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On Sunday, the US Food and Drug Administration gave the green light for the use of blood plasma in treating COVID-19 patients. This is an emergency authorization, fast-tracked, with research still ongoing. Plasma therapy now joins just a handful of experimental treatments that have gotten such approval for COVID-19. The World’s Elana Gordon has been following this development and what it might mea...

It hasn't been the most ideal wedding season, to say the least. Many couples have postponed their vows because of the pandemic — or moved things online. Reporter Lucia Benavides in Barcelona attended her brother’s Zoom wedding recently and offered us this insider's view of the nuptials.

A new proposal by Germany's Minister of Food and Agriculture Julia Klockner would require German dog owners to walk their dog twice per day and give them at least an hour of outdoor time. Host Marco Werman and his dog Frankie have the story.

Watching a movie at home these days doesn't come with quite the same potpourri of aromas you'd get from going out to an actual movie theater, such as popcorn butter, recirculated air and the wrinkly hot dogs at the concession stand. A London candle shop called Earl of East wants to bring these aromas back into your life. They've created a new line of candles called “Scents of Normality.” The World...

They are Europe's largest ethnic minority and arguably its most persecuted. And with the coronavirus pandemic, Roma communities, particularly in eastern Europe, have found themselves the target of increased discrimination and police intimidation. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused the UK, France and Germany of "siding with the ayatollahs" after they said the US could not use a "snapback" mechanism to reimpose sanctions on Tehran. The Trump administration left the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 but wants to reimpose sanctions on Tehran for what it believes are violations of the 2015 nuclear deal. Marco Werman speaks with Wendy Sherman, t...

Since the election in Belarus — which the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko claims he won in a landslide despite evidence of mass vote rigging — thousands of peaceful protesters and bystanders have been detained. One of the people detained and who is currently still in prison is Vitali Shkliarov, a Belarusian American who has spent time in the US working for various political campaigns. Reporter Char...

The seven members of K-pop band BTS have a new single out today. They describe "Dynamite" as "disco pop with a fun and cheery vibe," which is not totally dissimilar to their previous works. But the song is their first track performed entirely in English. The World's host Marco Werman has more on why the band has decided to show fans a new side of BTS.

Billionaire Bill Gates has spent a lot of his time thinking about viruses and vaccines since he's left Microsoft. He's poured billions of his own cash into the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, all in an effort to save the lives of millions of people. Gates was recently interviewed by the folks at The Economist magazine. We hear portions of that interview and speak to Anne McElvoy, host of the po...

There’s another COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea. In the past week, there have been nearly 2,000 new cases and Korean officials are holding a controversial pastor and his church followers responsible. Jason Strother reports from Seoul.

At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students or teachers have become infected with COVID-19, not even two weeks after schools reopened. Kenya is investigating COVID-linked corruption. And India is on track to hit another grim milestone. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports on Coronavirus developments around the world.

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been in a coma since Thursday, the result of a suspected poisoning. Nikita Kulachenkov, part of Alexey Navalny's team at the Anti-Corruption Foundation, speaks to host Marco Werman about the latest developments in the story.

Climate migration is often associated with crisis and catastrophe, but Sonia Shah, author of “The Next Great Migration,” wants us to think differently about migration. On The World's weekly look at climate change solutions, The Big Fix, Shah speaks to host Marco Werman about her reporting that considers how the world would be more resilient if people were given legal safe ways to move. 

Turkey appears to have handled the coronavirus pretty well. It never had to go into full lockdown. And it's per capita death rate is lower than most of Western Europe. But many Turkish doctors are concerned that the outbreak is much worse than the government is saying.

Investigative journalist Jean Guerrero talks with The World’s Marco Werman about Stephen Miller’s role in President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and what it might take to reverse Miller’s radical immigration agenda.

WeChat, a wildly popular app in China and among the Chinese diaspora, could soon become unavailable in the US after President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the app over security concerns. The World's Lydia Emmanouilidou reports the prospect of a WeChat ban has rattled many Chinese Americans and members of the Chinese diaspora who rely on the app.

"Love on the Spectrum" is a dating show, but it's more of a documentary than reality TV, according to its director, Cian O'Clery. Though it was filmed and aired in Australia in 2019, the show just dropped on Netflix in the US and the UK this summer. It's been a commercial success — season two is already in production — but it's also drawing mixed reviews from people within the autism community. Th...

Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was hospitalized on Thursday after a suspected poisoning. Navalny was flying from Siberia to Moscow when the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Omsk. Spokesperson Kira Yarmysh says that he's now in intensive care. Host Marco Werman speaks with reporter Charles Maynes.

It's been almost two weeks since the presidential election in Belarus. Belarusians and scores of countries around the world have condemned the incumbent, Alexander Lukashenko, for rigging the election in his own favor. Since then, hundreds of thousands of protesters have come out to the streets. Belarusian authorities have responded with a heavy hand, thousands have been detained, and there have b...

For the past two weeks in Warsaw, the streets have been loud with protesters demanding greater rights for LGBT people and criticizing their treatment by police. Danielle Preiss reports that the demonstrations started after the arrest of a Polish activist.

For some people who contract COVID-19, the initial illness is only the beginning. Doctors around the globe are trying to learn more about people who experience long-term symptoms and complicated recoveries. In the meantime, patients across continents are also connecting with one another to find answers for themselves. The World’s Elana Gordon reports.

As millions of students head back to school online across the US, there are extra hurdles for students who are learning the English language and require extra instruction. Reporter Deepa Fernandes dives into what this means for hundreds of thousands of students in Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest school district, where many students are learning English as a second language.

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election offers important lessons for what to watch out for in 2020 balloting. But the panel’s vice chair, Sen. Mark Warner tells The World’s Marco Werman that the US Congress isn’t doing enough to prevent foreign influence.

This is more than just a clickbait story. Two local soccer teams in Germany played a game on Sunday completely naked, save for socks and shoes. The point was to promote authenticity and denounce the commercialization of soccer. Marco Werman speaks with the person behind the naked soccer match: artist Gerrit Starczewski.

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta resigned overnight after he was detained by the military. Host Marco Werman speaks to Nadia Adam, a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, who is based in Bamako.