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For decades, Roma women in the Czech Republic were sterilized against their will. And for years the Czech government did little to acknowledge it. That might be about to change. A new bill aimed at compensating the women is going through parliament in Prague. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports. 

Brownsville, Texas, is a popular entry point for migrants and its mayor is accustomed to seeing his city depicted as a place  “under siege.” Trey Mendez, mayor of Brownsville, Texas, talks with host Marco Werman about staying focused on assisting his community and the immigrants who transit through it.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has withdrawn the country from a treaty protecting women from gender-based violence. He cites the treaty's protections for LGBTQ people as a reason. Durrie Bouscaren reports that violence against women is rampant in Turkey, and activists are protesting the decision.

This past year, East Africa has seen the worst locust outbreaks in decades. A company called The Bug Picture is paying Kenyan farmers to collect locusts in their fields, which they grind up into protein-rich food for livestock. The World's Anna Kusmer reports on the idea of locust swarms as a seasonal crop.

As more unaccompanied migrant children seek entry to the United States, detention facilities along the US border are getting stretched beyond their limits. Host Marco Werman speaks with Neha Desai, a lawyer who interviewed children and teens held in a facility operated by Customs and Border Protection in Donna, Texas.

Under the Biden administration, the militaries of the United States and Vietnam are expected to cooperate even more closely. The US has already provided drones, radar equipment and warships —  all to build up Vietnam's navy and slow down China's domination of the South China Sea. The US will increasingly send its own warships and fighter jets into the sea but the US also seeks a local ally. As The...

Another city, another tragic shooting, this time in Boulder, Colorado — in a grocery store. The shooter killed 10 people, including Boulder police officer, Eric Talley. Host Marco Werman speaks with Gavin Buckley, the mayor of Annapolis, Maryland. Mayor Buckley was in office back in 2018, when a mass shooting happened in his city, at the office of the Capitol Gazette.

Scientists have uncovered preliminary findings that are changing the way they understand Ebola. During a recent outbreak in Guinea, the first since the devastating West Africa outbreak in 2016, researchers discovered that the virus strain was strikingly similar to the one circulating five years ago. The resulting hypothesis is that Ebola could remain latent or reemerge in a patient who was infecte...

A year ago last week, Brazil recorded its first death from COVID-19. Now, more than 2,000 people there are dying each day from the disease. Between a slow vaccine rollout and a highly contagious Amazon variant, there seems to be little light at the end of the tunnel. Reporter Michael Fox looks back at a year of the pandemic in Brazil.

There's been a lot of mixed news about the AstraZeneca vaccine over the past months. In some countries in Europe, the vaccine was put on pause, while other countries never stopped using it. Now, there is new data out: According to a clinical trial conducted in the US, AstraZeneca’s vaccine was found to be 79% effective. Host Marco Werman talks with Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Israel will hold on Tuesday its fourth national election in two years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed out of an agreement to rotate the position of prime minister. Host Marco Werman gets the latest from The World's Ariel Oseran in Tel Aviv. 

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday a new peace initiative to end the civil war in Yemen. The announcement comes weeks after the US announced it would no longer support Saudi Arabia's offensive operations in the war-torn country. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Abubakr al-Shamahi, a researcher on Yemen with the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, about this latest development. 

A new study finds that the regent honeyeater, an Australian songbird on the brink of extinction, is not getting a chance to learn the correct mating song. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports that the birds are adopting the songs of other species, perhaps exacerbating their population decline.

The past year has been especially rough for Central America. Countries there have been hit hard by the pandemic, hurricanes and, now, growing hunger. According to the World Food Program, nearly 8 million people in Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala are experiencing hunger this year, which is leading to more people migrating. The World's Marco Werman talks to Miguel Barreto, who's the r...

Migrants are continuing to arrive at the US border with Mexico in large numbers, with many more expected in the days ahead. The Biden administration is taking a lot of heat from many sides for not being adequately prepared. What exactly is happening, and how does this moment compare with other times when there’s been a sharp uptick in migration? The World’s immigration editor Monica Campbell repor...

A new book describes how environmental activists in El Salvador brought conservatives and progressives together to institute a nationwide ban on metal mining in 2017. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with attorney Luis Parada, who led El Salvador’s defense team in a mining lawsuit at the World Bank, and Robin Broad, a co-author of the book, "The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved A Country...

The Iron Dames are one of just three all-female teams in the world. Far from a marketing gimmick, they’ve already qualified for big-name races and hope to lead the way for future female pilots.

The International Criminal Court can investigate crimes against humans, but there is a push to make injury to the environment a high crime, too. The word for it:  Ecocide. That's what Jason Palmer and his team at the “Intelligence” podcast dive into this week.

This week, a group of Jesuits and the largest-known association of descendants of enslaved ancestors announced a first-of-its-kind agreement. They plan to raise a billion dollars to improve the lives of future descendants, and to fund a process of truth and reconciliation for the US. The World’s Rupa Shenoy has the backstory on how the agreement came about.

The AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine has been at the center of scientific and political turmoil this week. More than a dozen European countries suspended the shot following reports of blood clots. The WHO and Europe’s drug regulator has since declared the vaccine “safe and effective.” Host Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou in Greece, and The World’s Elana Gordon, who cove...

The United States is planning to send a total of 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico and Canada. Many countries have been asking for help from the US, which is sitting on stockpiles of AstraZeneca doses. The vaccine is not approved for use in the US. The announcement from the Biden administration marks the first time the US is exporting coronavirus vaccines. The World’s Latin Amer...

Today, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, gave a progress report on her investigation into systemic racism and violations of human rights law against people of African descent by law enforcement agencies. Host Marco Werman speaks with Judge Peter Herbert, chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, who is working on an independent report on police brutality against African...

A new study out in Nature says trawling — fishing that scrapes the bottom of the ocean —  causes as much carbon emissions as global aviation. Conserving a greater portion of the ocean is essential to solving the problem, according to the study. The World's Marco Werman speaks to Enric Sala, director of National Geographic’s Pristine Seas project.

Tanzania has a new president after Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on Friday. Hassan, the former vice president, took office following the death of John Magufuli. She will serve what’s left of the late president's 5-year term. The World’s Africa Correspondent Halima Gikandi has more.

The trial for Canadian businessman Michael Spavor is underway in China. Spavor and fellow Canadian Michael Kovrig have been in custody for more than two years on spying charges. Their arrests are widely seen as retribution for Canada’s detention of Meng Wanzhou, chief executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei. Her arrest by Canada was made at the request of the US. Spavor’s hearing in Dandong, China,...