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Canada's overtime win in the 4 Nations Face Off final in Boston on Thursday night gave Canadians a moment of national pride amid tensions between Ottawa and Washington. Host Carol Hills tells how hockey fans from both nations responded to Canada's victory on the ice.

At a time when Japan’s declining birth rate is attracting international headlines, the pet industry is booming. While the country has just 14 million children under the age of 15 — it has almost 16 million cats and dogs. From Tokyo, reporter Rebecca Rosman explores why more young people are choosing pets over parenthood.

Meta — the company behind Facebook — just announced an ambitious plan to link five of the world’s continents to the internet with a data cable stretching over 30,000 miles along the ocean floor. Known as Project Waterworth, Meta says the cable will link the US, Brazil, South Africa, India and other countries along the way. Elisabeth Braw, who looks into the security concerns around undersea data c...

A court in Argentina has ruled that ex-President Alberto Fernandez must stand trial for allegedly beating his ex-girlfriend, former first lady Fabiola Yáñez . While investigating a separate fraud investigation against him, the government found text messages and photographic evidence that supported the charges. Carolyn Beeler explores the case against the former Argentine President with Karen Naund...

Next week will mark three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It led to the deadliest war in Europe since World War II, and the ramifications of it go far beyond the front lines. Over the past three years, millions of Ukrainians have been displaced — forced to live elsewhere in Ukraine, or outside the country. For many, that path to safety was a treacherous one. The World’s Daniel...

The earthquake in Haiti in 2010 devastated the island and renewed Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants to the United States. Those protections have been extended in light of the extraordinary gang violence that has overtaken Haiti in recent years. The Trump administration has decided to end TPS for Haitians early, at the end of summer 2025. Daniel Foote, a former US special envoy to H...

Origami is the art of folding paper into basically any design you can imagine, from cranes and paper planes to fiery dragons. The ancient art can be traced back to Japan from thousands of years ago and has since spread across the globe. Origami's evolution continues, though, as STEM experts see how it can be used to solve real-life problems. 

The US has sent hundreds of migrants who entered the US without legal documents to Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras. President Donald Trump has pressured these nations to help with deportation or face steep tariffs or sanctions. The World’s Shirin Jaafari speaks with some of the deportees who say their lives are at danger.

The band Dowdelin calls their style of music Creole Afrofuturism, a brew of creole soul, jazz, electronica and dance. The four-piece band first got together in Lyon, France, with producer David Kiledjian and Olivya Victorin at the helm. And it was Victorin who helps bring those Afro Carribbean vibes to forefront, having been born on the island of Martinique and growing up in France. 

Germany's stagnant economy and heated rows over immigration policy have dominated this month's election campaign. Germany heads to the polls on Sunday with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's (SPD) party trailing in third place. Many eyes will be on how the far-right fares on Sunday while voters in Berlin say they just want a government that can get the economy back on track. The World's Europe correspondent...

Hamas and Israel continued their prisoner-for-hostage exchanges as part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza, but on Thursday, the hostages released to Israel were already dead. Hamas claims they were killed by Israeli airstrikes while they were in captivity, which Israeli officials have not denied. The occasion was a somber shift in tone for the hostage releases, which are usually days of relief and cel...

Luis Rubiales was on trial for an infamous kiss — one he gave to Spanish soccer star Jennifer Hermoso — on the lips and without her consent after Spain won the women’s World Cup in Australia in 2023. But he’s avoided the jail time prosecutors sought, angering some women. Others feel the guilty verdict alone was enough. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

"Flow" is an animated film from Latvia, with no dialogue, about a cat. Despite its modest budget, and coming from a small independent studio, it’s already won a Golden Globe and is generating serious Oscar buzz. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports that this passion project is finding a worldwide audience, and is resonating because of its universal message.

It’s been a tense week for Kyiv resident Maia Mikhaluk and family. The Ukrainian faith leader describes for The World’s Marco Werman what she calls “despair and sorrow” about Washington's new narrative on Ukraine, and a feeling that her country is being “delivered” to Russia’s president "along with everything he wants and more.”

The president of South Korean was shuttled in a prison transport van between two courthouses in Seoul on Thursday, making appearances in two cases against him. President Yoon Suk-yeol faces a criminal case on rebellion charges, and an impeachment trial, which could remove him from office. As host Marco Werman explains, both both cases stem from the day in December when he imposed martial law.

On Wednesday in Paris, European leaders held another round of emergency talks focused on how to bolster the continent’s defense capabilities and support Ukraine’s fight against Russia. The continent is worried about how to defend itself in a world with fewer security guarantees from NATO ally the US. Host Marco Werman spoke to Camille Grand, a distinguished policy fellow at the European Council on...

A federal court in Germany has ruled that Birkenstock sandals cannot be considered “copyrighted works of applied art.” The court added: “For copyright protection to apply, there must be such a degree of design that the product displays some individuality." Ouch! Host Marco Werman speaks to Philipe Kutschke about the rise and fall and rise of Birkenstocks.

Propaganda art can be jarring and crude or beautiful and persuasive. It is a visual tool used by both repressive and democratic nations to convey a message or hammer home a point. A new book offers a collection of propaganda posters from the last century created by governments, rebel groups, nongovernmental organizations and the UN. The World's co-host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Bradley Davies, th...

On Thursday, North Korea let Western tourists visit for the first time since 2020. Reporter Jamie Fullerton looks at the ethical issues around taking a vacation in the autocratic nation.

The war on the battlefield in Ukraine is more or less at a stalemate, but the war of words between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump is heating up. The exchange came one day after Trump accused Zelenskyy of starting the war in Ukraine, which began after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a large-scale invasion of the country three years ago. Zelenskyy told...

A middle-aged Japanese recently pleaded guilty to a strange crime: attempting to sell “weapons-grade plutonium” acquired in Myanmar to an Iranian general. Unfortunately, for the gangster, the “Iranian” was a fictitious character invented by DEA agents. The guy will likely disappear into the American prison system for life — but a huge mystery still surrounds his case: how did he cop “weapons-grade...

The host of this year's Tony Awards has just been announced. British actor and singer Cynthia Erivo, most recently the star of "Wicked," will present the coveted theater awards. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have more.

Authorities in the Philippines have come up with a creative way to combat the mosquito-borne illness dengue. They’ve put a bounty on the heads of mosquitos to encourage locals to collect the insects and their larvae. Dr. Peter Hotez, the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine talks with The World’s Marco Werman about why global campaigns to prevent dengue ar...

An ongoing trial in Istanbul has indicted 47 doctors, nurses and other health workers in a conspiracy to scam the country's social security system. Doctors allegedly gave families fake diagnoses to place their newborns in intensive care, which led to the deaths of at least 10 babies — prosecutors say. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports. 

Saudi Arabia is pouring billions of dollars into what it describes as a “futuristic megaproject.” Neom is currently under construction in the northwest of the kingdom, and it has been mired with controversy from the start. From the violent displacement of the tribes that lived on the land, to the abuse of the workers tasked with turning the crown prince’s vision into reality. The World’s Shirin Ja...