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Students in a bilingual program at Winnipeg's Isaac Brock School won first prize in an Indigenous language competition for their Cree rendition of the Raffi song “Baby Beluga.” Host Carol Hills tells their story, with audio courtesy of Manitoba's CBC 89.3.

More than 20 world leaders came together on Tuesday in a joint call for a new global treaty to help the world collectively prepare for future pandemics. The call came in a commentary published in several newspapers around the world. Host Carol Hills speaks with Lawrence Gostin, director of Georgetown University’s O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and also an adviser to the WHO.

A top European Union official traveled to Greece this week to announce funding for several new refugee plans on Greek islands. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson visited Lesbos and Samos, where she was met with demonstrations by locals opposed to the plan. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports from Lesbos.

When it comes to the global production of the coronavirus vaccines, China, the US and India are at the top of that list. Notably, Russia doesn't even crack the top five, despite inking vaccine export deals with scores of countries across Africa, Latin America and Europe. Host Carol Hills talks with Judy Twigg, a global public health expert at Virginia Commonwealth University who specializes in Rus...

Four police officers in the Mexican tourist city of Tulum have been charged with femicide after an El Salvadoran woman was killed while in their custody. Video footage circulating online shows Victoria Esperanza Salazar pinned face down with an officer kneeling on her back. An autopsy has confirmed that Salazar died from a broken neck.

Chinese authorities announced on Tuesday a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system. The reforms permit Beijing and its handpicked local leaders to block candidates for office. Hong Kong Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei describes for The World’s Carol Hills the dwindling options for the island’s pro-democracy movement.

Zimbabwe's vaccine program began last month, but it has only administered 70,000 doses so far. Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare that the skepticism among front-line health care workers is especially about the Sinopharm vaccine from China.

A much-anticipated report was released on Tuesday outlining findings on the origins of the coronavirus outbreak. The report is from a joint international team of scientists that were part of a World Health Organization mission to China. Scientists can't say for certain how the coronavirus outbreak began but they did reach a preliminary possibility: The outbreak likely stemmed from an animal like a...

Russia's energy ministry says the Suez blockage highlights the importance of the development of its Northern Sea Route, an arctic alternative to ship goods from Asia to Europe. The World's Anna Kusmer reports, while Russia is working hard to develop the route, climate change is both helping and hurting.

The world’s most expensive traffic jam is finally easing up after the Ever Given ship was dislodged from the Suez Canal in Egypt. This is good news for the world's maritime industry, but it could still take days for the hundreds of ships waiting to enter the canal to continue their journeys. And while they wait, there are serious piracy and other security threats at sea. Host Carol Hills speaks wi...

For UK photographer and anthropologist Liz Hingley, the COVID-19 crisis brings home the need to rebuild our connection with the natural world. That's why she began a project to help nurses and doctors in London cope with pandemic-induced stress and anxiety by teaching them nature photography skills. Hingley talks with The World's Marco Werman.

Spain could become the first country in the world to have a four-day workweek. The Spanish government is planning a pilot project to span three years, which will allow companies to switch to a shorter workweek. Businesses in many countries have already changed to a four-day week. But this would be the first time a country tries out a reduced workweek nationwide. Not everyone is on board, though, a...

Amazon workers have long been unionized in France, Italy, Spain and Germany. Christy Hoffman has been watching how unions changed conditions for workers on the ground there. Hoffman speaks with The World’s Carol Hills about the rights and benefits European workers are fighting for to offset the grueling pace, and intense mental and physical stress of Amazon jobs.

London's outdoor swimming pools, known as lidos reopened on Monday. Reporter Leo Hornak went to the Park Road lido, one of the city's oldest, as residents reconnected with the water, and with each other, at a safe distance.

As COVID-19 cases rise across Europe, Italians are getting ready to spend their second Easter in lockdown. Francesca Berardi reports that the changing restrictions are still confusing, and residents are starting to talk about singing from their balconies again.

A much-anticipated report is expected this week, laying out the findings of a World Health Organization joint mission to China. The report says that animals were likely the source of the early outbreak. Critics say politics has tainted the effort — that the Chinese government limited access. Politics aside, understanding the origins of this pandemic is something that scientists like Dr. Arinjay Ba...

Dozens of people have been killed in a terrorist attack in the Cabo Delgado province of northern Mozambique. The resource-rich region has been suffering from a worsening violent insurgency of militants linked to ISIS. More than 670,00 people have been displaced by the conflict. The World’s Halima Gikandi reports.

Myanmar’s military celebrated Armed Forces Day with a display of tanks, missiles and marches to extol the army’s glory on March 27. Meanwhile, its troops were dispatched across the country to quell a civilian uprising that began after the Feb. 1 military coup. More than 100 unarmed citizens were shot dead, including young children.

Arctic lightning strikes tripled between 2010-2020 according to a study out Monday. This correlates suspiciously well with another trend: a rise in global temperature averages. The World's Anna Kusmer reports that scientists are still trying to understand the complex relationship between lightning and the changing climate.

COVID-19 vaccines are in high demand, and there aren’t enough of them. Some countries have yet to receive a single dose. In Canada, a company is testing out an unusual approach to expand the supply to places with less access. It wants to make a vaccine on its own, one that it didn’t develop. As The World’s Elana Gordon reports, this unusual move is adding to a fierce global debate about who contro...

Next up, the story of a classically trained Iranian composer, who had to choose between his passion for music, and the country he called home. It’s part of our series called “Movement,” which uses music and migration as a lens for understanding the world. As always, our guide is singer Meklit Hadero. And just as a warning, this story does include an account of violence.

A cargo ship the size of the Empire State Building is blocking traffic in the Suez Canal. It’s a nightmare for the global supply chain but a boon for social media users. The World’s Marco Werman shares some of his favorite Suez parodies from around the globe.

The US followed Saudi Arabia into a war with Yemen's Houthi rebels on March 26, 2015. On the sixth anniversary of the start of that war, Saudi Arabia has offered the Houthis a ceasefire deal. The Houthis have so far rejected the offer. The World's Stephen Snyder tells the backstory of the war in Yemen, and American security expert Bruce Riedel tells host Marco Werman what the end of the Yemen war...

In the week since American and Chinese officials had their frosty meetings in Alaska, tensions between China and North American and European nations have only escalated. Host Marco Werman speaks to The World's correspondent Rebecca Kanthor from Shanghai.

As the Biden administration grapples with the situation along the US border, they are also looking much farther south. White House officials say they want to address the reasons so many people are fleeing Central America. The highest percentage of migrants are currently coming from Honduras. The World’s Latin America correspondent Jorge Valencia has the latest.