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A sexual harassment case against one of China’s most popular TV hosts, Zhu Jun, began in Beijing this week. And while the lawsuit has not received a lot of attention by official media, Chinese social media has been buzzing with news about the case. The World's Rebecca Kanthor tells host Carol Hills about Zhou Xiaoxuan, the woman whose lawsuit is sparking a #MeToo moment in China.

The economic fallout from COVID-19 has driven an unprecedented increase in hunger — up 82% from a year ago, to an astounding 270 million people categorized as chronically hungry around the world. A whopping 70% of them are women and girls. And for them, hunger leads to other dangers, such as child marriages, transactional sex and human trafficking. As The World's Rupa Shenoy reports, local volunte...

Puerto Rican poet Miguel Algarín has died. Algarín, who moved to New York City with his family, was a Shakespeare scholar at Rutgers University for many years. From his apartment on the Lower East Side, he translated the rhythm of New York into stanzas and eventually co-founded the celebrated Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

In 2013, the government of Ghana announced plans for the country’s first coal-fired power plant. Environmental activist Chibeze Ezekiel went to work building a diverse grassroots coalition to stop the plant, and he won. He is now the recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work. On The World's weekly look at climate change solutions, host Marco Werman speaks to Ezekiel about his activ...

A bar owner in Rome has banned all talk of COVID-19, claiming the topic is too psychologically heavy. Instead, she wants patrons to discuss anything else. Host Marco Werman speaks with Cristina Mattioli, who owns Bar Feeling in Rome.

Australia usually exports 40% of its wine to China. But buyers in Chinese shops are now seeing a lot less of the good stuff from down under after the Chinese government announced steep tariffs on all Australian wine imports. The news is a major blow to Australia’s wine industry, and small wine producers are wondering how they'll survive. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has declared that the conflict in the northern Tigray region has come to an end. Abiy is calling for reconciliation and unity. But Ethiopia’s society remains as fractured as ever. On top of that, authorities are being accused of ethnic profiling as The World’s Halima Gikandi reports from Addis Ababa.

US Policy toward Iran will be one of the major issues that President-elect Joe Biden will face, and Iran’s nuclear program is already at the center of attention. Earlier this week, Iran’s Parliament passed a bill that would suspend UN inspections and boost uranium enrichment. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said that he was against Parliament's resolution. To explain these recent developments, Hos...

We are about to witness something that's never been done in history: the distribution of a vaccine to every corner of the globe to help end the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the best ways to prepare the public for the vaccine and reassure them that it is safe? Marco Werman speaks with Julie Leask, a social scientist specializing in vaccine hesitancy and a professor at The University of Sydney.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a vastly different approach to border security than President Donald Trump, including deprioritizing construction of a physical border wall along the US-Mexico border. His campaign said their policy will focus on “improving screening procedures” at legal ports of entry and “investing in new technology.” The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports on the mi...

Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai was refused bail on Thursday on a fraud charge and ordered to prison until April. Also in Hong Kong: The pro-democracy movement’s most visible activist Joshua Wong was also put in jail after pleading guilty to organizing an unauthorized protest, joining other well-known activists now behind bars. The crackdown has led many pro-democracy a...

Royal Dutch Shell is being sued to make it commit to reining in its carbon emissions 45% by the year 2030. In another case, six Portuguese teenagers filed the first-ever climate-related case at the European Court of Human Rights, charging that 33 European countries have not done enough to prevent the impacts of climate change from violating their citizens’ human rights. Marco Werman speaks with Jo...

There are 1 billion people around the world living with a disability, and COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted them. South Korea's first coronavirus deaths back in February took place in the psychiatric unit of a hospital. That revived a longstanding call in South Korea for people with disabilities to be moved out of institutions and placed in community care. Jason Strother reports from Seoul.

This week outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attacked Turkey during a virtual meeting of NATO foreign ministers. He accused the county of provoking NATO allies in the Mediterranean and of cozying up to Russia by purchasing a Russian anti-aircraft system. But what will the future of NATO, and Turkey's role within the alliance, look like under the Biden administration? Host Marco Werman talk...

The United Nations says it has reached an agreement with Ethiopia to access the northern region of Tigray. The region has been mostly cut off from the outside world. Fighting between Ethiopian government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front – the TPLF – began a month ago. And people with relatives inside Tigray are still trying to get in touch with their loved ones. The World’s Halima G...

Support for Canadian actor Elliot Page, star of “The Umbrella Academy” and “Juno,” poured in from around the world after he publicly came out as transgender yesterday. In a letter posted on social media, he wrote: “I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self.” The World's Bianca Hillier has more.

Vaccines on the horizon are bringing new hope, but testing people for infections will remain a critical part of controlling the coronavirus pandemic. Scientists have made a lot of important advances in testing in the past year. The World’s Elana Gordon has the latest.

Wealthy nations have pre-ordered millions of coronavirus vaccines to inoculate their entire populations as soon as possible. For poorer countries, the rollout may take many years. The World’s Marco Werman talks with the International Rescue Committee’s Dr. Michelle Gayer about how low-income countries might address disparities in vaccination access and distribution.

In just a few days, people in Britain will be receiving the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. On Wednesday, the United Kingdom became the first country to grant approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. It is the fastest-ever rollout of a vaccine from concept to reality to distribution. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry joins host Marco Werman from London.

The history of aviation is full of outlandish tales and colorful figures. California-based composer and conductor Christopher Tin pulls some of these strands together in a work called “To Shiver the Sky.”

In the past decade, at least five Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed. Some have been assassinated right in front of their wives and children. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports on the widows and mothers who have been speaking on Iranian television.

There’s relief today among fans of the megafamous South Korean boy band, BTS. The seven lads in the group could soon be allowed to postpone their mandatory military service and keep on cranking out hits. It's a nod to the belief that BTS is in service to South Korea by raising the nation’s prestige.

Last week, President-elect Joe Biden chose Alejandro Mayorkas as his nominee for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Mayorkas will be the first immigrant and first Latino to lead DHS. Host Marco Werman speaks with immigration attorney Leon Fresco, who was the deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Immigration Litigation during the Obama administration and wo...

All eyes are on Georgia, a state whose US Senate runoffs will determine what party will control that chamber. Ahead of Jan. 5, organizers in Georgia say their work to mobilize Latino voters isn't over. Many analysts point to Latino and African American voters as key to Joe Biden's Georgia win. The World's Marco Werman speaks to organizer Tania Unzueta with the group Mijente about what the organiza...

We don't know exactly where the new coronavirus came from. One theory is that it went from bats to another animal to people. The missing link could be the pangolin — the scaly anteater is popular among smugglers. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports from Bangkok, the dark trade could be a “time bomb” for the next pandemic.