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The border between neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan is seeing a rising amount of violence the past few months. Bombings, cross-border shooting and killings have become common as Pakistan's government is losing patience with the Taliban government next door. Pakistan played a significant role in the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan but so far has yet to see any significant benefit. H...

Fifty years ago, the pop superstars ABBA donated all proceeds from the song "Chiquitita" to UNICEF. The song is still making money, and that money is now being spent exclusively in Guatemala where it's funding health workers who work in rural areas with children on sexual health issues. Jamie Fullerton reports from the central highlands of Guatemala.

A public works project to build a dam to protect the Klabava River was delayed for seven years. Then, beavers stepped in. The World's Carolyn Beeler explains the story.

Around 50 parties will be competing for votes in Germany’s parliamentary elections, from the big-name Social Democrats and Christian Democrats to the tiny Gray Panthers, Humanists and Pirates to the controversial far-right AfD. How to choose? For decades, the Wahl-o-Mat (“Vote-o-Mat”) has helped Germans find their way through a crowded political field. Valerie Hamilton reports from Munich.

Dust off your old science textbook from grade school and you'll probably find a familiar illustration of the Earth sliced in half, revealing the planet's layers, from the crust down to the core — perfectly circular concentric rings. But a study published yesterday in the journal Geoscience Nature suggests that the Earth's core may be changing shape. Host Marco Werman speaks with geophysicist Jessi...

Lebanon has a new government for the first time in more than two years, but the US has warned the country that it would consider any presence of Hezbollah in the new Cabinet as a red line. Hezbollah, which has political and military branches, has been fighting a war with Israel in support of Hamas. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports on where the group stands in Lebanon today.

The global nongovernmental organization Transparency International has just released its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Its findings are sobering: 47 countries out of the 180 it surveyed had their lowest score last year since 2012. What's more, there's increasing concern that corruption is adversely affecting efforts to combat climate change. Host Marco Werman speaks with Scott Greytak,...

In January, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan named 2025 as the "Year of the Family," unveiling financial incentives for new parents and urging couples to have at least three children. Over the past two decades, Turkey's fertility rate has slid from 2.6 to 1.5 births per woman, a record low that has politicians concerned about an aging workforce. The World's Durrie Bouscaren and local produce...

China recorded a more than 20% drop in marriage registrations in 2024. The steep decline comes despite enticements and admonishments from Chinese authorities who warn that China’s falling birthrate poses big challenges to the country's economic and social stability. Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women”, speaks with The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler about what’s driving the trend.

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The movie “Emilia Pérez” has received 13 Oscar nominations — a record for a non-English movie. But two weeks ahead of the Academy Awards ceremony, the film is mired in controversy over offensive tweets by best actress nominee Karla Sofia Gaston. The World's Tibisay Zea reports that, in Mexico, people are abandoning the movie for many other reasons.

Physicists from Spain and France say they've detected a predictable pattern for the first time in large, dense crowds: oscillating or swirling groups of people that, if left to grow too large, can create dangerous conditions. The researchers used special cameras and software to detect the pattern, as The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

A rare bloom of a corpse flower — with a pungent odor similar to decaying flesh — has attracted big crowds to a botanical garden in the Australian capital Canberra, the third such extraordinary flowering in the nation in as many months. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler discuss the phenomena of corpse flower blooms, which occur for only a few days every seven to 10 years in the wild.

US President Donald Trump met with Jordan's King Abdullah II in a closed-door meeting at the White House today. The meeting comes as Trump's plan to forcibly remove Palestinians in Gaza to Jordan and Egypt was met with condemnation and backlash from the region and beyond. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist based in Amman, about how Jordan has been a strong ally...

Yaroslav Simkiv has played the trumpet for over 50 years and is a recognizable figure in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Several times a day, he plays his instrument from the towering mayoral building in Lviv’s main square to announce the time of day. But these days, Simkiv has taken on a more serious role — bidding a musical farewell to Ukraine's fallen soldiers. From Lviv, Emily Johnson repo...

In Senegal, streets named after French colonial figures are being changed to names of prominent people from Senegal. The move comes as the West African country is rethinking its ties with France and addressing the memory of more than 300 years of French colonial rule. The World's Host Marco Werman spoke to Azil Momar Lô, a Senegalese journalist with Africacheck.org.

World leaders, scientists and tech executives are convening in Paris to discuss the groundbreaking impact of artificial intelligence. EU nations and India are playing “catch-up” with the US and China, as the race heats up and concerns about AI safety and sustainability take a back seat. From the summit floor, Nick Reiners, a senior geo-technology analyst at Eurasia Group discusses the implications...

When MC Soffia performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, she was 12 years old — and already five years into her hip-hop career. Now at the age of 20, the Brazilian rapper just completed her first US tour and is about to release a new album. Gisele Regatão reports from Sao Paulo on how MC Soffia is trying to empower Black women, starting with her own family.

A 700-year-old fresco discovered on the wall of a convent church in northern Italy suggests that luxurious Islamic tents were used to cover altars in medieval European churches. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports.

In Japan, the Indigenous community known as the Ainu has been struggling to assert a 21st century identity after decades of erasure. About 20 years ago, the government officially recognized them as Indigenous for the first time. That inspired members of the small community to take up old practices that they once had to abandon under assimilation laws. But not everyone has the same vision of how to...

Ecuador held the first round of its presidential election on Sunday. Out of a field of 16 candidates, two emerged as favorites: incumbent president Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa Gonzales. The two previously faced each other in a snap election in 2023, which Noboa won. Host Marco Werman has more.

There are millions of sloths in Costa Rica. But with high levels of deforestation over the past few decades and increasing contact with humans, the population is taking a hit. While no official stats about the sloth population exist in the country, many believe huge numbers are killed on roadways. As Jamie Fullerton reports from Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, conservationists are building "sloth br...

Israeli police arrested two Palestinian bookstore owners in occupied East Jerusalem over the weekend. This followed a raid on two branches of the Educational Bookshop owned by Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna. Their supporters — Arabs and Jews — rallied in front of a Jerusalem court today. Host Marco Werman speaks with author and journalist Nathan Thrall,  who won the Pulitzer Prize  for his book "A Day In...

The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania no longer get their energy from Russia. The Soviet-era power lines were shut off over the weekend, with the three countries having merged their energy grid with European networks. The move comes in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which further soured already tenuous relations with the Baltics. Host Marco Werman has the story.

Voters in Ecuador will head to the polls for general elections this weekend. The next president will face the enormous task of dismantling well-funded and powerful organized crime groups in the country as well as restoring trust in government and fixing an economy in crisis. The World's Tibisay Zea reports.