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Last year, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work ending the 20-year territorial stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea. This week, he ordered troops to respond to an alleged attack on a government military base in the country's Tigray Province. Hundreds have died and regional neighbors and the African Union are concerned that it could escalate into a ci...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has reportedly taken advantage of a controversial citizenship-by-investment program in the island nation of Cyprus. Host Marco Werman explains.

European Union regulators have filed antitrust charges against Amazon, accusing it of using independent sellers' data to gain an unfair advantage over smaller competitors. Tommaso Valletti, formerly the European Commission’s chief competition economist, discusses the lawsuit with The World’s Marco Werman.

President-elect Joe Biden has said that on day one in office, he would submit an immigration reform bill to Congress. The World's Monica Campbell tells host Marco Werman what Biden can do, what he promises to do, and what challenges he may face in reforming US immigration policy after four years of the Trump era.

There's been a lot of acrimony between the US and China this year. But last month, the sports world in China got some good news. China’s state TV decided to lift a year-long ban on NBA basketball games, just as the finals were being played. As The World's Rebecca Kanthor in Shanghai reports, the NBA had to mount a full-court charm offensive to lift the ban.

For 37 years, Alex Trebek was a fixture on American TV as the host of “Jeopardy.” But the Canadian-born Trebek, the standard-bearer of a show known for its intellectual rigor, all-facts-with-a-touch-of-fun approach, got his start in news at the CBC and on a number of Canadian TV shows. Trebek died Sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is a lifelong member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (or AKA) sorority, a Black sorority with chapters all over the world. For members of AKA, her ascension to the vice presidency is particularly exciting. Johannesburg AKA chapter president Ashley Whitfield speaks to Marco Werman about how she thinks Senator Harris will bring the values of the AKA sorority to the White...

A COVID-19 vaccine that is 90% effective? That is the hope from Pfizer today, in announcing its preliminary COVID-19 vaccine analysis. The data has yet to be published. Host Marco Werman speaks with Saad Omar, director of Yale's Institute for Global Health, about the development. Omar is also active in vaccine policies with the National Academy of Medicine and the World Health Organization.

With President-elect Joe Biden expected to assume office in January, many Palestinians hope to restore relations with the US. However, others remain skeptical that Biden’s election win would necessarily mark a strategic shift in American policy towards Ramallah. Host Marco Werman speaks with Hanan Ashrawi, a senior official of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The last four years of the Trump presidency have tested America's traditional alliances in Europe and forged other unconventional ones. Now, with President-elect Joe Biden poised to take office in January, European leaders are looking ahead. Host Marco Werman speaks to The World's correspondents in Europe, Orla Barry, in London, and Lydia Emmanouilidou, in Athens.

The Biden-Harris election victory is reverberating around the world. But there are a couple of places where the celebrations feel especially personal. Kamala Harris has familial ties to southern India, and people from Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris’ maternal grandfather, have been celebrating. In Ireland, in both Carlingford and Ballina, locals have been celebrating Biden's family ties t...

People who work on international climate policy are celebrating the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Their campaign pledged to put the US back in the Paris climate agreement and "rally the rest of the world to meet the threat of climate change," said their campaign. The Biden campaign also offered up a $2 trillion climate change plan — the most aggressive ever laid out by a major-party pre...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is refusing to acknowledge a winner in the US election, saying the Mexican constitution bars him from weighing in on foreign issues. The World’s Jorge Valencia reports on Mexican and Mexican Americans’ reactions to the election.

Nothing is surprising anymore in the Trump administration. Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump fired the head of the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, after Trump questioned his loyalty to the administration. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Leon Panetta, former defense secretary, director of the CIA and White House Chief of Staff.

The following tweet has gone viral since election night: “Dear America - Emotional Support Canadians are on standby. If you have not yet received your Emotional Support Canadian, one will be assigned to you shortly." The World's Sarah Birnbaum decided to give it a try.

Many remember election night in November 2016. For Trump supporters, it was an unexpected triumph — a time to celebrate. For others, a night of shock and despair. Thousands of Americans that night went online and searched, “How do I move to Canada?” Canada’s immigration website actually crashed. Some of those would-be immigrants actually followed through and moved up north. As Anita Elash reports...

The little country of Denmark – population less than 6 million – is the biggest producer of mink fur in the world. But Danish fur farmers are worried about going out of business forever. They’re facing a government order to cull 15 million minks in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. As Tom Carstensen reports from Copenhagen, health experts are not entirely convinced it’s necessary.

This Sunday, Myanmar will hold its second major election in modern times. And as The World's Patrick Winn reports, this election is a big deal for a country that was oppressed as a British colony — even before falling under the rule of its own oppressive generals.

With infections surging at record levels in the US and Europe, many nations are imposing new restrictions. The World’s Elana Gordon has been looking at the pro’s and cons of lockdowns and their purpose.  She speaks with host Marco Werman about how responses vary and what researchers around the globe are learning.

Over the last four years, writer Kim Ghattas has seen many parallels between the US and Lebanon, where she grew up: rising extremism, bigotry and increasing intolerance. Ghattas, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks to The World's Marco Werman from Beirut about the parallels between the US and the Middle East, and how to live with uncertainty.

In a press conference Thursday, President Donald Trump called the US election a “fraud.” He has declared victory in multiple states where votes are still being counted and in some cases where Biden has been confirmed the victor. In this moment of uncertainty and democratic tension, host Marco Werman talks with New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen. Gessen is also the author of "Surviving Autocracy,...

This week, LGBTQ candidates from coast to coast were elected to office in the US. That includes Sarah McBride, who won her state senate race in Delaware and became the first openly transgender US senator in history. But their victories aren't happening in isolation. Around the world, more queer and transgender politicians are getting elected to higher offices than ever before. The World's Bianca H...

Although the results of the US presidential election are not official yet, all indicators point to a victory for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. But the transfer of presidential power looks like it will be difficult. If President Donald Trump refuses to concede, what would it mean for the United States’ standing and how it conducts itself on the global stage? Nicholas Burns, a former US Under Secr...

The infectious earworm was released on YouTube by South Korean educational company Pinkfong in 2015. Now, it's been streamed over 7 billion times. Host Marco Werman explains.

The frequency and severity of climate-related disasters have skyrocketed in the last 20 years, and it will only get worse, says Mami Mizutori, the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. On this week’s look at climate solutions on The World's The Big Fix, Mizutori speaks to host Marco Werman about "disaster risk governance" and other ways that governments can better prepare for a climat...