James takes us to Burlington, Vermont, with the story.

Dearborn, Michigan, is home to many immigrant populations, but especially to Arab Americans. Last week, the city elected its first Arab American Muslim mayor, Abdullah Hammoud. The World's Marco Werman caught up with Hammoud about his plans and hopes for Dearborn when he becomes mayor.

Facebook's algorithm is trapping many of its users in cycles of extreme right-wing misinformation through its user feeds. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Imran Ahmad, the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, about social media company practices, how they're hurting users, and what we can do about it.

Although US citizens have been allowed to cross the land border into Canada for three months now, a COVID-19 test requirement is still keeping many Americans from vacationing in Canada. Anita Elash reports from Niagara Falls, Ontario, on how business owners are struggling this season with the loss of US tourism dollars.

A recent study from China and the US showed that the world created more than 8 million tons of plastic waste from the pandemic. Masks and gloves and other PPE can end up killing wildlife, harming them, or making up parts of their nests. Researchers from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands are collecting personal stories about animals impacted by COVID waste. The World's Marco Werm...

Developing countries for years have been lobbying for money through the UN system to pay for damages and losses from climate change. The World's Carolyn Beeler reports on where the issue stands.

Northern Ireland’s health minister sues singer-songwriter Van Morrison over his anti-vaccine rallying.

The Biden administration has approved the sale of 280 air-to-air missiles for the Saudi air force. The $650 million dollar deal was brokered during the Trump administration and stalled during President Biden's first 10 months in office. William Hartung of the Center for International Policy tells The World’s Marco Werman that, while sales of bombs to Saudi Arabia are still on hold, the US is reluc...

For years, Israeli and Palestinian olive farmers have relied on a two-year cycle with their trees. One year, there's lots of fruit. The next, not as much. Now, that cycle is being disrupted by climate change. The olives from this year's harvest, both Israelis and Palestinians say, were smaller than usual. So, they're looking for ways to improve irrigation and even introduce new varieties of olive...

This week, many foreign travelers were finally allowed to come into the US after a year and a half of intense travel restrictions. But across the ocean, in New Zealand, the scene is very different. The island nation has been one of the most closed-off places in the world, even for citizens to reenter. The overall situation has been challenging for separated families, like Roshni Sami and Walter Sp...

Back in 2015, it was a group of the most climate-vulnerable island nations that succeeded in getting the target of limiting 1.5 degrees Celsius written into the Paris agreement. They're back in Glasgow for COP26 to make sure the world stays on target. The World's Carolyn Beeler is in Glasgow and spoke to Mohamed Nasheed, former president and current Speaker of Parliament for the Indian Ocean natio...

If you have the chance — and the cash — to experience an ultra-exclusive meal prepared by celebrity London chef Salt Bae, there's a good chance you'll end up on his Instagram feed. That might sound cool. But not if you're a high-level government official from Vietnam, which is in the midst of an anti-corruption campaign. One such official is facing scrutiny after appearing in a Salt Bae video eati...

The head of Air Canada, Michael Rousseau, has drawn criticism after he delivered a speech in Quebec in English. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Montreal-based journalist Emma Jacobs about the outrage and what the consequences might be.

Passengers estimated about 100 crates of frozen fish arrived on the conveyor belt in Heathrow's Terminal 5 last week. British Airways said it reunited customers with their bags after realizing "something fishy was going on.” Marco Werman explains the mix up.

On Nov. 8, the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli security firm NSO Group was discovered on six Palestinian activists’ phones. Three worked for civil society NGOs that were designated as “terrorist groups” by Israel earlier this month. The United States sanctioned the NSO group last week for disrupting national security and US foreign policy. Earlier this summer, Pegasus was found across the...

On the border between Belarus and Poland, there's been an ongoing standoff: On one side, thousands of migrants, mostly from Africa and the Middle East; on the other, Polish border guards. The migrants have been led to Belarus with the belief that this would be their ticket into the European Union. But EU countries like Poland have been steadfast in their attempts to deny entry. The World’s host Ma...

A research team at the University of Basel in Switzerland has created Phobys, an app that uses augmented reality as a form of exposure therapy. The goal is to reduce the very common fear of spiders known as arachnophobia. Lead author Anja Zimmer says that in a study of 66 people, participants were significantly less afraid of and disgusted by real spiders after using the app.  The World's Bianca H...

Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico are hoping they can soon get SSI — Supplemental Security Income. The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on a case about it this week. Even though Puerto Ricans are US citizens by birth, they are excluded from certain benefits if they reside in Puerto Rico. Benefits like cash to help people with disabilities, the elderly, and those who struggle financially...

The international community's chief representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina is sounding the alarm as Serbian nationalists are threatening the breakup of the country. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Jasmin Mujanović, a Bosnian political analyst, about the consequences of Serbian rhetoric on Bosnia.

COVID-19-related border and travel restrictions were lifted today for non-US citizens to enter the US, as long as they're vaccinated. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Maritza Felix, an independent journalist and founder of the Conecta Arizona news service, about the scene at midnight at the US-Mexico border from Nogales, Arizona. 

The number of Haitians migrating by sea is far less than the thousands who traveled by land to the US-Mexico border in September. But there’s a clear rise, as reasons build for Haitians to migrate, ranging from growing violence to extreme poverty and the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in August. The World's Monica Campbell travels to a remote town, Pestel, in Haiti's southern peninsula, where mo...