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After months of negotiations, the US Senate appears tantalizingly close to a massive, bipartisan infrastructure deal with $550 billion for roads, bridges and public transport, among other things, and $7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging stations. Figuring out how to keep electric vehicles powered up remains a major challenge, before we can shift over on a mass scale to cleaner vehicles. Othe...

“The world is changing in favor of women.” That's the way singer Dobet Gnahoré sees it in her new song, “Yakané.” Host Marco Werman plays us the track and tells us how Gnahoré celebrates women's rights and remaining positive in spite of these challenging times.

The largest-ever trial in the history of the Vatican opened in Rome this week. A powerful former cardinal and once-close ally of Pope Francis is among the 10 defendants. They stand accused of crimes ranging from extortion and embezzlement to money laundering and abuse of office. As our Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports, some hope this case could mark a turning point for the Vatican in its ef...

When we think of deserts, we normally don’t think of Europe. But southern Spain is in danger of being transformed into a desert. Gerry Hadden reports on farmers in an olive-growing region in Andalucia working together to fend off a wasteland.

In Russia, the crackdown on independent journalism continues. Multiple independent outlets have been deemed “undesirable organizations,” while others have been labeled officially by the state as “foreign agents.” Individual journalists are also targeted and harassed — with apartment raids and arrests. That's what happened on Wednesday with Roman Dobrokhotov, the editor-in-chief of the Russian news...

Sudanese women were widely praised for their role in spearheading the country’s 2019 political revolution. Since then, laws that restricted women’s dress and behavior have been abolished, and some women have risen to prominent positions of power. But for many women, those political changes are not enough. And for others, the social changes have gone too far. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from...

China's foreign minister met with senior members of the Taliban. The two sides have maintained a relationship with each other since the 1990s when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan. The meeting comes as the Taliban is gaining ground in its fight to take control of Afghanistan. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Andrew Small, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, about China's interests in...

Monkeypox is a rare, viral disease that’s been around for decades. Last month, a Texas man brought a case of it from Nigeria into the US. Now, 200 people in 27 US states are being tracked for possible infection. Dr. Agam Rao, an infectious disease specialist at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assesses the risk for The World’s Marco Werman.

The massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week in March reached its destination on Thursday. The Ever Given arrived in the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands with its 18,000 containers of cargo. The ship had been heading for Rotterdam when it plowed into the sandy bank of the Suez Canal and caused a global shipping traffic jam this spring.

As the US and NATO troops withdrawal from Afghanistan nears completion, the security situation in the country is becoming more dire. Civilian casualties have reached all-time highs this year, according to a UN report out this week. Amid security and political uncertainty, some European countries are halting deportations of Afghans back to the country. The World's Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.

Many parts of the world are again facing the question of whether or not to mask up in public. After saying no in May as vaccinations picked up, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says yes, wear a mask even if vaccinated, depending on where you live. This reversal may seem confusing and frustrating, but the amended policy actually falls in line with much of the rest of the globe....

TikTok didn’t exist during the last Summer Olympics. Now, it’s one of the best parts of the games. Athletes have all but taken over the app, posting videos about dining hall food, free swag and, of course, the beds. In a year where fans aren’t allowed, TikTok is providing spectators a behind-the-scenes view like never before. The World's Bianca Hillier has more.

The earliest known solar observatory in the Americas has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Chankillo Solar Observatory in northern Peru dates back to 230 BCE and its thirteen towers and two observation platforms span the entire annual rising and setting arc of the sun. Marco Werman speaks with archaeologist Ivan Ghezzi, the Director of the Chankillo project.

A top Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor, Juan Francisco Sandoval, has been fired. He fled the country in the early morning hours on Saturday. Former judge Claudia Escobar knows the story well. She was forced to flee Guatemala after denouncing corruption in the judiciary in 2015. She talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about what it will take to root out corruption in the Central America n...

Visibility has been near zero in the city of Yakutia, and smoke in the upper atmosphere has drifted as far afield as the west coast of the US. Carbon emissions from the fires already exceed wildfire emissions from all but one year since 2003. The World's Carolyn Beeler reports on what's causing the wildfires and how they compare to the fires raging across the US and Canada right now.

For years, Sudan was criticized by the US and other Western countries for its treatment of religious minorities, especially Christians. Today, Sudan is overwhelmingly Muslim, but there is still a Christian minority. What place will they have in Sudan as the government seeks to establish itself on the international stage? How do Sudanese Christians see their future as the Sudanese government works...

North and South Korea are talking again. According to recent reports, the two countries are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year. They also hope to hold a summit between their two leaders, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. This is all part of an effort of restoring relations between the two countries. Host Marco Werman...

Myanmar has never won a medal — gold or otherwise — at the Olympics. One athlete who hoped to change that is 27-year-old Win Htet Oo, a swimmer who qualified for the games in Tokyo. But he won’t be there. Win Htet Oo refuses to compete under a flag that is, in his words, “steeped in my people’s blood.” Six months ago, the military in Myanmar staged a coup, killing nearly 1,000 civilians and lockin...

Maine has become the first state in the country that will force large companies to pay for the packaging waste they create. This month, the state passed a law forcing large companies to pay for waste processing, and nearly a dozen states are on track to pass similar laws. Scott Cassel, CEO and founder of the Product Stewardship Institute in Boston, has been fighting for this legislation. He tells...

Sales of Israeli surveillance apps — spyware, such as Pegasus — are regulated by the Israeli Ministry of Defense. As Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks with his counterpart in Paris about the Pegasus surveillance list, which included French President Macron, host Marco Werman speaks with Eitay Mack, an Israeli lawyer who advocates for stricter regulation of arms exports.

The recent assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, and historic street protests in Cuba have, so far, not sparked an exodus. But there is a precedent for large-scale migration from the two countries — and divergent US immigration policies toward Haitians and Cubans. The World’s immigration editor Monica Campbell dives into this history.

Just as protests were heating up in Cuba, an amateur radio operator in Florida discovered that his ham radio conversations with operators in Cuba were being blocked. Host Marco Werman tells how a transmitter was able to jam popular Cuban communications frequencies, and how radio amateurs concluded that the culprit was in Cuba.

To say that Russian authorities are cracking down on independent politics would be an understatement. Today, the Kremlin blocked nearly 50 websites linked with opposition politician and political prisoner Alexei Navalny. Russia’s state internet watchdog said it blocked the websites because of, "propaganda and banned extremist activity." Host Marco Werman speaks with Alexey Kovalyov, an investigati...

While synchronized diving is on display at the Olympics in Tokyo, a very different kind of diving has been gaining popularity in China. The World’s Rebecca Kanthor stopped by a diving pool in Shanghai to try out swimming with a mermaid monotail.

The island nation of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean continues to suffer from its worst drought in four decades. The lack of rain in southern Madagascar has led to crop failure and mass hunger, all driven by climate change. The UN’s World Food Program says more than a million people don’t have enough food, and tens of thousands are on the brink of starvation. Shelley Thakral with the World Food Pro...