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For many people, contracting COVID-19 is just the beginning. A range of conditions can appear after the initial infection has passed. Scientists are still trying to wrap their heads around all this. But even if the symptoms may be rare, they’ve become a lot more common as the overall number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to grow. "Long COVID" and "post-COVID" cases are starting to get...

Dozens of Roma from Romania are reported to be among the thousands of undocumented migrants and asylum-seekers crossing the US-Mexico border in the last month. US Customs and Border Protection says the number of Roma detained at the southern border has jumped this year and is now at its highest level since 2007. But why are Roma migrants making the journey from Romania all the way to Mexico and on...

As President Joe Biden travels abroad this week, he is sure to hear about Europe's own response to migration, and how the European Union has also tried to slow it down by injecting international aid in places those people are fleeing from — similar to how the US is approaching migration from Central America. But has that worked? We hear more from Geneva-based analyst Roberto Forin, with the Mixed...

Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch during a European Championship match on Saturday. The 29-year-old suffered cardiac arrest despite regular annual screenings. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin bring decades of experience with them to the Geneva summit. For Putin, this is certainly not his first rodeo, with Biden being the fifth US president he's met since coming to power in Russia. Biden’s personal record of high-profile meetings is not too shabby either, and this won’t be his first time meeting Putin. As the US and Russia find themselves at another low poin...

"A worthy adversary." That's what US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week. Biden has also called Putin a "killer." To that Putin said "it takes one to know one." Despite the tension in the lead-up to the summit, the two leaders were overly cordial in their remarks following their meeting in Geneva ON Wednesday. Neither side made any threats, Biden said, and...

The Netflix series “Babylon Berlin” transports viewers to the Weimar Republic in 1920s Berlin, a time of violence, political upheaval, changing sexual mores and music. The music comes courtesy of the Moka Efti Orchestra. We'll take you into their musical world. Marco Werman speaks to the show's music supervisor Nikko Weidemann.

Both the Trump and the Biden administrations have described China as an adversary, a rival, even a threat. China has been front and center when it comes to Biden's foreign policy agenda. Now, the NATO alliance is also zeroing in on China with laserlike focus. In a statement coming out of the NATO summit on Monday, allies stated that China's behavior presents: "systemic challenges to the rules-base...

Turkey has vaccinated only about 17% of its population so far against COVID-19. But a team of health workers in eastern Turkey is working as fast as they can to vaccinate people in the remote mountain villages. Reporter Durrie Bouscaren tagged along on a ride to see how the vaccination campaign is working.  

An upcoming vote in the UN security council could upend crucial humanitarian aid for millions of people in northwest Syria. Russia, a supporter of Bashar al-Assad, has veto power and has used it in the past to restrict aid. It could close off all access. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Basma Alloush about what's at stake.

Scientists who intentionally trapped themselves in Arctic sea ice last year say losses may be irreversible and drew stark distinctions between what they saw in the far north and what historical explorers recorded.

Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor pled guilty in a Tokyo court this week. They’re charged with hiding former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in a box and helping him flee Japan in 2019 in order to dodge charges of financial improprieties. Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the case.

On Tuesday. the Biden administration released a 32-page memo about confronting domestic terrorism. It identifies white supremacist violent extremism as the greatest terrorist threat facing the United States. Host Marco Werman speaks with Heidi Beirich, of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism , about how the White House plan has been informed by 20 years of counterterrorism strategy aimed...

A series of completed and forthcoming renovations to the Acropolis is facing fierce backlash from scholars in Greece and abroad. The World's Lydia Emmanouilidou reports from Athens.  

Host Marco Werman takes us back to 1970s Brazil and a samba hit from singer-songwriter Jorge Ben from his large repertoire of soccer songs, this one titled “Zagueiro,” which means “defense” in Portuguese.

The Copa America soccer tournament kicked off in Brazil this week after two other countries backed out of hosting because of political unrest and rising COVID-19 cases. A majority of Brazilians, though, think it's dangerous to host the games. Michael Fox reports on the country’s decision to welcome the monthlong tournament. 

The US drug company, Novavax, reviewed its preliminary data and said on Monday that its vaccine appears to be about 90% effective. With the rise of transmissible variants, more vaccine options are critical in the pandemic. The main global vaccine initiative, COVAX, has faced delays as wealthy countries secured the majority of doses. 

After its terrible battle with COVID-19 this year, India has things moving now in the right direction. Daily new cases and deaths are steadily dropping. But public health experts are now warning of possibly another wave. And fears are growing that India could again see a health care system stretched beyond the brink. For more on this, Dr. Giridhara Babu, who is also a professor of epidemiology at...

The number of migrants arriving in the UK by sea has risen over recent months. Even though overall immigration numbers are dropping, the British government is proposing to cut off asylum for people arriving in this way. Reporter Andrew Connelly visits a spot along England's southern border where asylum-seekers are being detained.

Joe Biden and the other G-7 leaders presented a united front at the end of the summit in Cornwall in Britain on Sunday before the US president flew to Brussels for his first NATO meeting. The G-7 leaders pledged 1 billion vaccine doses to developing countries and agreed to step up action on climate change. There was criticism of China, too. But many charities and environmental activists say they a...

Social media platforms have been blowing up with millions of tweets and posts about BTS, the K-pop band that celebrated their eighth anniversary over the weekend with a live virtual concert called “Muster Sowoozoo.” To discuss the megasuccess of BTS’ virtual concerts, The World's host Marco Werman speaks to music writer and culture critic Maria Sherman, author of the book, "Larger Than Life: A His...

There is a growing push requiring public schoolteachers to cover the histories of groups left out of US history textbooks. States such as Illinois, Wisconsin and New York are considering some initiatives to do that. Some advocates say education is one way to fight against the increase in violence against Asian Americans, while critics say talking about race and racism in schools is not necessary....

Last week, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that he would be scaling back military operations in the Sahel region, which includes parts of Burkina Faso and Mali, where troops have been keeping ISIS in check. Host Marco Werman speaks with Ousmane Diallo, a researcher for Amnesty International, about what the withdrawal of French forces may mean for the security of the people of the reg...

A new government is now getting to work in Israel. After four national elections in the last two years, a coalition of eight small- to medium-sized political parties have managed to bring an end to the 12-year rule of Benjamin Netanyahu. At least for now. Netanyahu says he was cheated and that this new government is a fraud. Ariel Oseran reports from Tel Aviv.

US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit. Turkish American political scientist Soner Cagaptay and The World’s Marco Werman discuss what’s at stake in the Biden-Erdoğan relationship and whether it can manage any sort of reset.