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Ten thousand doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have arrived in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a. But as Human Rights Watch researcher Afrah Nasser tells host Marco Werman, many fear that the authorities there will not cooperate in the vaccine rollout. Since the pandemic began, the group that controls the capital, the Houthis have suppressed information about the coronavirus and dismissed it as an America...

Canada's history of residential homes for Indigenous children is under scrutiny after the discovery of the bodies of 215 children on the grounds of a school in British Columbia. Institutions including the Catholic Church are being questioned for their complicity in the mistreatment of Indigenous children. Reporter Emily Schwing hears the reaction of a former student at one of these homes, and a Ca...

The cyberattack that shut down JBS, the world's largest meat supplier, came within weeks of the Colonial Pipeline hack that disrupted fuel operations in the US and the attack on Ireland's health care system that cut off access to patients’ records. Are ransomware attacks the new normal? What can governments and the private sector around the world do to prevent them? Host Marco Werman speaks with J...

It can be hard to keep track of all the different coronavirus variants that have emerged. Technical names like B.1.351 and B.1.671.2 are a mouthful. Instead, shorthand like the "South African" and "Indian" variants have taken hold. Now, the World Health Organization wants the world to say goodbye to South Africa and hello to Beta. After months of deliberation, an expert panel has put forward a new...

In 2020, fieldwork for scientists around the world was canceled due to the pandemic. With travel restrictions lifted in the US and Europe, some scientists are returning to the field for the summer research season. But in the Arctic and Antarctic, where complex logistics and long planning periods are the norm, many field seasons are still disrupted. That means PhD students are writing their dissert...

Sweden might make you think of lush green Scandinavian forests, the supergroup ABBA, or maybe IKEA. But probably not gang violence and gun crime. A new report by Sweden's National Council for Crime Prevention paints a grim picture. In less than a decade, rates of gun violence in Sweden have gone from one of the lowest in Europe to one of the highest. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry fin...

Last month, Professor Arthur Staats, the inventor of the "time out" died at the age of 97. Staats was behind the time-out childhood disciplinary tool, which is still used around the world to discipline children and discourage unwanted behaviors. Host Marco Werman talks with professor Kate Ellis-Davies, a psychology lecturer at Swansea University in Wales. She studies the psychology of parenting an...

China's ruling Communist Party is now allowing couples to have three children, up from two. Monday’s announcement caused a huge reaction in China. But as The World's Rebecca Kanthor reports from Shanghai, it’s not the reaction you'd expect.

The papers and personal items of groundbreaking theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking will be housed at the Cambridge University library and London’s Science Museum. The papers, as well as reflecting Hawking's scientific work, also include more unusual items such as TV scripts from his appearances on “The Simpsons” and “Star Trek.” Host Carol Hills speaks to Dr. Jessica Gardner, librarian at the U...

This week, NASA's Curiosity Rover snapped photos of clouds on Mars that were shimmering and iridescent. To discuss this recent wonder, The World's Marco Werman speaks to Ashwin Vasavada, lead scientist of the Curiosity Mars Rover Mission at NASA.

Yemeni fishermen struck gold recently when they discovered ambergris — or whale vomit — in a whale corpse. The fishermen sold the rare and valuable substance for $1.5 million and are reportedly sharing the spoils with their village. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Christopher Kemp, an ambergris expert, to better understand what exactly the substance is.

President Joe Biden's proposed Pentagon budget for the fiscal year 2022 may offer clues about his administration's military priorities. Host Marco Werman speaks with Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution about the $715 billion list and what it contains.

Top-ranking tennis player Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open after controversy following her refusal to speak to the media after matches. The 23-year-old initially said she would opt out of press conferences to protect her mental health. Some in the sports world are saying Osaka's decision is sparking a long-overdue conversation that could be a game changer for how mental health is tre...

The latest in our series, Movement, about music and migration, features an in-depth conversation with the rapper and producer Sammus. Host Meklit Hadero talks to Sammus about how video-game culture and Afrofuturism are vital themes in her work.

Cuban dissident performance artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has been named a prisoner of conscience. Cuban authorities forcibly removed him from his home in early May, and he is reportedly being held at a Havana hospital. Coco Fusco, a Cuban-American artist, tells Carol Hills about the artist and the challenge his San Isidro Movement poses to the Cuban government.

The San Francisco Bay Area has some of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the US. But not all neighborhoods are equally protected, especially immigrant communities. KQED’s Farida Jhabvala Romero visited Alameda County, home to parts of the Bay Area that have been hardest hit by the virus, to find out how health workers there are trying to get more people vaccinated.

Anti-government protests in Colombia passed their one-month mark this weekend. While the government has said they are attempting to negotiate with protesters, videos continue to emerge on social media showing police officers attacking protesters in some cities that are predominantly Afro-Colombian. The World's Jorge Valencia has the story.

China's ruling Communist Party will now allow families to have up to three children. Previously, only two kids were allowed per family. China's population is aging rapidly, and the birth rate is declining. Host Carol Hills has the story.

The civil war in Syria has been raging for a decade now with no end in sight. But as President Bashar al-Assad consolidates his control over most of the country, there is one rebel leader in the strongest position to defy him. Abu Mohammad al-Jolani is also, however, according to most of the Western world, a terrorist. Martin Smith is the first American journalist to sit down and interview Jolani....

Israel's two-year-long political struggle to form a lasting government could reach a conclusion this week, that would see long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu replaced by Naftali Bennett, leader of the small hardline Yamina party. The World's Ariel Oseran has the latest from Tel Aviv.

Latin Americans now make up about a third of all COVID-19 deaths, globally, even though the region accounts for just 8% of the world’s population. Countries like Brazil and Uruguay continue to hit grave milestones. What’s behind all this? The World’s Elana Gordon reports.

More than 460,000 people have now died from COVID-19 in Brazil. This weekend, tens of thousands of Brazilians marched against President Bolsonaro's poor response to the crisis. Michael Fox reports from southern Brazil on whether the country could be at a tipping point.

For fans in China of the television sitcom “Friends,” the much-hyped reunion special was missing several high profile guest stars. Appearances from Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and the K-Pop band BTS, along with LGBTQ references, were all removed from the special. It was unclear whether it was a Chinese government censorship directive, or if the streaming platforms made the cuts on their own, but many...

This month, Kenya launched its first-ever national wildlife census, an ambitious plan to count more than 1,000 wildlife species across the country. Kenya's diverse wildlife has made it a top tourism destination. Officials and researchers hope the data collected from the census will help the tourism industry, as well as conservation efforts. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from Kenya's Rift Vall...

People in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are ending the week the way they began it — under the threat of a volcanic eruption from one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes. We hear details from Olivia Acland who lives in Goma, and writes about central Africa for The Economist.