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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that started the yearlong process to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement. Climate change is a key issue at the Davos World Economic Forum. From Davos, Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research tells The World’s Carolyn Beeler that although the Paris pact is unlikely to col...

The glue was used during an earlier, botched restoration attempt and had left the ceiling of Valencia's Saints Johns Church pitted with dark spots. A mother and daughter team — the mom is an art restorer, and the daughter is a microbiologist — are getting the glue off and restoring an iconic ceiling nearly lost to fire some 90 years ago. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Valencia, Spain.

The Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have taken control of a key town in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Residents in the provincial capital, Goma, fear their food and supplies will be cut off. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports the rebels' proximity to Goma threatens the army's control over the city.

From afar, the artwork looks like a classic Ottoman miniature. Get close, and scenes pulled from popular movies, internet memes and pop culture come alive. The World's Durrie Bouscaren meets 34-year-old artist Murat Palta, who has made a splash in the Turkish art world by imagining how a 16th-century Ottoman miniaturist would depict the world today. 

The worst violence in recent years in Colombia is forcing thousands to flee to a small city on the border with Venezuela. The fighting is between two rebel groups, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC and has taken more than 80 lives. Carolyn Beeler finds out what's behind the violence and how the government of President Gustavo Petro is respond...

Israel's military is conducting raids in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The army is seeking to flush out armed Palestinian factions in the area. This comes as some 90 Palestinians prisoners were released from Israeli prisons following a ceasefire deal in Gaza with Hamas. Host Marco Werman speaks with Fatima Abdul Karim, a Palestinian journalist based in Ramallah.

About 270,000 migrants waiting in Mexico suddenly lost their ability to enter the US. That’s after the Trump administration suspended an app called CBP One just minutes after being sworn in. The app allowed nearly 1 million people to enter the US legally and seek asylum. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports from Mexico City on what’s next for migrants.

In Tromsø, Norway, it's traditional to eat solboller or "sun buns'"when the sun returns after the long polar night. January 21 is the traditional day of celebration known as Sun Day. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with baker Jørn Olson of Kaffebønna cafes in Tromsø about the special pastry his crew baked and served on Tuesday. 

The NFL’s International Player Pathway Program started in 2017 as a way for the league to bring talented athletes from other sports into the world of American football. More than 40 athletes have signed with NFL teams so far, proving that the pathway works. The World's Bianca Hillier reports on this year's class of 14 athletes from 13 nations.

Denmark has announced plans to rethink a parenting competency test that has earned heavy criticism for using Danish cultural norms to measure fitness in Greenland's Inuit communities. Human rights groups have long said that bias baked into the test can lead to children being unjustly removed from Indigenous families. The World's Marco Werman spoke to Inuit rights campaigner Tina Naamansen.

Newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been in the US Senate for 14 years, serving on the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees. Yet his long-established foreign policy worldview is subject to change in his new position, New Yorker staffer Susan Glasser tells The World’s Carolyn Beeler. 

Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman catch you up on headlines in the news you may have missed.

Several hours from the city of Mumbai is the headquarters of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) — one of the most-sensitive telescopes in the world — which listens for low-frequency emissions from the farthest reaches of the universe. However, there is now a proposal to build a semi-high-speed rail line within range of the GMRT, seriously threatening its abilities to detect these faint sig...

Officials have begun an investigation in Bolu Province, Turkey, where a hotel fire killed at least 66 people at ski resort. The Grand Kartal hotel was at full capacity for school break when the fire started overnight. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have more.

During World War II, as Nazi forces besieged the Russian city of Leningrad, scientists at the city's famed seed bank made a pact to protect the collection and consume nothing, even if it could have extended their lives. The siege lasted nearly three years, killing an estimated 1.5 million people. A new book by British author Simon Parkin details this foundational story of modern plant gene banking...

Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in a quarter-final match on Tuesday. Djokovic said it was one of the most-epic matches he's ever played. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman explain why.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the US to leave the World Health Organization, or WHO. It needs to be approved by Congress, but if it goes into effect, the WHO will lose its largest donor and access to all the data the UN organization collects and disseminates to member countries. Devi Sridhar is co-author of the book, "Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why?"

In a half-hour speech today, President Donald Trump laid out some foreign policy promises, goals and predictions. They included a name change for the Gulf of Mexico and the return of the Panama Canal to American hands. Meanwhile, for many communities, Trump's announcement today that he will begin deportations is nothing new. Arizona has experienced roundups of undocumented immigrants before, as a...

The chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state has announced a $1 million reward for the person who can decode an ancient Indus Valley  script. The civilization thrived in what is today Pakistan and northwestern India over 5,000 years ago. But when it ended, so too did the understanding of what scholars believe to be its written language. The World's Host Marco Werman spoke to Marta Ameri, associa...

A café in downtown Tokyo has robotic waiters controlled remotely by people with disabilities as a way to allow people who have significant mobility issues to work. The World's Carolyn Beeler visited the spot in Japan.

An important US ally like South Korea would normally send officials to meet with members of the new US administration. But South Korea's government is currently in crisis, with the country's president sitting in a prison cell. Yoon Suk Yeol is being investigated on charges of insurrection. Over the weekend, hundreds of his supporters smashed their way into a court building in Seoul. Police restore...

With their outrageously long horns and sleek auburn coats, Ankole cattle are a symbol of western Uganda. But they're now considered an endangered breed, as farmers switch to imports such as Holsteins. And this is a problem because Ankole cattle are equipped to withstand harsh conditions such as high temperatures and droughts — both of which are occurring more often. Anita Elash reports from wester...

After being deported from the United States, Maria Butina has become a member of parliament in Russia's Duma. She's become a public persona, often appearing on Russian state TV. She's also been active on social media, advertising multiple initiatives that she's working on, including encouraging foreigners to move to Russia. The World's Daniel Ofman reports.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered in the US for his leadership on civil rights, but that legacy extends to other countries, as well. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have more on King's universal message.

There's a global dance movement for people with physical disabilities. It’s filling theaters, getting TV time and spawning international competitions — and it isn’t amateur hour by any stretch. The dancers are very talented movement artists confined to wheelchairs, missing limbs or hobbled by injuries. The World's Gerry Hadden first reported this story in the summer of 2022. This story originally...