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North Korea’s government has just reopened a hotline with South Korea — a direct line between Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in. That’s not the only friendly gesture coming out of North Korea, which is also dangling the possibility of formally ending war between the two countries — a conflict technically still ongoing since the 1950s. Why the sudden warmth from Kim and what does...

Scientists monitoring the volcanic eruptions on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands say the volcano is becoming "much more aggressive." New fissures have appeared and earthquakes have rattled the small island as the volcano spews lava and ash. The World's Lucía Benavides reports that the government is promising more aid, and vowing to rebuild.

Top Lebanese officials are among the powerful whose secrets are revealed in the “Pandora Papers” leak. Alia Ibrahim, the founder of Daraj media, an independent Lebanese digital media group, talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about how Lebanese are responding to the revelations.

The ‘Pandora Papers’ are being called the greatest ever leak of secret deals and hidden assets. The files — nearly 12 million — reveal how some of the wealthiest and most powerful people on Earth keep their money in offshore accounts where they pay little or no taxes. Not all tax havens are illegal, says investigative reporter Luke Harding of the Guardian newspaper, but the revelations of this sha...

Algeciras, Spain's native son. Flamenco guitar legend. The late Paco de Lucía is receiving an homage this week in his hometown, and capping off the honors is a decree to play his famous song "Entre dos aguas,” or "Between two waters" from the town hall carillon twice a day. Host Marco Werman spins de Lucia's original.

In 1963, famed Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire pledged to teach 300 illiterate residents of a tiny town in rural Brazil how to read in just 40 hours. He succeeded and his work became hugely influential worldwide. Marco Werman talks with filmmaker Catherine Murphy about her new documentary, “A is for Angicos,” which looks back on that experiment in literacy and Freire’s legacy on th...

There's been a major resurgence in vinyl the past few years and heading into the holiday season, major recording acts are releasing their music on vinyl. That's putting a strain on not only the few record plants left to press them, but also on the chemical used to make the vinyl. Daniel Knowles is an international correspondent for The Economist.

A centerpiece from the "Winnie the Pooh" books and animated series is headed for auction. The countryside bridge from the series is a real-life bridge in southern England. Author A. A. Milne, who wrote the books in the 1920s often played with his son at the bridge. Later, it became a regular setting for the adventures of Pooh and his animal friends. The original bridge has been dismantled and stor...

A massive earthquake and tsunami hit eastern Japan 10 years ago, with a subsequent nuclear disaster. Nearly 20,000 people died — a profound loss. Reporter Isabella Bloom brings us the story of three individuals who found a traditional art form that helped heal some of the pain for survivors, and the volunteers who came to help.

The US spent billions in Afghanistan, from training its military to building schools, roads and hospitals. Now that the Taliban has taken over the country, was it all wasted? The World’s Marco Werman speaks to the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, John Sopko, the man responsible for documenting where the money went.

In 2020, the pandemic put a stop to most runway shows. Designers were forced to show their collections digitally and industry insiders wondered, "Is the fashion show, as we know it, dead?" But despite all the soul-searching, things are pretty much back to normal. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

For the first time since March of 2020, Australia is reopening its border, at least partially. Since the start of the pandemic, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border rules,.including banning its own citizens from leaving the country. Starting next month though, Australian citizens will be allowed to travel abroad. Anne Burtenshaw, an Australian expat with deep roots in Australia,...

In the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, tens of thousands of migrants hoping to reach the United States are caught in legal limbo. They're originally from different countries in Central and South America, but many of them are from Haiti. It appears that most of the people who were camped out under that bridge in Del Rio, Texas, last month had come through this part of Mexico. The World’s Latin A...

The chair of the US Federal Reserve named climate change as one of three top risks to financial stability this week. In comments at a European Central Bank forum Wednesday, he named both physical and transition risks as key in long-term financial stability, agreeing with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. The World's Marco Werman has details.

French winegrowers will have a tough harvest this fall  — a late frost destroyed much of their crop this past spring. But some are trying to adapt to the impacts of climate change, to make their grapes more resistant to heat, drought and other climate impacts. Reporter Rebecca Rosman visits a lab in Bordeaux where scientists are experimenting with new grape varieties, and learns about other techni...

In Muslim-majority Turkey, it's common to hear the call to prayer five times a day. But during the pandemic, it's also become common to hear a separate, more somber prayer that marks a death. In Istanbul, reporter Durrie Bouscaren speaks with one muezzin, the person who recites the call, about what the pandemic has meant for him.

Kenya has banned a documentary about a gay Kenyan man and his struggle to be accepted by his family and country. The Kenya Film Classification Board said the film, “I Am Samuel,”  blatantly violated the country's laws that outlaw homosexuality and was “a clear and deliberate attempt by the producer to promote same-sex marriage as an acceptable way of life.” The producers of the documentary say the...

An estimated 150,000 children were forced to attend residential schools between 1883 and 1996, according to the Canadian government. Thousands of students are known to have died in the schools, though the actual toll may never be known due to records being destroyed over the years. Now, for the first time, Canada is recognizing Sept. 30 as a federal holiday. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports.

In Ecuador on Wednesday, battles erupted inside the Litoral penitentiary in Guayaquil, where at least 116 people were killed and at least 80 injured. Authorities say this was the worst eruption of prison violence in the country's history. Host Marco Werman speaks with Ecuador-based freelance reporter Kim Brown.

A funny thing happens when you step inside the Kunsthalle in Osnabrück, Germany — you can hardly hear a thing. The structures that once gave this former chapel its acoustic glory have all been removed. That’s what drew American artist and filmmaker Alison O’Daniel to the space. O’Daniel is Hard of Hearing. In her first solo show in Germany, she says visitors get the “most accurate” representation...

An Eritrean family is lobbying the Guinness World Records to add their grandfather as the oldest man to have ever lived. Natabay Tinsiew, who died earlier this week, lived to 127 years old. His family claims to have documentation that proves this. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Dr. James Kirkland, an aging expert with the Mayo Clinic, about the longevity of the human lifespan.

One out every four people in a new global survey are vaccine hesitant. Dr. Scott Ratzan of the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy talks with The World’s Marco Werman about changing attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine and the causes of global vaccine hesitancy.

Generating Bitcoin — the famous digital currency or “cryptocurrency” —  requires computer processors to calculate very difficult math problems. And that burns up an incredible amount of energy. This is called “mining” Bitcoin. China was the epicenter for Bitcoin mining until a recent ban that sent many miners scrambling to other countries. The World’s Patrick Winn says Laos, a small country in Sou...

Members of the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan have faced discrimination and violent attacks for a long time. Under the new reality of Taliban rule, things appear to be getting worse. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.

A cassette tape with a recording of an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono and what’s believed to be an unpublished song has been auctioned off in Denmark for more than $58,000. The recording was made by four Danish teenagers in 1970 who interviewed the couple for their school newspaper and includes Lennon and Ono singing two songs, “Give Peace a Chance” and “Radio Peace,” which was never rele...