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One of the most worrying flash points for any US-China conflict is the island of Taiwan. Beijing says it’s a rogue province that must reunite with the mainland. The US says it’s determined to keep the democratic territory free. But how determined? The World’s Patrick Winn reports.

For nearly two weeks, tens of thousands of Indian farmers have marched to Delhi, setting up camps on the borders of the capital region. They’re protesting new laws that Prime Minister Narendra Modi says will reform agriculture and benefit farmers. But farmers believe that removing regulations on prices and subjecting them to the market will ruin them. The farmers have gotten support from as far an...

It’s “V-Day” in Britain. That’s V for vaccine — as the UK on Tuesday became the first Western nation to start vaccinating people against the coronavirus. The whole rollout of the immunization campaign is a massive logistical challenge, and it's being watched by countries all over the globe. The World’s Orla Barry reports from London.

At first glance, the photos in photographer Obinna Obioma's project "Anyi N'Aga" look like something out of a fashion magazine — glamorous models wearing beautiful clothes with towering fascinators on their heads. But look a little closer, and you'll see these clothes are made of plastic bags: specifically, a plaid, woven iconic in West Africa called "Ghana Must Go." Host Marco Werman speaks with...

Last year, more than 400,000 Chinese enrolled in US colleges and universities. But the pandemic forced nearly all of them to return to China last spring. Remote learning is hard enough for anyone. But for those living half a world away from their school right now, it's especially hard. The World’s Rebecca Kanthor reports from Shanghai.

China and Nepal have long debated the actual height of the world’s tallest mountain, which borders the two countries. Their tallies originally differed because Nepal counted the snow at the summit, whereas China stopped measuring at the rock’s peak. But today, they’ve put an end to the dispute. The World's Marco Werman shares the new height.

Rosa Brooks, co-founder of the Leadership Council for Women in National Security, is a fan of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin. But she argues that he isn’t the right person to head the Pentagon at this moment. Brooks tells The World’s Marco Werman why she thinks President-elect Biden should have nominated a civilian rather than Gen. Austin to head the Defense Department now.

If confirmed, Gen. Lloyd Austin will be the first Black man to lead the Pentagon. Over the course of his career, Austin served in some of the highest-ranking positions in the US military, including head of US Central Command, from 2013 to 2016, overseeing US operations across the Middle East. Host Marco Werman talks with James Stavridis, retired Navy admiral and former NATO supreme allied commande...

There's been much speculation on what comes next for Syria after nearly 10 years of conflict. The incoming Biden-Harris administration is tasked with finding a new course and overall policy for the United States in Syria. So, how will Biden's approach differ from his predecessors? The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Wa'el Alzayat, a former State Department official on the Syria desk and CEO of Mu...

Over the last few years, American diplomats stationed at different parts of the globe have reported mysterious symptoms — memory loss, head pain, blurred vision. It came to be known as "Havana Syndrome." In response, the State Department approached a team of scientists to investigate this phenomenon. Their report is now public. Host Marco Werman speaks to David Relman, a Stanford professor and the...

The world faces a critical moment in its effort to obtain an effective COVID-19 vaccine. And not just because one may soon be available in the US and the UK. As wealthier nations buy up the supply of vaccine frontrunners, the main global effort pushing for more equitable access, known as COVAX, is facing its hardest test yet. The World's Elana Gordon reports.

European countries including Britain, France and Germany are on track to ease their coronavirus lockdowns for the Christmas holidays. The countries’ leaders are willing to take this risk despite the possibility that lifting restrictions could cause COVID-19 cases to skyrocket. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with David Heymann, a professor of infectious disease at the London School of Hygiene and...

Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie broke the world record on Sunday for the half marathon by 29 seconds running a time of 57:32 in Valencia, Spain. That's fast. But, it was also a very fast race. Kandie was one of four men who broke the world-record time set by Geoffrey Kamworor in 2019.

The most recent round of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the long-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh was short but deadly. Now, a Russian-brokered peace deal means that some displaced persons will be able to return home. But as Andrew Connelly reports, many will not be going back.   

In a recent apology from Stuff media, editorial director Mark Stevens wrote that their “coverage of Māori issues over the past 160 years ranged from racist to blinkered.” He continued: “If we’ve been monocultural in our reporting – and we have – we haven’t been diverse. Therefore, we haven’t always been trustworthy.” The apology comes after an internal investigation during which about 20 Stuff jou...

In Russia, the Sputnik V vaccine was approved for mass vaccination and is being rolled out in clinics across Moscow. However, the vaccine is still going through trials and some experts in the West have their doubts about the vaccine because Russia has been opaque about its research. Host Marco Werman talks with Russian science reporter Irina Yakutenko. She's also the author of a new book about the...

Among the many promises made by President-elect Joe Biden, one focuses on reuniting migrant and asylum-seeking families separated at the US-Mexico border by the Trump administration. KQED’s Michelle Wiley reports for The World on why that task might be complicated.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s political alliance claimed a sweeping victory Monday in congressional elections boycotted by the most influential opposition politicians and widely criticized internationally as being fraudulent. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Jorge Valencia.

There's a music revival going on in Poland among populist, political leaders. “Disco Polo” combines folk melodies with drum machines and synthesizers. It was first created in rural parts of Poland in the late 1980s. Now, some Polish politicians are using this style of music to attract populist voters in rural areas. Maria Wilczek talks about this trend in a recent episode from our friends at Econo...

Venezuela’s most prominent political dissident recently escaped for Spain. The World’s Jorge Valencia speaks with Leopoldo Lopez ahead of Venezuela’s parliamentary elections to be held this weekend.

The great Uighur poet Abduqadir Jalaidin has been in a Chinese internment camp for years. His former student, American historian Joshua Freeman, hadn't heard from him, until recently, when a poem Jalaidin wrote inside the camps traveled by word of mouth to the outside world. Freeman speaks to The World's host Marco Werman about the power of Uighur poetry and the future of Uighur language and cultu...

The Trump administration is racing to complete its signature project: the border wall. President-elect Joe Biden pledges to immediately stop its construction. He will face pressure to do so from some longtime border residents. But not everyone agrees.  Arizona Public Media's Alisa Reznick has more.

It’s now less than 4 weeks before Britain’s relationship with the EU officially ends. Businesses across both sides of the channel are worried what it's all going to mean for them. One unexpected casualty could be chip shops in Ireland. They say if no deal is struck they may run out of the great Irish staple: potatoes! The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

Ukraine has a bumper crop of wild mushrooms this year, and locals say the mushrooms are helping them navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. But Ukrainians who work in mushroom tourism are hurting. Host Carol Hills speaks with Andriy Gnytka, who owns Green Ukraine, a company that plans mushroom foraging tours in Ukraine's Carpathian mountains.

The US, the UK, Australia, India, Ghana, Nigeria and the Philippines all seem to have different words and phrases to describe the pandemic. But as The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports, there are more similarities than differences.