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Joaquín Salvador Lavado, the creator of Latin America's most beloved comic strip, “Mafalda,” has died. “Mafalda” was often referred to as the Spanish version of “Peanuts.” “Mafalda” is not well-known in the English-speaking world, but almost every Spanish speaker knew the character and her creator, better known as Quino. Lucia Benevides reports from Barcelona.

The field of gene editing is complicated — and controversial. Host Marco Werman speaks with Sheila Jasanoff, a professor of science and technology studies at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Emmanuelle Charpentier of the Max Planck Institute in Berlin, and Jennifer Doudna of UC Berkeley, have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on CRISPR. What is CRISPR? The World's Sarah Birnbaum explains.

In the first case of its kind, two men, formally British citizens, have been charged in a US court for their involvement in the beheading of American and British journalists and aid workers in Syria. The men were flown to the US from Iraq, where they were being held in US military custody. The World’s Shirin Jaafari speaks with Marco Werman.

Climate change is on the minds of a lot of people around the world. Simón Mejía is one of them. The founder and leader of the Colombian trio Bomba Estéreo has been at work on a new solo project — “Monte.” It's an exploration of birdsong, nature and electronic music. The artist joins us from his home outside Bogotá, Colombia.

It’s been 24 years since Brits saw a new episode of the political satire show “Spitting Image," the UK’s award-winning comedy that features caricature puppets of politicians and celebrities. The show now has a new season, and the first episode offers one nonsensical idea of how New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern managed to tamp down the country's COVID-19 case count so well throughout the...

In many parts of the US and the world, schools remain closed and students are doing their classes online. Not so in Greece. Last month, the Greek government opened up all primary and secondary schools in the country, despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Now, students, parents, and teachers at hundreds of schools nationwide are protesting what they say are unsafe conditions in the classroom. The Wo...

Iran and the US almost went to war in January and seem to be far from a diplomatic resolution to their conflicts. Meanwhile, the policies of both governments are hurting everyday people. The World's Shirin Jaafari speaks with Iranians who say whoever ends up in the White House will be crucial to their lives and livelihood.

Wives and widows of ISIS fighters have turned to crowdfunding to raise money to buy their escape from detention camps in northern Syria. Vera Mironova, author of "From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists," tells host Marco Werman about the women, the camps, and the crowdfunding campaigns.

The Trump administration has made no secret of its opposition to Venezuela's government under President Nicolás Maduro. More than 5 million people have fled the country as it has descended into near economic and social collapse. But political observers, inside and out of the country, say US economic sanctions have done more harm than good.

Arizona — a battleground state — could help decide the presidency, and young Latino voters may make a difference. Voting begins in Arizona tomorrow. KJZZ's Michel Marizco profiles Adela Diaz, who is voting this week.

A number of people who attended the White House announcement of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee have since tested positive for COVID-19. But the administration has not been transparent about what contact tracing efforts, if any, it has made to investigate the event. Susie Welty, a global health expert at the University of California San Francisco, discusses how contact tracing works...

The scene of an infected President Donald Trump unmasking for the camera after his release from Walter Reed hospital raises big concerns about the role of leadership, and its impact on how people themselves behave. As the pandemic has turned more political and partisan, it has come at the expense of public health. The World’s Elana Gordon reports.

President Donald Trump’s top military advisers, including the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, have gone into quarantine. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta explains the repercussions to The World’s Marco Werman.

“[E]verything dry here,” Venice’s mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted on Saturday after the Italian city — prone to flooding — managed to stay dry after all 78 floodgates successfully barricaded the Venetian lagoon during high tide.

The news that Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 resonated throughout the world, including in China where the virus was first detected. On Saturday, state media reported that President Xi Jinping and his wife had sent their best wishes to Trump and the First Lady, but reaction elsewhere in China was more diverse in opinion. Host Marco Werman gets the latest from The World's China correspondent Rebec...

China's global Belt and Road Initiative is expanding into Latin America. Panama was the first country in the region to sign up. That's concerning for Washington, in part because the Panama Canal is still such a vital strategic waterway for the US economy. Veteran China reporter May Kay Magistad is the creator of the podcast, "On China's New Silk Road," a collaboration with the Global Reporting Cen...

Israel is the only country in the world experiencing a second nationwide lockdown. Alongside the financial fallout, the county is facing one of its biggest political crises in years: the government has restricted the right to protest, limiting protestors to one-kilometer from their homes. So activists have created a map to help Israelis find protest sites near them. The World’s Ariel Oseran report...

Belfast-born poet Derek Mahon, whose hopeful poem "Everything is Going to be Alright" gained new popularity during the pandemic, died at his home in Kinsale, Ireland last week. Host Marco Werman has the story.

China, Russia and other actors who don’t have America’s best interest in mind may seek to take advantage of the US in this precarious moment, when the commander-in-chief has been sidelined by the coronavirus. Author Garrett Graff talks with The World’s Marco Werman about what’s happening to US national security interests as pandemic worries distract government officials.

Nothing about the president’s coronavirus infection is normal, from the combination of experimental treatments he is receiving all at once, to the way the outbreak is unfolding in his inner circle. The list of those in his inner circle testing positive continues to grow. Many who specialize in infectious disease control say it’s setting a bad precedent for the world. Host Marco Werman speaks with...

The cancellation of marathons was a foregone conclusion of the pandemic. Still, the news was disappointing for those who had put in the training. That’s why thousands of runners around the world are looking forward to this weekend, as the 40th running of the London Marathon goes on with elite runners in England, and amateur athletes running virtually around the globe. The World’s Bianca Hillier ha...

The British fashion label Fred Perry announced last week that they stopped selling their black and yellow polo shirt in Canada and the US. The shirt has become part of the de facto uniform of the Proud Boys, white supremacist group whom Trump mentioned by name in the Sept. 29 presidential debate. But as Sarah Birnbaum reports, the shirt has been connected to white supremacy for decades.

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is announcing up to 9,000 job cuts in the next few years. The cuts are partly due to a restructuring process due to a crash in oil prices and trend towards renewable energy spurred by global coronavirus shutdowns. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Kathy Hipple, a financial analyst with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, about what the cut...

Filipino Americans are a big ethnic group in the US, and the biggest population of Filipinos outside the Philippines. A new survey says just 30 percent plan to vote for Trump. Despite that, The World's Rupa Shenoy tells us about Filipino groups who have planned car caravans in LA this weekend to show support for Trump.