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Nearly a year after the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, travel remains an impossibility. But people around the world are finding a solution to their lockdowns and closed borders by tuning into different radio stations around the world. It's all made possible by Radio Garden. The World's Bianca Hillier has the story.

In recent days, Turkey has detained at least 718 people as part of an investigation into the PKK, a Kurdish militant group. The PKK blames Turkish airstrikes on their bases in northern Iraq for the deaths. And in the middle of it all is an already strained relationship between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Joe Biden. Marco Werman sorts out the issues with reporter Durrie Bou...

In his latest collection, "Fugitive Atlas," poet Khaled Mattawa grapples with the memory of the uprising and what came after. Host Marco Werman speaks to Khaled Mattawa, who is also a professor at the University of Michigan, from Ann Arbor, Michigan.

An investigation by Amnesty International reveals Lebanese security guards used French-made equipment unlawfully to suppress protests. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

Netflix's new “Lupin” series is taking off in France. The new show is inspired by the Arsene Lupin book series and brings together a diverse cast of French actors from various immigrant backgrounds, presenting French society in a different light. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Rim-Sarah Alouane, a French civil liberties lawyer in Toulouse, about what the new series means for France and how th...

Peter Gabriel has re-recorded his classic song “Biko” with virtual help from musicians around the globe to continue raising awareness about racism. The original 1980 protest song was written as a tribute to Steve Biko, a South African anti-apartheid activist who was murdered in police custody in 1977. The remake is also part of an effort to help raise money for organizations working on social just...

A new mural in Astoria, New York, honors an Egyptian American man who died last year in Egypt. As The World’s Rupa Shenoy reports, it's meant to remind people that the US should uphold human rights both domestically and internationally. Editor's note: A previous version of this audio story referred to a bodega instead of a deli and incorrectly stated that Moustafa Kassem's wife and children are in...

It’s been 10 years since the start of the Libyan revolution in 2011. After the fall of longtime Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s former rebel groups began to turn on each other, resulting in chaos and eventually civil war. But this week, Libya has a new interim government formed by opposing factions following a UN-backed effort to reunite the country. Host Marco Werman speaks with Emadeddi...

The United Kingdom on Wednesday approved the world's first coronavirus human challenge study, where volunteers will be exposed to the virus for research. In this case, adults between the ages of 18-30 will be exposed to the coronavirus in a controlled environment and researchers will track the volunteers to learn more about the virus. Host Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Andrew Catchpole, chief scien...

There were cheers and applause on Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the country's first coronavirus vaccines were administered. South Africa's national rollout began after a complicated and disappointing start. The country received over a million units of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the beginning of February. But then new research showed that the AstraZeneca shot has limited efficacy a...

For many Polish Americans, Fat Tuesday goes by another name, Paczki Day, for the rich, filled donuts traditionally eaten before the start of Lent. Host Marco Werman speaks with Erica Pietrzyk, owner of Pietrzyk Pierogi in Detroit.

Missiles hit the airport in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil last night. The attack killed a civilian contractor with the American-led military coalition and wounded six others, including a US service member. Author and analyst Wladimir Van Wilgenburg tells The World’s Marco Werman that he and other Erbil residents aren’t surprised an Iranian-backed militia has claimed responsibility for the attac...

Britain is now entering the seventh week of its strictest lockdown yet to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, with all restaurants, pubs and nonessential shops closed to the public by law. The good news is the rates of infection are beginning to fall. But far away from towns and cities, lockdown is having some strange side effects. Reporter Leo Hornak has been looking into an unexpected consequ...

France's cybersecurity agency says "several French entities" have been breached in a hacking campaign. They say the GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency, is behind the intrusions, and they date back to late 2017. Today, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denied the charges, calling them "absurd.” Host Marco Werman speaks with Gerome Billois, a cybersecurity expert with the IT consulting firm...

More than two weeks have passed since Myanmar’s military detained elected officials and seized total power in a coup. Now a resistance is in full swing. Most urban protesters just want their democracy back. But Myanmar’s ethnic minorities say this uprising must go much further, beyond restoring the status quo, to resist the army's colonization of Indigenous people. The World’s Patrick Winn reports...

Ten-year-old Jeremiah Carter of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has been working on a community project to neaten up some of his city's dog parks. Along with his father, David, he has been constructing wooden boxes to contain the sticks left behind by dogs and their owners. Host Marco Werman tells the story of Jeremiah's “stick libraries” that have become the talk of Saskatoon as dog owners learn to "tak...

Imagine an observatory like a global weather forecasting center except instead of hurricane monitoring, it would look out for viruses and the next pandemic threat. Jessica Metcalf is a disease ecologist at Princeton who wants to see this happen. Host Marco Werman speaks with her about how such an observatory would work. 

Record-low temperatures across the US Midwest and South have brought rolling blackouts affecting millions of Americans. On the other side of the Atlantic, people are out skating on Amsterdam's frozen canals. And a once-in-a-decade snowfall saw a snowman on the Acropolis and kids in snowball fights in the streets of Athens, Greece. The World’s Environment Editor Carolyn Beeler has the latest.

Many Europeans distrust their political systems and feel deep suspicion toward minorities. Those are among conclusions from a survey of some 12,000 people across Europe. Host Marco Werman gets details from Joe Mulhall, one of the editors of "State of Hate: Far Right Extremism in Europe," a report that was released today.

Politician Marine Le Pen is the face of the far-right in France. But, for the past few years, she's been trying to remake her image and recast her National Rally party away from its extremist roots. Le Pen plans to challenge President Emmanuel Macron in next year's presidential election and her first steps have already made an impact on French politics. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry...

Brazil has canceled its annual Carnival celebrations. No parades, floats or elaborate costumes. Instead, revelers have taken the festivities online, with people dressing in velvet, sequins and feathers, and bands performing concerts virtually. The World's Marco Werman has more.

A new report from The Associated Press and Atlantic Council shows that a number of foreign governments were behind the coronavirus disinformation campaigns specifically around the origins of the virus. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Jean le Roux, one of the main authors of the report and a member of the Digital Forensic Research Lab at the Atlantic Council.

The UK Supreme Court ruled on Friday that two Nigerian communities of more than 50,000 people can sue the Shell oil company and its Nigerian subsidiary in British courts. Nnimmo Bassey, an environmental justice advocate in Benin City, Nigeria, tells The World’s Marco Werman how local residents are pursuing compensation for oil spills and pollution that have devastated their once lush farmland and...

Like the three US presidents that came before him, Biden says he wants to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center that is symbolic of the US fight against terrorism. The World's Rupa Shenoy reports.

The Colombian government is set to receive its first shipment of vaccines on Monday, getting a shipment of 50,000 from Pfizer. Mexico is struggling to get vaccines into people's arms. But Chile has already vaccinated some 2 million people. The World’s Jorge Valencia reports on why low- and middle-income countries, such as Colombia, are only now beginning their vaccination process.