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The Biden administration’s first report on human trafficking is angering governments around the globe. Thailand is resentful for being downgraded and placed on a watchlist for catching and charging fewer suspects. The report has also raised ire by, for the first time, placing a NATO member — Turkey — on the congressionally mandated list of countries that use child soldiers. Turkey is expressing ou...

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. Host Marco Werman tells how police had been prepared to arrest him if he did not turn himself in by midnight.

As we mark Independence Day this week, we’re examining big themes in American defense and security, with the PRX national security podcast Things That Go Boom. Today, a topic that may not immediately scream “security threat” — and that’s climate change. Specifically, the disruption and mass migration that climate change can cause. Laicie Healey has the story.

More than two dozen scientists at the global World Weather Attribution group worked nonstop over the past week to determine whether the Pacific Northwest's record-breaking heat wave was caused by climate change. The answer was a resounding yes. The extreme temperatures from last week were made 150 times more likely by climate change. The World's Marco Werman shares the findings.

A political and security crisis in Haiti continues after gunmen assassinated the country's president, Jovenel Moïse, earlier this week. Now according to Haitian authorities, police have killed four suspects behind the assassination and arrested two others. But who was behind the killing — and why — remains unclear, along with who is actually leading Haiti now and down the road. Pamela White, who s...

Vaccination rates in the US and Canada continue to rise, but the border between the two countries remains restricted. That's been a big problem for US border towns that depend on Canadians crossing over to shop and do business. Among the hardest hit: Point Roberts, Washington, where reporter Benjamin Payne has the story.

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Thursday that Tokyo will be under a state of emergency starting July 12 until Aug. 22. That covers the entire stretch of the Olympics, causing the games’ organizers to ban spectators at all events in the capital city. Marco Werman speaks with The World's Bianca Hillier to get the details.

American troops are ahead of schedule on their pullout from Afghanistan. For Afghans, there are many questions left unanswered as the Taliban continues to take control of more and more of the country. President Joe Biden said he seeks to reassure Afghan allies about the future US commitment to the government in Kabul, with a planned speech at the White House.  

The storied Cannes Film Festival had its opening night Tuesday after being canceled last year due to COVID-19. Host Marco Werman has the story.

On May 8, a triple bombing at a girls’ school in Kabul killed nearly 100 people, mostly students. Roughly two months later, Abdullah Ahmadi hasn't been able to locate her 19-year-old daughter, Shukria. Her remains haven't been found and that gives Ahmadi some hope that she might still be alive. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.

The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens stretch over more than 300 acres along the New England shore. Hundreds of thousands of visitors explore the wooded grounds every year, and this season, five new guests straight out of Scandinavian folklore are calling the gardens home. The World's Bianca Hillier reports on the "Guardians of the Seeds."

As we mark Independence Day this week, we’re examining big themes in American defense and security, with the PRX national security podcast Things That Go Boom. After the September 11th terrorist attacks, the US Congress approved broad presidential powers to use military force to combat terrorism. Laicie Healey has the story of one congresswoman — Rep. Barbara Lee, who's been the lone congressional...

Sha'Carri Richardson was considered a favorite to win the 100-meter race at the Tokyo Olympics next month until a positive marijuana test derailed her chances. The US track and field athlete was suspended and taken off the US Olympic roster this week. The news sparked a debate on whether athletes should be allowed to consume marijuana. But to understand the drug's impact on athletes, The World's M...

Brazil is finally getting vaccines following President Jair Bolsonaro's botched approach to vaccination purchases and a range of COVID-19 hardships. Now, there are drive-up vaccination sites, with the sounds of cars honking as people get their jabs. Reporter Michael Fox was in one of those cars and has the story.

Preliminary data from Israel this week regarding Pfizer's vaccine for the coronavirus is raising questions about how vaccines work over time against variants like delta. To break this down, host Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Anna Durbin, a professor of international health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Durban explains why she still finds such results worrying.

Assailants wielding machine guns killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Tuesday night in his home. The next in the order of succession — the head of Haiti’s Supreme Court — died of COVID-19 last month. Widlore Mérancourt, the editor of the Haitian news outlet AyiboPost, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about Haiti’s uncertain future.

In their book, “Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors,” photographer Andria Lo and writer Valerie Luu take a fashion tour through Chinatown neighborhoods in New York, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland. They join host Marco Werman for a conversation about the project.

On Monday, Nigerian law enforcement said that armed men raided the Bethel Baptist School boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state, and kidnapped about 140 students. Now, according to recent reports, we're learning that at least 26 students and a teacher have been rescued, but Nigerian police and military personnel are still pursuing the kidnappers. Host Marco Werman speaks with Confidence MacHarr...

As we mark Independence Day this week, we’re also examining big themes in American defense and security with the PRX national security podcast, "Things That Go Boom." Today, a topic that really goes boom: nuclear weapons. A new class of nuclear warheads is way smaller and more flexible than generations past, and they’re changing the way the US and Russia approach nuclear arms control.

Van otlu peynir is a cheese made with wild herbs and is famous in Turkey. It's difficult to make unless you're a small-scale producer, and the makers of Van cheese are fading away. Durrie Bouscaren reports on what makes Van cheese so special, and why it’s getting out-competed by larger brands. 

On Tuesday, Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab remarked that his country was days away from a "social explosion.” Lebanon endured a financial crisis for months while shortages of food, medicine, electricity and fuel are ongoing. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Lebanese economist Mohamad Faour about the latest developments.

Host Marco Werman tells us about the death of Armenian musical icon Djivan Gasparyan, "the master of the duduk," as he was known. The duduk is a reed instrument similar to the clarinet. Gasparyan was the face of Armenian folk music who also found his way onto songs by Lionel Richie as well as Hollywood soundtracks.

Roberto David Castillo is a US-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer who was the president of an internationally financed hydroelectric company, has been found guilty over the assassination of Indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres in 2016. The court in Tegucigalpa rules that Cáceres was killed because of her role leading the campaign to stop the dam, and that Castillo co-authored t...

About 60,000 football fans will gather at Wembley stadium in London for the European Championship semifinal game between England and Denmark on Wednesday night. On Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that almost all COVID-19 restrictions are to be lifted in England come July 19. But with the Delta variant spreading rapidly in the UK, many scientists say the situation is a “recip...

Host Marco Werman provides the walk-off music for the show, including energetic sounds from Brazil's Lucas Santtana and his band Seleçāo Natural or Natural Selection.