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This week, the US topped 250,000 dead from COVID-19. More than 1.3 million people have died around the world. Who are some of the humans behind those numbers? Host Carol Hills has the story.

Australia has released a scathing report that finds that members of Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan. As The World's Rupa Shenoy reports that Afghans and human rights activists hope that the US and UK will follow suit and acknowledge war crimes by their own military members.

A fire swept through a nightclub in Bucharest in 2017 that killed 27 people. But a further 37 people, many with minor burns, subsequently died in the hospital. Filmmaker Alexander Nanau followed a small team of journalists who investigated the deaths. He tells The World's Marco Werman about the investigation in his new film, "Collective."

This month, we've seen major developments in the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine. There are more than a hundred vaccine trials happening across the world including, now, in Kenya. The World's Halima Gikandi has the story from Kilifi.

Once a vaccine for COVID-19 is approved, UNICEF is planning to do a massive airlift to get the vaccine to countries who need it, especially poorer ones. Host Carol Hills speaks with Glyn Hughes, the head of Global Cargo for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) about the role of planes in getting the vaccine distributed around the world.

The pet food company Tails.com has released what they're billing as the first Christmas song ever produced specifically for dogs. The World's Amanda McGowan has the story.

In the remote Russian village of Stankevichi, in Siberia, student Alexei Dudoladov has been forced to go to great lengths — or rather, great heights — to attend classes online. To attend zoom meetings for class, Dudoladov has had to climb a birch tree in his remote Siberian village. But now he's pushing back. The World's Daniel Ofman reports.

It's been a record-breaking year for storms with names in the Atlantic. Central America suffered a one-two punch with Hurricane Eta and Hurricane Iota this month. On this week's edition of The World's climate change solutions segment The Big Fix, host Marco Werman talks to Verónica Zambrano, the Honduras country director for the children's charity, Plan International, about what can be done to hel...

French politicians have been debating a change to the country’s global security legislation this week. If passed, it would be against the law to share a picture or video of a police officer with the intent to harm the officer. Violators would face up to a year in prison and a fine of more than $50,000. Critics argue press freedom is at risk. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Pauline Adès-Mével,...

There have been two suspected attacks by Islamist extremists in the past month in France. In the wake of those events, France is having a national debate about Islam. French President Emmanuel Macron has remained firm on the French principles of secularism and free speech. And, he's calling on Muslim leaders to help "reform" the religion, and adapt it to French values. He's also pushing a new prop...

The COP26 climate conference was scheduled to start this month in Glasgow, Scotland. Instead, youth climate activists from around the world have created a virtual event to create a list of demands for facing the climate crisis that they hope countries will adopt. Host Marco Werman has the story.

NASA and the European Space Agency on Saturday will launch a new satellite to measure sea levels more accurately than before. The World's Carolyn Beeler reports on the new capabilities brought by this first-of-its-kind EU/US partnership, and how satellite data helps us know what we know about our changing climate.

The Trump administration is planning to remove most if not all of its 700 soldiers in Somalia. The quick drawdown could be devastating for Somalia’s war-ravaged government. From Nairobi, Omar Mahmood of the International Crisis Group talks with The World’s Marco Werman about how the US troops have been training an elite Somali fighting force to keep the al-Qaeda linked group al-Shabab at bay.

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to reverse several of the Trump administration’s most divisive immigration policies, including travel bans against many people in more than a dozen Muslim-majority and other countries. It’s a change that has directly impacted families throughout the United States. KQED's Farida Jhabvala Romero spoke with an Iranian American doctor who has tried for years to br...

European countries whose economies have been battered by the coronavirus pandemic are impatiently waiting to get their hands on the recovery fund, sanctioned by the EU. But earlier this week, Hungary and Poland effectively vetoed that budget worth a total of $2.1 trillion. All 27 EU leaders met at a virtual EU summit on Thursday to try and resolve the crisis. The World's Europe correspondent Orla...

Two big questions have been on everyone’s mind since the start of this pandemic: Can we become immune to the coronavirus? And if so, how long will that immunity last? Now a new study offers some promising, if preliminary, answers to those questions. Host Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Sydney Ramirez, one of the study’s co-authors and an infectious disease doctor and researcher at the University of C...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to visit a winery in a West Bank settlement on Thursday. The trip would make Pompeo the first top American diplomat to visit a Jewish settlement. The winery named a vintage after Pompeo reversed decades-long US policy deeming Israeli settlements inconsistent with international law. But, how do Palestinians living in the area feel about the planned visi...

Musicians around the world haven't been able to perform in front of an audience since March. It's been quite an adjustment for someone like guitarist George Benson. Instead, he's just put out a new album called "Weekend in London (Live)." It was recorded at the legendary London jazz club, Ronnie Scott's, last year. Benson speaks to host Marco Werman about how he's adjusting to not being on the roa...

Here's an art history quiz you won't likely fail: Name a few Spanish painters or a few painters from Spain. Perhaps Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí come to mind. But what about female painters? If you're drawing a blank, there's an effort in Spain to change that by recognizing women painters who were peers of artists Picasso but don't get nearly the same attention. Reporter Lucía Benavides has mor...

Since the start of the pandemic, Sweden's relaxed approach to the coronavirus has made headlines around the world. But it has also been controversial. Sweden has not implemented or enforced major restrictions to the same degree of some of its European neighbors. Now, the country is seeing a second major surge in cases. Host Marco Werman talks with Lena Einhorn, a filmmaker and former virologist wh...

China is beefing up inspections of imported meat and seafood after traces of the COVID-19 virus were found on packages of frozen foods in recent months. Western experts generally downplay the problem. But as The World's Rebecca Kanthor in Shanghai tells host Marco Werman, China is taking the threat seriously and imposing new rules about disinfecting shipments from abroad.

A month after Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Mexico’s former defense minister, was arrested for alleged drug trafficking and corruption, a U-S district court judge allowed prosecutors to drop all charges. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Jorge Valencia in Mexico City.

Actors Ryan Reynolds of "Deadpool" and Rob McElhenney of "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" are poised to take over Welsh football club Wrexham AFC. Host Marco Werman has the story.

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller has announced a major troop withdrawal in Afghanistan and Iraq. He said in both countries, US forces will go down to 2,500. The world's Shirin Jaafari reports on how the news is being received.

US President Donald Trump has fired Chris Krebs, the head of the Cybersecurity and the Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the agency tasked with securing elections. Krebs and CISA had been commended for fending off threats by foreign and other actors during the 2020 cycle. But Krebs appears to have gotten on Trump’s bad side after aggressively refuting the President’s unsubstantiated claims of...