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For more than a year now, many international travelers have been banned from entering the US because of the pandemic. Governments in Europe have complained about this. And on Monday, the Biden administration announced that people who've received COVID-19 vaccines can fly to the US after they produce a negative test result. The World's Marco Werman has a short update.

President Joe Biden wants to get on the phone with Emmanuel Macron to smooth over a diplomatic dispute that's broken out with France. The announcement late last week that the US, Australia and the UK have signed a new security pact took Paris by surprise. It meant that a big military contract signed between France and Australia several years ago would be scrapped. The French have recalled their am...

Composer and guitar player for Senegal's legendary Orchestra Baobab, Barthelémy Attisso, died at the end of August at his home in Togo. He was 76. If you've listened to much Afropop from the last few decades, it was likely inspired in part by Attisso's quintessential electric guitar sound. The World's Marco Werman has an appreciation for this virtuoso guitarist who never left his day job as a lawy...

Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan dissident, was found guilty on terrorism charges in a Kigali court on Monday. Rusesabagina, the real-life hero of the "Hotel Rwanda" film, used his fame to stir discontent against Rwanda's government. Last year, he was tricked into boarding a plane headed to Rwanda and has been imprisoned ever since. The World's Marco Werman spoke with journalist and author Michela Wro...

As expected, the pro-Putin United Russia party has emerged as the winner in parliamentary elections. Russian opposition parties said the vote was neither free nor fair. But as The World's Daniel Ofman reports, the Russian president's popularity appears to be slipping.

The Taliban ordered all schools in Afghanistan to reopen this weekend after months of closure because of COVID-19 and political upheaval. But the future of education for millions of high school girls remains unclear because the group hasn't allowed them to return. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

US authorities are flying planeloads of Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland. El Paso Times reporter Martha Pskowski talked with the immigrants gathered in Del Rio, Texas. She tells The World’s Marco Werman that many had hoped to open asylum claims.

We hear a tribute to a treasured folk singer from the South Chicago neighborhood: Jesús “Chuy” Negrete was often called the “Chicano Woody Guthrie.” He was beloved in the Mexican American community across the country. He passed away this spring at the age of 72.  Earlier this week, a remembrance was held in Chicago. WBEZ’s Linda Lutton has this story about Negrete’s life and music.

Fans of the Mexican indie rock band Zoé are psyched. The Grammy-winning five-piece band is going on 25 years and shows no signs of stopping. The members are currently on the road here in the US, promoting their 7th album, “Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia.”

Canada is holding federal elections on Monday — just two years after its previous vote. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seeking a super majority for his party in the Canadian parliament. The World's Carol Hills spoke with freelance Canadian journalist, Leyland Cecco, about the candidates, the issues and what the likely outcome will be.

President Joe Biden today met virtually with leaders of the world's major economies, asking them to sign on to a pledge to slash methane emissions and commit more money to help developing countries deal with climate change. It's the latest in a flurry of diplomatic efforts aimed at securing tangible results at the next UN climate summit that’s six weeks away — a summit that the UN secretary genera...

Russians are going to the polls starting today through Sunday to vote in their parliamentary elections. Leading up to the vote, authorities have cracked down on independent politicians across Russia, making sure that the Kremlin's loudest critics wouldn't run. Many opposition politicians have fled abroad, or have even been imprisoned — including opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Experts have also...

The world continues to face massive vaccine divides that risk prolonging the pandemic everywhere. A growing access to medicines movement is calling for a waiver on COVID-19 vaccine and medicine patents, so that more companies could, in theory, manufacture vaccines. This is a controversial proposal that has stalled in trade talks for nearly a year. But overriding exclusive rights on medicines in th...

In the past two decades, Afghans have enjoyed a relatively vibrant media landscape. The most popular broadcaster, Tolo, had offered hard-hitting news coverage, talk shows and Turkish soap operas. But under Taliban rule, its very existence is in question. Saad Mohseni, the head of the media company that owns Tolo, talks with The World’s Carol Hills about the way forward.

It's been a month since the Taliban took over Afghanistan and they have even announced an interim government. But so far, no nation has recognized them as the official government of Afghanistan. What are some of the calculations that countries are making, and what's at stake for the Taliban and the people of Afghanistan? The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

Pop star Lorde releases new songs in Māori, the Indigenous language of New Zealand ahead of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week). She has re-recorded five songs from her new album “Solar Power” into the Māori language. Lorde, who is not Māori, created the new recordings with the help of Māori musicians and language experts. The songs are being met with varied reactions from Māori people. T...

After a summer of climate change-exacerbated disasters in Canada, federal parties' policies to reduce emissions have been spotlighted in the lead-up to Monday's federal elections. Emma Jacobs reports from Montreal that, for the first time, all major parties have presented serious  plans to address climate change. Still, their platforms reflect the difficulty of drawing down carbon-intensive activi...

Belarus is using migrants as a political weapon to retaliate against the European Union, which imposed sanctions on the Belarusian government, following its brutal crackdown against political opponents. The government of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus has been giving visas to Afghans, Iraqis and others, allowing them to fly to Minsk and then helping them travel to the border with Lithuania, which...

Few international humanitarian groups remain in Afghanistan. Taliban officials say they need assistance and will protect aid workers who provide it. Astrid Sletten heads the Norwegian Refugee Council’s office in Kabul. Sletten tells The World’s Carol Hills when others were fleeing Afghanistan last August, she came back.

When you step into a grocery store these days, it seems like there are endless options for milk. Oat milk, hemp milk and even pistachio milk. Well in Kenya, entrepreneurs are trying to make camel milk, a traditional pastoralist beverage, the next big drink. The World's Africa Correspondent reports from Nairobi.

Pope Francis made headlines on his trip to Hungary and Slovakia this week. Commenting on Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, Pope Francis said he would still provide them their communion rights. The World’s Carol Hills spoke with reporter Inés San Martín from the Catholic news site Crux about the pope’s trip.

With COVID-19 cases surging on Pacific islands, France has extended a health emergency in New Caledonia and French Polynesia until mid-November. While France is responsible for supporting its colonies with health services during the pandemic, Ashley Westerman reports that people in the territories believe the French government could be doing more.

Several key Washington allies were caught off guard when Australia, Britain and the US announced a new alliance aimed at countering China. Because the pact, dubbed Aukus, means they will lose a lucrative defense deal, France accused President Biden of betrayal. The World’s Orla Barry discusses the deal’s European winners and losers with Carol Hills.

President Joe Biden appeared at a virtual joint news conference with Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison, the prime ministers of Britain and Australia, to announce a new security arrangement for the Asia Pacific region. Under the terms of the historic deal, the US will share nuclear submarine technology with Australia. Biden and his counterparts never mentioned China in their statements, but they did...

A high-profile case of sexual harassment has been dismissed by a court in Beijing. A former television intern — Zhou Xiaoxuan sued her co-worker —  a TV star, saying he assaulted her in a dressing room four years ago. Zhao and her case have been a focal point for China’s #MeToo movement, on the rise among young people in China, and countered by the Chinese government. The World's host Carol Hill i...