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In 1991, Daniel Gomez, a young man from El Salvador, was shot by police in Washington, DC’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Youth took to the streets to protest the shooting and what the community claimed as being years of neglect, oppression and racism facing the city’s Latino, Black and immigrant communities. The World's Daisy Contreras explores what former residents are doing to keep the legacy of...

France won eight judo medals, including two golds, and delivered a shocking upset to Japan on its home turf. Reporter Rebecca Rosman was not surprised by this. Her report from Paris explains why.

On Monday, after going out for his morning run, Belarusian activist, Vitaly Shishov went missing. On Tuesday, Shishov was found dead in a park near his home in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Ukrainian police said that they have launched a criminal investigation for suspected murder. Shishov was the director of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, a group that helps Belarusians fleeing from political p...

Nineteen-year-old Athing Mu made history on the track in Tokyo on Tuesday by winning gold for the US in the 800-meter race. This was the first time the US has claimed the top spot since the 1968 Games in Mexico City. As if victory wasn’t enough, Mu snagged a new American record at the same time. The World's Marco Werman has the details.

Violence has broken out between rebels and regime forces in Syria's Daraa province. The province — known as the birthplace of Syria's uprising — has been relatively stable since a 2018 Russian brokered agreement that reduced violence in the region. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Abdullah Al-Jabassini, an academic and researcher with the Middle East Institute, to understand the underlying caus...

Lebanon marks a grim anniversary this week. It's been one year since the blast at the port of Beirut that killed more than 200 people. Thousands more were injured and displaced. Overall, it's been a brutal year for Lebanon — an unprecedented financial crisis has left citizens in poverty, lacking food and medicine. Reporter Rebecca Collard has the story from Beirut.

The World’s host Marco Werman tells us about Jacob Desvarieux, a Guadeloupean guitarist, composer and co-founder of the band Kassav and innovator of the sound known as zouk. Desvarieux died on Friday from complications related to COVID-19, and received tributes from personalities ranging from Youssou N'Dour and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Sheikh Jarrah is the small neighborhood in East Jerusalem that has been in the headlines for months now. At the center, a drawn out court case — a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It started with an eviction notice against four Palestinian families, but it quickly become a lightning rod for a harsh battle over history, land rights and national identity. Today, the Israeli Supreme Cou...

Winemakers have been adjusting to warming temperatures for years, picking grapes earlier and earlier each season. But this year, freak frosts and searing high temperatures in Italy, Spain and France have had catastrophic effects on wine grapes. Some vineyards even lost 90% of their crops. The Economist's Hanna Nebiyu Vioque reports that climate change is having a big impact on not just the cost of...

It was a visit to the circus that gave George Nissen the idea to build a tumbling device, later known as the trampoline. Today, trampolining is a highly competitive sport, where athletes leap 30 feet into the air, performing twists and somersaults. But it took Nissen four decades to see trampolining become an Olympic event. He got that chance at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney with his daughter,...

Mexico’s first official referendum drew only a fraction of voters needed to make it legally binding. As The World’s Jorge Valencia reports from Mexico City, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will likely use the vote to gain favor anyway.

The Tokyo Summer Olympic Games has been nothing but eventful this year, although a lot of the biggest news has been happening outside the competition. Over the past 24 hours, it is Belarus that has been making the headlines. Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya alleges she was taken to Tokyo airport on Sunday, against her will, and told she was being sent home. Our Europe correspondent Orla Barry has...

Negotiations between the US and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program have stalled as Iran ushers in a new president on Thursday. Meanwhile, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been criticizing the country’s outgoing president for his willingness to deal with the US, calling it "untrustworthy." The World's Marco Werman spoke with Barbara Slavin, the Director of the Future of Iran Initi...

Australia turned to Tesla to help create the largest lithium-ion battery system in the southern hemisphere. But on Friday, one of the “Megapacks” burst into flames. MIT professor Jessika Trancik talks with The World’s Marco Werman about lessons the accident offers for big battery projects worldwide.

The Summer Olympics are more than halfway over and athletes are making headlines for their speed, sportsmanship and protests. But just outside the stadiums in Tokyo, COVID-19 is spiking. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Bianca Hillier for the latest details.

Eight people have died and hundreds have been injured in wildfires along the southern coast of Turkey. It's devastating a region known for tourism. The EU is providing the planes to fight the fires, and citizens have stepped up to support each other for evacuations. Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul about questions that are being raised over the government's mismanagement of the fires.

Six months after a military coup in Myanmar, the generals who seized power have announced the formation of a new government. And to no one’s surprise, they’ll be running it. The top general, Min Aung Hlaing, has declared himself the new prime minister. He is now trying to calm the public, saying “free and fair” elections will happen in at least two years. Patrick Winn, The World’s Southeast Asia c...

This week a House Select Committee held its first hearing to investigate the January 6 attack in Washington. Among the people storming the capitol that day were followers of QAnon. Host Marco Werman looks at QAnon's influence in the US — and worldwide — with security expert Mia Bloom, co-author of Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon.

Yesterday, history was made by the US Olympic team, as Suni Lee, the first Hmong American gymnast, won the gold medal for all-around women’s gymnastics. At an event center in Oakdale, Minnesota, hundreds of people gathered around Lee’s parents to celebrate her historic win. Among the crowd was Kaohly Vang Her, a state representative from Minnesota and a friend of the Lee family. On The World, Her...

Mexico will hold its first official voter referendum this weekend. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says it’s about addressing one of the country’s biggest ailments: corruption. Many believe it’s about the president’s political advancement. The World’s Jorge Valencia reports from Mexico City. 

Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was a woman feared by many in high places. She was a veteran anti-corruption journalist based in Malta — the island nation south of Sicily. In 2017, she was working on a corruption story implicating the Prime Minister's chief of staff. That same year, in October, she died in a car bombing. Today, an independent public inquiry in Malta found the state...

In Cuba’s Guantánamo region, changüí means party. We hear music from a new box set called CHANGÜÍ: The Sound of Guantánamo. The music was recorded on location in the Guantánamo region by independent producer and music journalist Gianluca Tramontana.

Over the past two weeks, we've been airing reports by The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi about the role of religion in Sudan following the ousting of former President Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist regime. It's part of our two-year reporting project on religion and nationalism around the world, sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation. On Friday, Gikandi joins host Marco Werman to talk...

The delta variant of COVID-19 has swept the globe. It’s now confirmed in at least 130 countries. It’s more transmissible, it's fitter, and with that, new outbreaks have prompted governments from Australia to Japan to reimpose restrictions. New data on transmission also has US health leaders reassessing guidelines, too, and ramping up vaccine incentives. This back and forth over developments with t...

A sigh of relief for the Biden administration in Southeast Asia on Friday. The Philippines now says it will continue to uphold a long-standing defense agreement with the United States. The announcement is a sudden reversal for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. As Ashley Westerman reports, it's a decision that should have a significant impact on the power rivalry between the US and China.