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A charity caring for lost and abandoned pets in Lebanon is struggling to stay on its feet amid the turmoil of an economic crisis and a global pandemic. The shelter has become even more over-burdened since the massive port blast in Beirut in August. Host Marco Werman speaks with Helena Husseini, who runs the BETA shelter in Beirut.

Two weeks ago, the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan ended a six-week war that has killed more than a hundred civilians and thousands of soldiers. The conflict was fought over lands in and around the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been under Armenian control since a previous war in the 1990s. Armenia was on the losing side this time. And, as part of a peace agre...

Argentine footballer Diego Maradona died Wednesday at the age of 60. Maradona is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time. The height of his career was 1986, when he led Argentina to the World Cup and scored two of the most memorable goals in soccer history... in the same game.

Sandra Nathan was one of the first US Peace Corps volunteers to arrive in South Korea in the mid-1960s. The 21-year-old taught English to eager high school students, navigating a post-war landscape of devastation and poverty. Earlier this month she received a, "Thank you for your service" gift from South Korea’s government. Nathan tells The World’s Marco Werman what was in her COVID-19 Survival Bo...

For many people in Molodova, poverty and corruption go hand-in-hand. Earlier this month, Europe’s poorest nation elected its first female president. And she won the vote pushing a single issue: tackling corruption. And as Kyle Vass reports, the president-elect secured her victory in part thanks to the Molodvan diaspora.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made a number of pronouncements justifying strict lockdown rules to "save Christmas." Now he's loosened emergency coronavirus restrictions to allow members of up to three households to gather so Brits can have some semblance of normalcy for the holiday season. This has made some people of other faiths feel a bit miffed. They say their religious holidays are...

Air travel in the US is at the highest rate it's been since March, as Americans head home for the Thanksgiving holiday. But in other parts of the world, strict lockdowns would prevent this kind of movement. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Lydia Emmanouilidou in Greece, where a lockdown is in place until at least early December.

Every year, the folks at Oxford University Press choose a word of the year that encapsulates the mood or ethos of the previous 12 months. But this year, they couldn't choose one. So they identified language trends instead. Marco Werman has more.

The pandemic has hit small businesses hard, especially those owned by and catering to marginalized groups like the LGBTQ community. But the business of queer nightlife was already suffering before 2020. Now, The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on the uncertain future faced by bars serving queer women, transgender women and non-binary people.

Today in Greece there are more than 120,000 asylum-seekers and recognized refugees. For this population, educational and work opportunities are limited. One nonprofit is trying to change that by equipping people with in-demand computer programming skills. The World's Lydia Emmanouilidou reports from Athens.

A University of Oxford study suggests that video gaming, contrary to popular belief, may actually have a positive impact on a person's wellbeing. But what's more interesting is the approach they took to get there — by studying video gaming in a more rigorous, data-driven way. Host Marco Werman speaks to Andrew Przybylski, the director of research at the Oxford Internet Institute.

Clashes between Ethiopia's federal government and rebels in the northern region of Tigray have continued for three weeks, with no end in sight. The conflict has displaced tens of thousands of people. The World's Halima Gikandi reports from Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa.

In a recent string of arrests, Egyptian authorities have targeted human rights activists in Cairo. The target this time is a human rights organization called the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, or EIPR. Gasser Abdel Razek, EIPR's executive director, was arrested last week and yesterday he appeared before a prosecutor for questioning in a closed court. Abdel Razek is one of 3 members of EI...

Former Secretary of State John Kerry has been named special presidential envoy for climate change by President-elect Joe Biden. The position will have a seat on the National Security Council, marking the first time a climate adviser has been a part of the Council. The World's environment correspondent Carolyn Beeler reports on the implications.

President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to be US Ambassador to the United Nations grew up in segregated Louisiana where the local KKK regularly burned crosses in people’s yards. She says her father couldn’t read or write. And she faced adversity as she climbed the ladder at the US foreign service. The World’s Marco Werman learns why from her colleague, Johnnie Carson, a former US ambassador to Kenya.

As President-elect Joe Biden announces his picks for the State Department's top positions, experts are making recommendations for how the department needs to change. As The World's Rupa Shenoy reports, many blame the Trump administration for the agency’s current status of profound crisis. But they say the problems are structural and began long before the current president took office.

Ethiopia has profited from Chinese investment, which is credited with restarting the African nation's economy. But an internal struggle between Ethiopia's central government and the opposition party that runs the northern region, Tigray, poses new challenges. Journalists Mary Kay Magistad and Tesfalem Waldyes reported from Ethiopia, and now update the story with host Marco Werman.

As Saudi Arabia hosted the G-20 summit over the weekend, families of imprisoned Saudi activists held their own countersummit. With the help of Pen America and a number of other organizations, they raised awareness about the kingdom's abysmal human rights record. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday and met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was visiting there. While details of the meeting weren’t made public, Saudi sources say Netanyahu and MBS talked about the possible normalization of relations and Iran. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Ariel Oseran in Jerusalem.

Esports professionals from around the world quarantined for weeks so they could compete, in person, in a stadium in Shanghai. Some 3 million Chinese fans applied for seats. The World's Rebecca Kanthor reports on China's obsession with esports.

The brutal killing of a Black man at the hands of white security guards in Brazil has sparked nationwide protests. But as Mike Fox reports, President Bolsonaro insists that his country is free of racism

President-elect Joe Biden is set to choose centrist Antony Blinken for the coveted secretary of state slot. Blinken served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser under President Barack Obama. Former CIA Director John Brennan talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the challenges Blinken faces.

The impact COVID-19 restrictions are having on the theater scene in London is discussed in this week's edition of the Economist Asks podcast. Sonia Friedman is a London theater producer behind West End hits such as “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and “The Book of Mormon.” She spoke to Anne McElvoy, host of the Economist Asks.

Earlier this month, a migrant child drowned off the coast of the Greek island of Samos after the boat he, his father, and other migrants were on capsized. Advocates are now raising questions about the way the Greek and EU authorities responded to the incident. The World's Lydia Emmanouilidou reports from Athens.

Mental health has become a growing concern in the pandemic, and researchers are gaining a deeper understanding of the magnitude around the globe. It's not good, but there are some glimmers of hope. Host Carol Hills speaks with The World’s Elana Gordon about the state of mental health, and how to better address it.