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Britain's Prince Philip died today at the age of 99. He spent nearly seven decades as royal consort to Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch at the head of a vastly shrunken colonial empire. The World's Orla Barry in London looks at his life and complicated legacy.

At its spring session this week, the International Monetary Fund said the world is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than expected, but that recovery has been uneven. Many developing countries are facing a looming debt crisis, after 86 nations borrowed $110 billion in emergency funds from the IMF. So, as The World's Rupa Shenoy reports, IMF member countries agreed to take an extraordina...

COVID-19 cases are rising in India as its vaccination drive attempts to keep up. Mumbai journalist Chhavi Sachdev tells host Marco Werman about her own attempts to get a shot today at a mass vaccination site in Mumbai that had just a few hundred doses available for more than 5,000 people scheduled for a jab.

Cellist and singer-songwriter Dom la Nena was pregnant when she composed many of the tracks on her new album, “Tempo.” Host Carol Hills takes us out with the tune "Teu Coracao" or "Your Heart."

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah. On this day, Jewish communities worldwide mourn the 6 million Jews who died and honor the survivors. One survivor, Jack Rosenthal, reflects on what the day means for him, in a conversation with his granddaughter, The World’s Sarah Birnbaum.

The port city of Buenaventura in Colombia has seen a huge rise in violence, as rival criminal groups vie for power. Steven Grattan reports that residents are calling for a government intervention that isn't just a show of force.

The Biden administration announced yesterday that it would restore hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid to UNRWA, the aid agency that provides economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza. It is the strongest move yet to reverse President Trump’s policy on the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Host Carol Hills speaks with Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar...

New Zealand recently made headlines when its Parliament approved a bill that requires employers to offer three days of bereavement leave for people who miscarry. Other countries are fighting for similar legislation, and are hoping to build off of New Zealand’s momentum. But the dialogue around this issue continues worldwide — even in countries that already have legal protections. The World's Bianc...

Water is life, but it's also a matter of national security. In Egypt this week, the president said, "Don't touch a drop of Egypt's water, because all options are open." It’s being viewed as a not-so-veiled threat to Ethiopia. Why? Because of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project and fears the dam will divert waters from the Nile River to Egypt, but to Sudan as well. Host Marco Werman speaks...

Globally, building and construction are huge sources of pollution. Steel and concrete alone account for more than 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The hottest new eco-building material is something you’ve likely heard of: wood. Today on the Big Fix, The World's Anna Kusmer reports on the carbon benefits of "mass timber.”

Despite the pandemic and lockdowns slowing the world's economies, global greenhouse gases surged in 2020. Researcher Arlyn Andrews, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was part of the team that made the measurements. On The World today, she explains what they mean.

After almost four months of lockdown in England, shops and beer gardens are getting ready to reopen. From next Monday, pub goers will be able to enjoy a pint outside. But when pubs reopen fully in mid-May, the UK government is considering introducing a COVID-19 certificate scheme, which means customers would have to prove they had been vaccinated or be able to present a negative COVID-19 test resu...

More than 700 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered, but it’s very uneven. This week, Tedros Ghebreyesus, director of the World Health Organization, called it "a travesty" that those most at risk in some countries have yet to get a dose. At the same time, COVAX, the main initiative aimed at making access equitable, reached a milestone this week: nearly 40 million doses ha...

Rioters set fire to a hijacked bus and lobbed gasoline bombs at police in Belfast Wednesday. Others threw bricks and fireworks over a concrete wall that divides Protestant, British loyalist neighborhoods from Catholic, Irish nationalist parts of town. Tensions have been on the rise since Britain's exit from the European Union has upset Northern Ireland’s unsteady political balance. The World’s Car...

Today, regulators from the United Kingdom and the European Union tried to ease public worries about blood clots and the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine. But UK regulators also cautioned that healthy people 18 to 29 years old should get a different vaccine, where possible. Marco Werman has the details.

Greenland’s main opposition party, the Community of the People party (Inuit Ataqatigiit) celebrated last night, after they won a majority in a snap election. This result means that a controversial Australian-Chinese  rare metals mining project in the south of the territory will be cancelled. The World's Marco Werman shares the news.

Human rights advocates have been trying to get Western governments to boycott the winter games in Beijing for months. Now their campaign is getting support from an unexpected corner: American conservatives. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

A report commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron concludes that France’s role before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “monumental failure” that the country must acknowledge. The French president is taking steps to do just that. As of today, the French government archives from that period have been opened to the public. Marco Werman speaks with Paris-based reporter Rebecca Rosman about...

Since its launch in December 2020, the Calma Line has received about 1,300 calls from men in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Men can call the free hotline and speak with a psychologist about their feelings. It's an effort to dismantle machismo, an aggressive masculine pride that positions men as superior to women and oftentimes is linked to domestic violence. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

Two months after a military coup in Myanmar, troops have killed more than 500 civilians, often simply for demanding the army give power back to elected officials. As for ousted members of parliament, most are detained — but some are on the run. And they’re trying to uphold a parallel government. The World’s Patrick Winn reports that one man is emerging as the face of this parliament-in-hiding: Dr....

Professionals who work with refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos say they're witnessing a mental health crisis among asylum-seekers waiting out their applications in difficult conditions, and that the situation is worsening. The World's Lydia Emmanouilidou reports from Lesbos. And a warning: this story contains descriptions of sexual violence and self-harm.

For seven years now, Russia and Ukraine have been at war. In Moscow, Russian officials talk about a Ukrainian “civil war.” But that overlooks the fact that this conflict started when Russian troops invaded Ukraine, first the Crimean Peninsula, and then eastern Ukraine. In recent days, the fighting has once again escalated. Now, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy  is making a very public reque...

Since the arrival of its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines last month, Kenya has been rushing to vaccinate its front-line workers amid a deadly third wave. So far, the country has vaccinated a small fraction of Kenyans. Along with a global vaccine shortage, officials are encountering vaccine hesitancy among some, and barriers to vaccination for others. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from Nairob...

Nigerian musicians are having their moment this month. Two Nigerian artists, Burna Boy and Wizkid, won awards at the Grammys. And, the late artist Fela Kuti has been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Today, Fela Kuti's son and grandson are continuing his musical legacy of socially conscious music in a new album titled "Legacy+." The World's Halima Gikandi recently spoke with his gran...

For the past 20 years, scientists have been examining mysterious "spiders" on Mars. They're not actual arachnids, but rather dark blobs that branch into spider-like patterns in the Martian soil. It's unlike anything that takes place on Earth. But researchers in England have now found a way to recreate the environment — and the spider-like features. The World's Marco Werman has the details.