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President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua is virtually guaranteed to stay in office for a fourth consecutive term. As The World’s Jorge Valencia reports, that’s because Nicaragua’s national police forces have jailed any credible opposition leader who might challenge Ortega on voting day, next Sunday.

At the G20 summit on Sunday in Rome, world leaders agreed on a new global corporate tax minimum. President Joe Biden called the deal an "incredible win." But what will this agreement mean for countries like Ireland, where several major tech firms have up large facilities in part because of the country's low corporate tax rate, which will now go up? Host Marco Werman speaks with Stephen Kinsella, a...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a big announcement on Monday at the global climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland. India is committing to net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2070, and it's pledging that half of India's energy will come from renewable sources in the next decade. Swati D'souza is a lead researcher for climate action at the National Foundation For India in Delhi, a...

As the big COP26 conference gets underway, the event is loaded with urgent warnings and some new pledges to help mitigate the effects of climate change. The World's environment editor Carolyn Beeler reports on the announcements that will lay the groundwork for the next two weeks of negotiations.

Halloween’s ghosts, goblins and ghouls are meant to be scary. And then — there are vampires. Some are campy, some are sexy, but in European history vampires were linked with disease. Host Marco Werman speaks with Stanley Stepanic, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Virginia, about the possible origin of the belief that garlic could ward off a vampire.

Thousands of homes have been destroyed on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands in Spain, due to the Cumbre Vieja volcano which has been erupting for more than a month. The World's Marco Werman reports on what residents have been dealing with.

All over the United States, little ghosts and monsters are planning to trick-or-treat this Halloween. India has a long tradition of ghosts and monsters, too. Kolkata-based reporter Sandip Roy talks to Rakesh Khanna, the author of a new illustrated guide to India's ghosts, demons and monsters.

Howey Ou is only 18 years old, but she's been a climate activist in China for several years. It's risky to speak up in protest in that country. But it's something she continues to do. The World's Rebecca Kanthor in Shanghai has a profile of Howey Ou.

Since the Myanmar military took over the country in February, thousands of people of different religions, gender and ages have been placed in detainee centers and tortured and in some cases killed. That’s according to an investigation by The Associated Press. Host Marco Werman speaks to one of the AP reporters on the investigation, Victoria Milko.

The Biden administration says it strongly opposes Israel's plans for more than 3,000 new housing units in the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said the settlements are "completely inconsistent with efforts to lower tensions and to ensure calm, and it damages the prospects for a two-state solution. " As Israel's most important ally, the United States has built...

Civil disobedience continues in Sudan against the military coup and arrest of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Doctors have gone on strike, as have other professionals. Mass protests are planned for Oct. 30. This comes amid reports of multiple deaths and countless injuries at the hands of armed forces.

Even as the US and dozens of other countries ramp up booster shots for the coronavirus, the vaccine gap between high- and low-income countries remains wide. The number of boosters being administered is three times the amount of vaccines going to low-income countries, many of which have yet to vaccinate even 10% of their populations. The World’s Elana Gordon speaks with host Marco Werman about why...

A federal jury determined that immigrant detainees at one of the country's biggest for-profit detention centers should be getting minimum wage for the work they do inside the prison. The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, currently pays detainees $1 — now they must increase that to $13 an hour. It's a fight years in the making for immigrant rights advocates and current and former de...

The 26th UN climate summit, or COP26, begins on Sunday. It's frequently called the “last, best chance” to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. The World's Carolyn Beeler will kick off The World's summit coverage with a primer on what to expect from the summit.

As former President Donald Trump’s top Russia adviser, Fiona Hill had a ringside seat for G20 gatherings in Rio de Janeiro, Hamburg, Germany, and Osaka, Japan. This year, top leaders from China and Russia won’t be attending the summit in person. Hill talks with host Marco Werman about what the “no-shows” are signaling.

On Friday, President Joe Biden will visit Pope Francis at the Vatican for the first time since his election. The two leaders are likely to discuss vaccine access, climate change, migration, war and poverty. But Massimo Faggioli, a professor of theology at Villanova University, tells The World’s Marco Werman that other issues not on the official agenda are causing some real anxiety for US Catholics...

Since the 1980s, the US war on drugs has had a major ally in Asia, and that would be Thailand. In more recent years though, Thailand has started going its own way, even allowing cannabis oil for medical use. And now, it's fully legalizing a narcotic leaf called kratom that grows in the tropics of Southeast Asia. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports from Bangkok, Thai entrepreneurs are eager to sell...

Nureldin Satti was appointed Sudan's ambassador in Washington last year. On Thursday, the military in Sudan announced that Satti and other ambassadors were fired. Satti says he will "resist the military coup" back home. The Sudanese military seized control of the government in Khartoum on Monday, detaining top government officials. The move was denounced by the Biden administration, which has paus...

China says it wants to crack down on its building boom, especially "vanity projects" and has issued new height limits for skyscrapers in small cities (in China that means cities with fewer than 3 million people). It's the second time this year that the Chinese government has stepped in to restrict skyscrapers. Marco Werman tries to find out if the new guidelines reflect concerns about aesthetics,...

Merck has announced it will give 105 of the world's poorest countries access to its new pill to help prevent and treat COVID-19 infections. James Love is director of Knowledge Ecology International, a nongovernmental organization in Washington that advocates for affordable medicines worldwide.

China is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Compared to many other countries, the number of nationwide infections in China is low — under 3,000. But the country is hosting the Olympics this winter and not taking any chances. The World's Rebecca Kanthor reports from Shanghai.

The World Meteorological Organization is warning that sub-Saharan Africa could see a 3% drop in gross domestic product by 2050 as a result of climate change. The UN agency says changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures and more extreme weather will contribute to mounting food insecurity in Africa. In Ghana, for example, these impacts are already being felt and vegetable sellers fear bei...

Oil and gas company executives testified before Congress on Thursday. The focus of the hearings was the disinformation campaigns companies like Chevron and Shell initiated to detract from climate science. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Nicholas Kusnetz, a reporter with Inside Climate News, about what he learned and the potential impact of the hearings.

A court in Madrid has ruled that a couple, now separated, will have joint custody — of their dog. The ruling recognized the people not as  "co-owners" of the pet, but as "co-carers." The dog, named Panda, will alternate between the partners’ homes. Host Marco Werman speaks with David Favre, who teaches property and animal law at Michigan State University and helped to draft the International Conve...

Kashmir is a visually dramatic region bisected by the Himalayas. Both India and Pakistan claim it and it has been in near-constant political turmoil for more than 75 years. Recently, there have been targeted killings in Kashmir that appear to be a response to India's direct rule of Kashmir. In 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped the region's special status and Indian security forces...