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Throughout its war in Gaza, the Israeli military has been relying on artificial intelligence to aid its targeting decisions for airstrikes. That's meant a large volume of strikes, made more quickly. A team of reporters from The Associated Press found that's in part thanks to AI tools offered by Microsoft, that included products from OpenAI. Michael Biesecker, a global investigative reporter for Th...

In most so-called megacities with populations over 10 million people, traffic is a megaproblem. And so is the air population. But Tokyo — with a population of 37 million — bucks that trend, thanks to a massive web of public transit that keeps cars off the road. As our transportation correspondent Jeremy Siegel reports, while many countries look to Tokyo as a success story, it may not serve as a mo...

During the Cold War, the US State Department sent jazz artists like Louis Armstrong and Dizzie Gillespie to countries in Africa on a goodwill tour. Meanwhile, the United States was also cooperating with Belgium to set up the assassination of the charismatic prime minister of the newly independent Congo. The filmmaker, Johan Grimonprez, talks about these two dual missions, and what they mean for Co...

Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been charged for alleged involvement in a coup plot following his 2022 election defeat. The allegations include plans to murder his opponent Lula da Silva, the current president. These are the first criminal charges faced by Bolsonaro, who is already banned from running in the country's upcoming presidential election. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke...

The US and Russia are holding talks to begin an end to the war in Ukraine. Ending the war sounds like a good idea, but alarm is mounting in Kyiv that it has not been offered a place at the negotiating table. The World’s Carolyn Beeler discusses the implications with Rose Gottemoeller, former US undersecretary of state.

A "firewall" against the far-right is one of the key features of German politics. Known as the brandmauer, it emerged  after the Second World War as a way to ensure that no far-right extremist group would ever again get into power. US Vice President JD Vance told a room of European lawmakers and diplomats in Munich last weekend that there was "no room for firewalls." Some in Germany fear the days...

Visitors to Chengdu Snow Village in China were shocked to see picturesque houses and paths covered not with snow, but with sheets of fluffy cotton. The resort was forced to shut down and apologize for its deception.

Humans have a uniquely complex way of communicating vocally. A study published Tuesday in Nature Communications identified a gene linked to the ancient origins of the human gift of gab. The World's Carolyn Beeler spoke to Robert Darnell, a co-author on the paper. Darnell runs the Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-oncology at Rockefeller University in New York.

Some of the most-famous buildings in the world are made from earth and clay, and they date back thousands of years. Now, earth homes are making a comeback as engineers try to reduce carbon emissions. Manuel Rueda has the story from Colombia.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emerged from a lengthy meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov with an agreement to restart diplomatic relations between the two countries and start formal consultations on a peace deal on Ukraine. The two men were both bullish about diplomatic and economic prospects for the future.

Earth's oceans are said to be the greatest source of untapped renewable energy, offering a nearly continuous and highly predictable source of clean energy. This kind of energy will complement the now well established but intermittent and occasionally uncertain wind and solar. David Kattenburg reports from the Netherlands.

Nearly 2,700 years ago, Egypt was conquered by kings from neighboring Nubia. Archaeologists are looking into this moment in history. One recent discovery tells us that the status of Egyptian women was elevated during this time. Mariam Ayad teaches at American University in Cairo and she contributes to the new Nova documentary, "Egypt's Tombs of Amun."

Muhsin Hendricks, known as one of the world’s only out gay imams and the only one in Africa, was shot dead over the weekend in what looks like a targeted hit. Hendricks was both loved and reviled for his work promoting tolerance in South Africa and around the world. Jamie Fullerton visited Hendricks at his mosque two years ago and reflects on his life.

Monday's dramatic scene of an upside-down plane on the frigid tarmac of Toronto's international airport is just the latest in a series of major aviation mishaps over the past month. With a public getting nervous about whether it's safe to fly, Marco Werman speaks with Hassan Shahidi, president of the Flight Safety Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving aviation safety.

Ukrainians can never flee the war in their country as Russia continues its massive bombardment of the country. But in Russia, it's a different story. For all intents and purposes, life continues as normal. Host Marco Werman recalls conversations he's had with Nina Kruscheva, a professor of international affairs at the New School in New York. 

We've checked in numerous times with Andrii Shadrin since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine. He started fighting in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, where he was born. Shadrin is now a 29-year-old sergeant in a military unit that repairs and replaces equipment for use on the front lines. He speaks with The World's Carolyn Beeler.

In the early weeks and months after the beginning of Vladimir Putin's war, Ukrainian forces liberated areas that had been briefly under Russian occupation. Those forces discovered atrocities committed by the Russian military. We look back at a report from The World's Shirin Jaafari, who visited a mass grave site in Izium, Ukraine. She gives an update on the investigation into how these mass graves...

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, both sides are looking for ways to replenish their forces. There are no confirmed numbers, but between them, Russia and Ukraine have lost hundreds of thousands of troops. Ukraine has made a concerted effort to draw fighters from Latin America. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler has more details.

European leaders and Trump administration officials are attending the Munich Security Summit over the weekend. We'll have the latest on what was discussed, and how it might effect the war in Ukraine.

With heavy losses of soldiers, Russia is also looking for outside help to bolster its forces. But some of their foreign fighters did not knowingly volunteer — instead, they were tricked into joining the fight. Reporter Sushmita Pathak has the story of how some Indian soldiers ended up fighting for Russia. And the effort to bring them back home.

In Ukraine, musician Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a living legend. But few of his songs have had as much meaning or poignancy as "Chovan," which describes the country on both sides of the Dnipro River. As The World's hosts explain, while the bridge over that river has been destroyed, the spiritual bridge that connects all Ukrainians remains firmly intact. 

Life for children across Ukraine changed significantly after Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago. When air raid sirens go off, students used to be forced to run to bomb shelters. But in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city where air raid sirens are more frequent because of the city’s proximity to the Russian border, things have been different. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports from an un...

In 2023, Ukraine marked 10 years since an uprising that changed the country. The "Maidan Revolution," as it's been called, was a protest against a Russia-installed leader of Ukraine. Many people, especially younger Ukrainians, wanted the country to lean towards the west, not Russia. The World's Daniel Ofman reports. 

South Korean women are at the center of the weekly protests calling for the removal of President Yoon Suk- yeol. They see Yoon, among other things, as an obstacle to women's rights. That's hardly surprising, since Yoon won in 2022 promising to lead a backlash against feminism. The World's Matthew Bell reports from Seoul.

A UK court heard a case brought against the international oil company Shell by communities in Nigeria's Niger River Delta. The Ogoni people claim that decades of oil spills by Shell and its local subsidiary in Nigeria have left the region with contaminated drinking water and farmlands. Shell contends that "oil spills due to theft, illegal refining and sabotage" are to blame for the pollution. The...