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As a medical historian, Mark Honigsbaum has grappled not only with the question of how pandemics start — but also how they end. Host Marco Werman speaks with Honigsbaum, a lecturer at City University of London and author of “The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris.”

Several leaders of Golden Dawn, a neo-Nazi group in Greece, have been sentenced to 13 years in jail. For years, the group's members committed violent crimes against migrants and activists. As The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports, many Greeks hope that this marks the end of a dark period in their country’s recent history.

Saudi Arabia is hosting this year’s G20 summit. It’s the event that brings together leaders from all over the globe to discuss economic, socioeconomic and development issues. And as The World's Shirin Jaafari tells host Marco Werman, activists are calling for a boycott of the summit because of what they call Saudi Arabia’s abysmal human rights record.

France's response to recent suspected terror attacks has drawn condemnation from parts of the Muslim world. As Rebecca Collard reports, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turks to boycott French goods.

A series of knife attacks on French citizens on Thursday at a church in Nice has prompted the government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level. Host Marco Werman gets the view from France with Rim-Sarah Alouane, a French legal scholar and commentator based in Toulouse.

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle, has been delighting children around the world for years. Now, Polish writer and illustrator Martyna Wiśniewska Michalak has given the classic a hilarious makeover for the COVID-19 era. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

The body’s immune system is immensely intricate. A new study released in the UK is causing a stir because of what it says about possible limits to our immunity to COVID-19. Dr. Alessandro Sette talks with The World’s Marco Werman about what the study’s results mean for the possibility of a strong coronavirus vaccine.

Gen Zers or “Zoomers” are a historically diverse group. They're also tech-savvy and prone to stress, sometimes depression. British Filipina singer Beabadoobee is a Zoomer and sings for her generation. Bea Kristi is her given name. She speaks to Marco Werman about her stage name and debut album, “Fake It Flowers.”

Three years ago, when the original #MeToo movement prompted women across the globe to come forward with tales of harassment and sexual abuse, Danish women were skeptical. Denmark has a reputation for gender equality with generous parental leave measures, cheap childcare and low pay disparities between males and females. But all that changed when a popular Danish TV host talked about her sexual har...

Despite mounting public pressure, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to offer free school meals for children in England during the Christmas holiday break. Rev. Steve Chalke, who runs the UK’s Oasis Community Learning, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about what Johnson’s decision means for disadvantaged youth.

Belarusian American political strategist, Vitali Shkliarov, has been released from Belarusian prison and has reportedly left the country. Shkliarov was imprisoned on trumped-up charges of allegedly organizing an illegal political rally against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Shkliarov's release was due in large part to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s call with Alexander Lukashenko, whe...

President Donald Trump has led a two-year-long trade war between the US and China, but China’s 1.4 billion customers remain an important market for many American companies. No matter who wins on Nov. 3, US companies are adapting to a political climate that’s likely to remain fraught. The World's Rebecca Kanthor reports from Shanghai.

The construction of a metro system in Bogotá, the biggest infrastructure project in Colombia’s history, begins this month under the direction of two Chinese corporations. The first phase of the railway is expected to stretch for about 17 miles and cost $3.9 billion. What does a project of this magnitude say about China’s growing presence in Latin America, and for US influence across the continent?...

On Wednesday, Tanzanians headed to the polls. But the internet and phone services across the country have been restricted by orders from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Host Marco Werman speaks with Berhan Taye, Africa policy manager with Access Now, in Nairobi.

Canada is seeing rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, which some public health experts believe can be traced back to family celebrations of Canadian Thanksgiving on Oct. 12. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Anita Elash from Toronto.

Russia has brokered two ceasefire deals and then the US gave it a try. But the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, between Azerbaijan and Armenia, continues. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced since the conflict flared up late last month. Andrew Connelly reports.

Just months after the earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, the country was devastated by an epidemic of cholera. A group of UN peacekeepers was later found to be the likely source of the infection. Host Marco Werman speaks with Beatrice Lindstrom, a human rights attorney who was in Haiti in 2010 and has been helping Haitians ever since to call the United Nations to account.

Authorities in Iran have ordered residents in the capital, Tehran, to wear masks in public, and they have extended closures of schools, mosques and businesses. But despite infections reaching new highs this week, many Iranians seem to be defying public restrictions. Host Marco Werman speaks with Sanam Vakil, a researcher on Iran at Chatham House, a London-based think tank.

Germany has been pretty successful containing the coronavirus and also getting students back into classrooms. But in southern Germany, two counties are going into lockdown because cases there are spiking again. With support from the Pulitzer Center, Ryan Delaney reports from Berlin.

Sacha Baron Cohen's iconic character Borat, the fictitious Kazakh journalist, has been at the center of many controversial moments. When the first “Borat” film came out in 2006, many in Kazakhstan hated it, and saw it as an embarrassment. Now, Kazakhstan has embraced Borat’s catchphrase, “Very nice,” and turned it into the country’s tourism slogan.

The Keystone XL pipeline project has been more than a decade in the making. The oil pipeline would run from Alberta, Canada, across the US border, straight through the middle of America and all the way to the Gulf Coast of Texas. From the start, the pipeline has been contentious. The Obama administration stopped the project in 2015. Then, two years later, President Donald Trump reinstated it. Now,...

Grab the tissues. After Paul Harvey's son offered him four random notes to play on the piano, the former music teacher got to work. Harvey, who has dementia, immediately wrote and performed a full piece, which then got the attention of the BBC Philharmonic orchestra. The fully orchestrated piece has now been released. The World's Marco Werman has the details.

The V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden conducted a review of political parties worldwide and found that over the last decades, the Republican Party has shifted dramatically toward illiberalism and away from upholding democratic norms. Host Marco Werman speaks to Anna Lührmann, V-Dem’s deputy director.  

For five days straight, thousands have taken to the streets in Poland to protest a court ruling on abortion. The country’s Constitutional Tribunal last week outlawed abortion in all but the most exceptional of circumstances. Poland already has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in Europe. The government says military police will be brought in this week to curb the demonstrations but proteste...

Despite unrest in Mali and a pandemic, members of the band Songhoy Blues are optimistic. They're optimistic about the next generation of young Malians — and that the world will pull through the coronavirus pandemic. It may be a strange time for Songhoy Blues to release an album called “Optimisme.” But for singer Aliou Touré, the timing couldn't be better.