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Thousands of Belarussians took to the streets today, as an opposition-led strike came into effect today. Their ultimatum for veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko: Resign by midnight Sunday or face a national strike, but he didn’t. Host Carol Hills speaks with Alla Pigalskaya, a small business owner in Minsk, who is striking today.

China's Belt and Road Initiative is transforming countries across the globe with new transportation infrastructure, mining and factories. But physical investment is only part of the story. Mary Kay Magistad reports on the digital power play China is making. This story comes from the Global Reporting Centre project, "On China's New Silk Road."

France recalled its ambassador to Turkey over the weekend. It's the latest move in a growing rift between the two nations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is blasting Western Europe over what he calls “rising Islamophobia,” and he's now joining regional calls for a boycott of French products. Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul.

Chileans voted Sunday to scrap the country’s Pinochet-era constitution. Claudia Heiss, a professor at the University of Chile's Institute of Public Affairs, talks with The World’s host Carol Hills about how a grassroots constitutional reform effort in Chile aims to strengthen its democracy.

Brazil seems to be slowly getting a handle on the coronavirus, with a decreasing number of infections and deaths. But COVID-19 has not been the country's only health challenge. During the first six months of the year, more than a million Brazilians contracted diseases like dengue, malaria and Zika virus. Children with Zika have been especially hard hit. Michael Fox has the story from Brazil.

After setting aside decades of animosity, Sudan and Israel are on the brink of normalizing relations. The announcement came from the White House on Friday, with US President Trump presenting it as a foreign policy win for his administration. If the plan goes through, Sudan would become the third Arab nation to repair relations with Israel during the Trump administration. The UAE and Bahrain both o...

Halloween has been celebrated in the US for well over a century now — but in places like Spain, it’s only recently arrived. The holiday’s popularity has grown over the last couple of decades thanks in large part to American cinema and television. But in Spain’s northeast region of Catalonia, Halloween is starting to threaten more traditional holidays celebrated around All Saint’s Day.

This may sound like a philosophical question, but it's not: When is a burger not a burger? And when is a sausage not a sausage? These were practical questions facing the European Parliament on Friday in a session on whether plant-based alternatives can use names typically associated with meat.

For most of her life, Heba Iskandarani, a Palestinian refugee who grew up in Dubai, searched for a pathway to citizenship — in any country. Surprisingly, her research of her family tree led to the discovery that she is of Sephardic Jewish origin. That allowed her to request — and obtain — Spanish citizenship. The World's Ariel Oseran reports.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia on Friday. It's the latest attempt to find a solution to nearly a month of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region within Azerbaijan which is controlled by ethnic Armenians. Hundreds have been killed in the clashes, and global powers’ attempts to negotiate an end to the violence have so far failed. Marco...

Members of the Muslim minority are not only facing oppression in China; their fears extend to many parts of the globe. Our friends at Economist Radio recently aired a program about the displacement and persecution of Uighurs. The stories were heard on The Intelligence podcast. Jason Palmer is the program's host.

Early voting records are being broken all over the US. One of those early ballots came yesterday from space. Astronaut Kate Rubins on the International Space Station cast hers via secure electronic email to Harris County Texas, home of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Host Marco Werman explains.

The World's foreign correspondents discuss global reactions and foreign media coverage of Thursday’s debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. In our Friday reporters' roundtable, foreign correspondents Orla Barry, Lydia Emmanouilidou, Halima Gikandi and Jorge Valencia join host Marco Werman to discuss what they're seeing in the buildup to the Nov. 3 US election.

Dr. Arup Senapati, an ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon at Silchar Medical College in northeastern India, dances for COVID-19 patients to make them feel happy. A video of him dancing to the party track “Ghungroo” is even winning praise from Bollywood.

Germany has been one of the most successful countries in transitioning to renewable energy — nearly half of its energy comes from renewable sources. However, getting off coal has been one of the most challenging aspects of Germany’s energy transition. For The World's weekly look at climate change solutions, The Big Fix, host Marco Werman speaks to InsideClimate News reporter Dan Gearino about Germ...

A new exhibition at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, highlights issues around art authentication — by showing fakes side-by-side with the original paintings. Host Marco Werman speaks to Rita Kersting, the museum's deputy director and curator of the exhibition.

Vietnamese Americans traditionally vote Republican. They also tend to be anti-Communist and deeply suspicious of China. Many are part of the first generation that arrived in the US after the trauma of losing their homeland, South Vietnam, to the Communist North in 1975. But many of the children of that first generation are moving away from their parents' politics and are more liberal. Marco Werman...

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund has doled out billions of dollars to keep countries afloat, with few restrictions on that money. But now, those countries say the IMF wants them to impose austerity measures that would devastate struggling economies and dramatically exacerbate inequalities.

Five years ago, Randy Arozarena left Cuba and traveled to Mexico by boat to build a better future for his family. Now, he's breaking MLB records as a Tampa Bay Ray. Host Marco Werman speaks to Guillermo Armenta, who first scouted Arozarena in Mexico.

Hindus in India are getting ready to celebrate Durga Puja next week. It's the festival of the mother goddess, Durga. Usually, in a city like Kolkata, it's a weeklong holiday with big crowds, gatherings at temples, and outdoor celebrations. But the pandemic will make everything different this year, starting with the religious significance of this year's festival. Sandip Roy reports.

A new Trump administration policy announced on Wednesday makes it possible for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to quickly deport certain undocumented immigrants without a court hearing. The policy applies nationwide. Before, authorities were only allowed to use expedited removal on immigrants apprehended within 100 miles of an international border who failed to demonstrate they...

Thousands of people in Nigeria continue to demonstrate across the country following a violent crackdown by security forces. The #EndSARS protests have also spilled out of Nigeria, as members of the diaspora react to police brutality. The World's Halima Gikandi reports.

In a press conference Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that Iran was behind a campaign of sending threatening, faked emails to voters. The intelligence community has been saying for months that Russia, Iran and other actors are trying to influence the US election. Host Marco Werman speaks with John Scott-Railton, a senior resea...

COVID-19 continues to highlight relentless disparities in health care. A new audio documentary explores how entrenched these problems are for people of color, in particular, for transplant patients. Host Marco Werman speaks with reporter Ibby Caputo about her documentary, “A Perfect Match.”

The US is the largest funder of global health and family planning programs. When President Trump took office, he reinstated and then expanded the Mexico City policy or what critics call the global gag rule, which prohibits groups that receive US funding from engaging in any abortion-related services or education. Democratic contender Joe Biden has said he would reverse the policy. The World's Elan...