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Zhang Hong, a blind man from China, heard about a blind American who climbed Mount Everest — and got inspired. When Nepal lifted its ban on people with disabilities from climbing the mountain, he took his chance. Zhang said it was absolutely terrifying. Still, he made the summit. Rebecca Kanthor has the story.

The European Union has lifted restrictions for nonessential travel from the US. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou is in Athens and explains to host Marco Werman what this means for US travelers hoping to make it to Europe this summer.

Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi held his first press conference in Tehran today. He reiterated that improving the economy is a top priority for his administration and that nuclear negotiations should continue. But he also said that he won’t be meeting with US President Joe Biden.

In our latest installment of Movement -- stories of music and migration hosted by singer Meklit Hadero -- we meet the Haitian American artist Momma Nikki. Her most recent album is a tribute to her late father and the complicated relationship they shared. Growing up with a white mother and Haitian father, Momma chafed at the way strangers assumed that she and her father were not related at all, jus...

If you are in the market for a new or used car, good luck. Dealer lots are empty. Inventory is scarce. The World's Monica Campbell and Jason Margolis dig into the explanation for the shortage.

In Somaliland, camels are a way of life. These beasts of burden provide food, drink and transport, and it's been that way for centuries. But as our partners at Economist Radio explore, the ancient ways of buying and selling camels is under threat. The Economist's chief Africa correspondent John McDermott tells us how.

Starvation is stalking the war-torn Tigray province of northern Ethiopia. Humanitarian aid workers trying to help those crossing the border say the refugees arriving in eastern Sudan are famished and traumatized. The International Rescue Committee’s Madiha Raza recently returned from the region. Raza talks with The World’s Marco Werman about what she saw.

This week, China launched a three-person crew into orbit to dock with the core module of its space station, still under construction. The building of the station, orbiting 236 miles above the earth, comes as the International Space Station is showing signs of aging. Host Marco Werman speaks with astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell about the Tiangong space station.

At a meeting of the ruling party this week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his country should expect both "dialogue and confrontation" with the US under President Joe Biden. Host Marco Werman speaks with John Everard, former UK ambassador to North Korea.

This year, two Juneteenth celebrations are being planned in China — in Shanghai and Shenzhen. These will be the first-ever official Juneteenth celebrations in the country. Celebrating Juneteenth in China this year has a special meaning for Black Americans living there, especially since international travel is near impossible at this time. The World’s Rebecca Kanthor reports.

This weekend for the first time, there will be a public Juneteenth celebration in Stone Mountain, Georgia, a small city about 15 miles from Atlanta, that’s home to the largest Confederate monument in the US. As The World's Rupa Shenoy reports, city officials say it’s a symbolic triumph in a place that's long been associated with white supremacists.

As Iran holds a presidential election on Friday, many inside the country say they are not taking part. They say the process is carefully choreographed and designed to eliminate any real competition. The only rival to the conservatives in Iran was the reform movement, which began in the mid-1990s. Today, the movement is on life support, but that doesn't mean everyone in Iran has given up on the pos...

“Springsteen on Broadway," Bruce Springsteen's one-man show, will be the first show to open on Broadway since the pandemic shut down live theater. Ticket holders will have to show proof of vaccination to be allowed in, but only US-approved shots count. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports. 

At the NATO leaders summit this week, the defense alliance said it would begin formally studying how climate change impacts security threats, and how member states could make their military operations more resilient and less polluting. The alliance said climate change makes it harder for militaries to do their jobs. On The World's weekly look at climate solutions, the Big Fix, we’ll also be lookin...

When Europe went into its COVID-19 lockdown last March, some countries in Europe experimented with a new way to help women who needed abortions. Lucía Benavides reports on how virtual consultations have increased access to abortions in Spain and elsewhere, and some activists are pushing to make sure they remain an option.

Peruvian socialist candidate Pedro Castillo appears to have won the race for president by a quarter of a percentage point, according to a full tally by the country’s elections officials. But as The World’s Latin America correspondent Jorge Valencia reports, the race has not been called officially, and opposing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori is claiming voting fraud.

Since 2016, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has led to thousands of killings. The International Criminal Court is now calling for an investigation of those deaths as war crimes. Ashley Westerman reports that victims' families are hoping for justice, and the government has pledged not to cooperate.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has reopened the ability for people seeking asylum in the US because of danger related to domestic violence, gangs or other forms of persecution, including LGBTQ-related claims. This is one of the most significant steps the Biden administration has taken toward opening up the US to people seeking a safer life in the country. The World’s Monica Campbell explains wha...

US-Russia relations over the years have been defined by altercation and disagreement. After Wednesday's summit meeting in Geneva, both President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a desire to turn the page, and improve relations between the two countries. Putin said that Biden is an experienced leader and that the discussion was productive. That doesn't mean though that the s...

US President Joe Biden gifted Russian President Vladimir Putin a crystal sculpture of a bison and a pair of aviator sunglasses from a Massachusetts company. Host Marco Werman has the story.

Alabama is among the least vaccinated states in the US, when it comes to the COVID-19. But in a small, Vietnamese American community on the Gulf Coast, almost everyone eligible is vaccinated. Reporter Sarah Whites-Koditschek went to Bayou La Batre to ask why. This story was reported in collaboration with Reckon Radio, a podcasting group dedicated to stories from the South.

Some 500 police officers raided the offices of Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s biggest and only mass-circulation, pro-democracy newspaper. Authorities seized reporters’ computers and cellphones, and arrested editors and executives. Chris Yeung, chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the future of a free press in Hong Kong.

For five centuries, the Q’eswachaka bridge has been connecting communities on both sides of the Apurimac River, in Peru’s Cusco region. But this is no ordinary bridge: It's made of cables woven from grass, using techniques dating back centuries. During the pandemic, the bridge fell into disrepair but is now being fixed. Host Marco Werman has the story.

Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza early Wednesday following Hamas sending incendiary balloons into Israel. This comes days into new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's government and just weeks after a ceasefire ended previous hostilities between Israel and Hamas. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Noga Tarnopolsky, a writer and reporter covering Israel and the Palestinian territories, about the la...

The Dutch were a colonial power for 250 years and enslaved more than 600,000 people in the Americas. Yet this summer, the Netherlands’ national museum of art and history has its first-ever major exhibition dedicated to the subject of slavery. It’s part of a global movement to reevaluate the way institutions portray history. But as The World’s Rupa Shenoy reports, there are still debates about what...