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This week marked 400 years since the Mayflower ship originally set sail for what would later become the United States. In Plymouth, England, on Wednesday, the US and the UK commemorated the event and launched a new vessel named after the original Mayflower. The new ship is an autonomous, solar-powered vessel that will take part in a research mission on climate change, pollution and conservation.

We’ve seen that no matter how tough things get this year, certain people are forced to choose between their health or a paycheck. The World’s Monica Campbell spoke with immigrant farmworkers about tough choices they face as wildfires tear through the West Coast.

The US Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey of 1,000 Americans between the ages of 18-39 found a lack of basic knowledge of the Holocaust. Host Marco Werman speaks with Gretchen Skidmore, a director at the Levine Insitute for Holocaust Education at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Officials across the world are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the US presidential race — and that may be especially true for Kim Jong-un. The North Korean leader has had an unusually close connection to President Donald Trump. But now there’s a chance that Kim could soon face a new American commander-in-chief. If Joe Biden becomes president, the regime in Pyongyang might have to adjust its stra...

A team of researchers is creating a high-tech model of Venice's island of San Giorgio Maggiore to better monitor sea-level rise, and to preserve the island in a digital form for the future. Host Marco Werman speaks to Adam Lowe, founder of the Factum Foundation For Digital Technology In Conservation, who is leading this project.

In her State of the Union speech at the European Commission in Brussels this week, Ursula von der Leyen announced she wanted to increase the climate targets for the block: cutting greenhouse gas emissions 55 percent by 2030, up from 40%. The World's environment correspondent, Carolyn Beeler, has the details for host Marco Werman.

The tension between the US and China is being felt rather personally by Chinese and American crossnational couples. Shanghai correspondent Rebecca Kanthor reports on how they're coping.

The Guardian quotes a confidential report from the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology: It has found enough uranium deposits in Saudi Arabia, near the site of NEOM, to fuel a reactor, and by extension, a bomb. Andrea Stricker from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies speaks on the topic.

Spain’s capital is experiencing one of Europe’s worst, second-wave COVID-19 outbreaks. Miguel Hernán is an epidemiologist at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Hernán tells The World’s Marco Werman why he thinks Madrid’s numbers now stand in sharp contrast to the data coming out of New York City.

The government of Barbados has announced that it will remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state and become a republic by next year. Host Marco Werman speaks to Kristina Hinds, a senior lecturer in political science at the University of the West Indies in Barbados.

We check in on the health of the airline industry as federal stimulus funds are set to run out at the end of the month. Marco Werman speaks to Josh Solera, a global industry consultant with the firm Egon Zehnder. 

According to India’s health ministry, the country has passed the 5 million mark for COVID-19 cases and the numbers are still rising rapidly. Most experts say that India will likely become the worst-hit country in the world within weeks. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with University of Michigan biostatistics professor Bhramar Mukherjee. She's been modeling India's COVID-19 outbreak since March.

When we think of the caste system, India immediately comes to mind. But author Isabel Wilkerson says understanding caste is a more accurate and useful way to explain the oppression of people of color in the United States, than looking at race and racism. Wilkerson tells The World's Carol Hills about how a  “shape-shifting, unspoken, race-based caste pyramid” maintains US hierarchies. 

In Colombia, 14 people were killed last week amid clashes between protesters and police. The deaths are consistent with the National Police of Colombia’s regular abuse of power and violence against innocent civilians, according to an upcoming study that found officers killed 649 people from 2017 to 2019, and reportedly engaged in 241 instances of sexual assault. The World’s Jorge Valencia reports...

The town of Asbestos, Quebec, is having a hard time luring foreign investors. But the proposal to change the town's name is encountering resistance. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

An 18-month investigation by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said faulty assumptions, a lack of transparency and insufficient oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration led to two Boeing 737 Max crashes that killed 346 in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019. Host Marco Werman speaks with Zipporah Kuria, whose father, Joseph Waithaka, was killed in the Ethiopian cras...

This summer has seen global protests for racial justice: from Minneapolis to Brazil, London to Japan. Tokyo saw its largest-ever march for Black lives in June, with over 3,000 people marching through the streets, chanting "Black Lives Matter" in both English and Japanese. But a backlash also formed. Some people say racism is an American issue — not a Japanese one. Many Black people living in the c...

Japan's Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzō Abe with his right-hand man. Suga will be tasked with steering the country through rough waters — navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, a sluggish economy and his predecessor's mission to restore some of Japan’s past glory. The World’s Patrick Winn helps break down what this means for Japan and...

During the pandemic, socializing outside with friends and family has been a valuable coping mechanism. But as the weather cools in many parts of the US, it may be time for Americans to embrace the Norwegian concept of friluftsliv , or spending time outside, even when it's cold out. Host Marco Werman speaks to Lasse Heimdal, leader of Friluftsliv, a coalition of outdoor organizations in Norway.

Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist, Alexei Navalny, is breathing again independently and is slowly recovering. Last month, Navalny was poisoned while in Russia, and later, German toxicology experts determined that a nerve agent called Novichok was used in an apparent attempt to kill the opposition leader. Navalny is still recovering in a hospital in Berlin, but he says he p...

It’s called the “rule of six.” From this week, only six people can socialize together, indoors in the UK. It's part of the British government's new measures to fight a second wave of the coronavirus. But will it work? The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry joins host Marco Werman from London.

Immigrant doctors are an important part of the US health care system, making up more than a quarter of the physician workforce in parts of the country. And while the pandemic has been difficult for many in health care, those with temporary visas are experiencing even more stress as COVID-19 threatens their livelihoods, their families and their future in the United States. The World's Elana Gordon...

A US appeals court terminated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants on Monday. José Palma, a Salvadoran TPS holder and head of the National TPS Alliance, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the impact on immigrant families.

Since Donald Trump took office as president, the image of the United States has suffered across many regions of the globe. Host Marco Werman speaks with Jacob Poushter at the Pew Research Center, whose survey shows that America’s reputation has declined further over the past year among many key allies and partners.

It's long been known that the ancient Phoenician civilization loved its wine, and was influential in spreading wine culture around the Mediterranean and beyond. Now, a wine press discovered in Lebanon is exciting proof that wine was a cornerstone of the Phoenician economy. The World's Jessica Yarmosky reports.