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Biden administration officials have begun expediting asylum cases for certain people crossing at the US border with Mexico. Officials say a quicker process can be fair and efficient, but some immigrant rights advocates and immigration judges question whether fairness will be achieved. The World's immigration editor Monica Campbell reports on the changes, and what they mean for asylum seekers and t...

Forty years ago, on June 5, 1981, the US reported the first cases of HIV/AIDS. It would turn the world upside down, killing at least 32 million people. In the late 90s, new antiretroviral treatments began to save millions of lives, including Edwin Cameron's. The World's Marco Werman spoke with the former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa about surviving the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and...

Changes in climate and populations are driving nomadic Nigerian herders into increasing conflict with farmers and villagers. Ore Ogunbiyi of The Economist talks about how the Nigerian government has tried — and so far failed — to prevent fights over land use in the country's south.

In recent weeks, we've been following the case of Roman Protasevich, Belarusian dissident, who was recently arrested by authorities and accused of organizing an unsanctioned protest against Belarus’ leader Alexander Lukashenko. Yesterday, Protasevich appeared in an "interview" on Belarusian state TV, where, likely under duress, he confessed to these crimes. Host Marco Werman speaks with Olga Drynd...

Mexicans residing abroad, particularly those born in Mexico City, will for the first time elect an official to represent them in the Mexico City Congress. Eleven contenders want that seat — which would have the same power as other local elected officials. Many welcome the change, while many others, especially citizens inside Mexico, are pushing back. The World's Daisy Contreras has the story.

Denmark wants to change how people apply for asylum — by moving the whole process out of Denmark. In fact, out of Europe even. Eva Singer of the Danish Refugee Council tells host Marco Werman why her NGO objects to the law.

Peruvians will choose a new president this Sunday, amid one of the biggest economic downturns of the pandemic across Latin America. The World’s Latin America correspondent Jorge Valencia reports from one of the poorest hillsides surrounding the capital of Lima, where neighbors are figuring out a way to keep each other fed.

Twitch is an online platform where people can stream videos of themselves playing video games. The Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre is getting in on the action and has set up a popular feed where they livestream videos of sea otters. Host Marco Werman has the story.

When Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Central America next week she hopes to solidify a partnership with Guatemala’s conservative government. But working alongside that country’s top officials won’t be easy, according to Claudia Escobar. The former judge tells The World’s Marco Werman why so many anti-corruption crusaders have had to flee Guatemala in recent years.

Climate litigation is booming right now. Young people and other activists are strategically turning to the courts to put pressure on governments and corporations to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Joana Setzer is a climate litigation expert at the London School of Economics. She keeps a database of every climate court case in the world. On this week's The Big Fix, The World's Marco Werma...

The Biden administration released new details today about how the US plans to donate some 80 million vaccines globally, by the end of this month. An independent panel on pandemic preparedness recently estimated that together, high-income countries should be able to give away at least 1 billion doses by September.

The World Health Organization has decided to add Syria to its board and other countries and international entities are also taking steps to recognize Bashar al-Assad's government. Where does that leave millions of Syrians who have suffered from Assad's brutalities? The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.

Peru holds a presidential election this Sunday, and voters will choose between two largely unpopular candidates: Pedro Castillo, a former schoolteacher with no experience in public office, and Keiko Fujimori, a former Congress member tied to corruption accusations. The World’s Jorge Valencia reports from Peru.

Kegs are full and beer is flowing once again at the Grimbergen Abbey in Belgium. The 900-year-old abbey had been producing beer up to the French Revolution, but in 1798, French troops ransacked the abbey and the beer-making stopped. It's now started up again with the help of priests and Marc-Antoine Sochon, a 28-year-old master brewer.

For many years, Hong Kong has been the only place on Chinese soil where large crowds could commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. Now, anyone holding a vigil there can be sent to prison for up to five years. Holding a candlelight remembrance is explicitly declared a "threat to public order"  — and another facet of Hong Kong's autonomy is being stripped away. The World's Patrick Winn sp...

Sri Lanka is facing what some are calling the worst human-made disaster in its maritime history. A container ship carrying oil, toxic chemicals and tons of plastic pellets sank off of the country's main port Wednesday. It caught fire two weeks ago and couldn't be towed to shore. Authorities are prepared in case oil starts seeping from the sunken vessel. Already, tons of plastic pellets are washing...

Israeli defense minister, Benny Gantz, is in Washington, DC, to request emergency military aid to shore up Israel's Iron Dome missile defense shield. This comes weeks following fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. For the Palestinian perspective on this, The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Yousef Munayyer, a fellow at the Arab Center in Washington, DC.

Israel is on the verge of a major political shake-up. A group of parties from across Israel's political spectrum announced on Wednesday that they had reached an agreement to form a new ruling coalition. If their agreement holds, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be on his way out from office. Host Marco Werman talks with Michael Koplow, he's the policy director with...

A herd of around a dozen wild elephants left a nature preserve in Yunnan province months ago and has been on the march for hundreds of miles. Now, they're approaching the city of Kunming, and authorities are trying to keep them out of populated areas so they can’t hurt anyone. Host Marco Werman has the story.

It’s been a month since anti-government protests began in Colombia, and more than 40 people have been killed in clashes with the police. Now protesters say that one of their main goals is to put an end to police violence, which has been a long-standing concern in Colombia. Manuel Rueda reports from the city of Cali, which has staged some of the most intense protests.

The number of people across the globe facing food insecurity doubled during the pandemic, and governments struggled to respond, even in wealthy nations like the US and UK. There was no way for activists to advocate for a better response, so now there's a push to recognize something enshrined in international law long ago, but rarely recognized in practice: the right to food. But, as The World's Ru...

Special envoys are not necessarily ambassadors, but they are diplomats. They don't need congressional approval but they do report to the State Department, the president, and in some cases they are crucial to US foreign policy. There's also lots of them, so why does the US have so many special envoys and representatives? Host Marco Werman speaks with Kurt Volker, a former special envoy for Ukraine...

Ever since Myanmar’s army seized power in a coup four months ago, the country has descended into terror. Police and troops are kicking in doors, arresting thousands of dissenters. They have also gunned down more than 800 civilians, many of them simply for speaking out against the coup. The World’s Patrick Winn reports many protesters are fed up with peace marches — and are ready to fight back. Mem...

A Victorian-era English dictionary of ancient Greek, widely used in the United Kingdom and the United States, has gotten a much-needed update for the first time in nearly two centuries. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports the new version of The Cambridge Greek Lexicon takes a fresh look at an ancient language, and does away with the “antiquated Victorian … prudery” that defined its predecessor...

A new report by a UN panel of experts on Libya notes that a Turkish-made drone may have autonomously “hunted down and … engaged” retreating soldiers in a battle in Libya last year. Zachary Kallenborn, with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, tells The World’s host Marco Werman this may mark the first known case of a drone picking its own target without a...