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Disinformation and misinformation have been blurring the line between fantasy and reality since the start of communication itself. But over the last decade, they’ve posed an increasing threat to democracy in the United States, with the 2016 presidential election becoming a major flashpoint in Americans’ understanding of the consequences of fake news. Laicie Heeley, from our partner podcast “Things...

Scores of animals have been trapped or lost in the rubble after the massive explosion that tore through Beirut. One group, Animals Lebanon, has been reuniting the lost pets with their owners and posting videos of the reunions on Twitter. Host Marco Werman has more. 

Dozens of domestic workers have been stranded in Lebanon since last week's blast. Many have lost their jobs and homes. They say they have no money for plane tickets to their countries. The coronavirus pandemic has made the situation even more complicated. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.

In Scotland, pollsters are hearing a lot of talk about independence. More than 50% of Scots say they want to leave the United Kingdom and for Scotland to become an independent nation. The last real push was defeated by a narrow margin in 2014. Six years later, two big issues have reinvigorated the secession idea. Matthew Holehouse is the British politics correspondent at The Economist.

As many Indian Americans express excitement at the first major party ticket with an Indian background, some are saying Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could do better on its position toward India. They're frustrated the campaign hasn't more forcefully called out India's leader for the treatment of marginalized communities there. And, as The World's Rupa Shenoy reports, they're upset with the Biden-Har...

This week's federal election in Belarus reinstated the country's incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko in a landslide, but it's widely believed the election was rigged, and mass protests and violent government crackdowns have followed. One of the leaders of the opposition movement, Veronika Tsepkalo, speaks to The World's host Marco Werman from Moscow, where she fled on the day of the election. Sh...

History is full of examples of architecture changing in response to pandemics. But in Florence, Italy, a pandemic is forcing Italians to use old architecture in new ways. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports on the reemergence of "wine windows."

After the killing of George Floyd, one Vietnamese American man in Houston realized his personal connection to the Black-led activism. So, he put up a Black Lives Matter billboard, translated into Vietnamese, in Houston. It has opened up conversations about racism among Asian Americans, but also a backlash among some. Reporter Elizabeth Trovall, with Houston Public Media, has more.

This week, we’re featuring the reporting of Laicie Heeley and national security podcast “Things That Go Boom.” On Wednesday, we looked at the economic competition between the US and China. On Thursday, we look at how that power struggle pits democracy against authoritarianism. And the winner? it’s not so obvious.

If you're blind or visually impaired, even the most mundane task can present a major challenge. That’s something an app is trying to solve. It's been developed by Hans Jorgen Wiberg, a visually impaired furniture maker.

Increasingly around the world, activist groups are suing their own governments to achieve more ambitious action on climate change. During The World's weekly look at climate change solutions around the world, The Big Fix, The World's Anna Kusmer reports on a Supreme Court ruling this month in Ireland that is the second major win for climate litigators around the world this year.

As the coronavirus ravages the United States, there are very few countries allowing Americans to cross their borders. Unless, of course, they’re wearing the right uniform. Americans can’t travel to many places as tourists. But if for those in the military, the US has bases in more than 70 countries — and service members are continuing to come and go. The World's Patrick Winn reports.

Lebanon’s Parliament convened on Thursday for the first time since last week’s tragic explosion that rocked Beirut. They announced a state of emergency, which critics say is intended to quell protests against the political and sectarian elite in the country. Host Marco Werman speaks with Nada Nassif, a political activist in Beirut with the organization Lehaki, which translates to “my right.” 

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalize their diplomatic relations. Under the agreement, which President Donald Trump helped broker, Israel has agreed to suspend its planned annexation of areas of the West Bank. Host Marco Werman speaks with Martin Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and also a US special envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiatio...

Host Marco Werman speaks to Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan about the song, "Beirut." It's a song originally written in the 1930s, but Hamdan’s cover of the tune is a more honest portrayal of Lebanon's capital.

Science journalist Debora Mackenzie is the author of "COVID-19: The pandemic that never should have happened and how to stop the next one.” A review in the medical journal, Lancet, called the book "an authoritative picture of the pandemic," its origin and character, despite the speed at which the book came out. Mackenzie has been covering infectious diseases for more than three decades for The New...

If the US can’t build better airports or trains than China, or even manage the coronavirus, how exactly is it supposed to compete with China's economic power? This week we’re featuring the reporting of Laicie Heeley from the national security podcast "Things That Go Boom." Today, how the last 30 years have seen China rise as a global power — and seen the US stumble.

Masks are essential to stopping the spread of COVID-19, but at the beginning of the pandemic, a couple in Denton, Texas, near Dallas, had a hard time convincing their daughter to wear one. KERA's Alejandra Martinez shows how this dilemma inspired the couple to write a Spanish-English children’s book.

Loss of taste and smell. Blue toes. Watery eyes. This new coronavirus is not quite like anything doctors or scientists have seen before — at least, when it comes to the symptoms. For months, Dr. Andrew Chan, an epidemiologist and clinician at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been crowdsourcing hundreds of thousands of people’s experiences, in near real-time, through an app, to better understand...

Kamala Harris’ father is an immigrant from Jamaica. Jamaicans have been following her career closely and many were disappointed when she dropped her presidential bid. Now many are rejoicing that she will join Joe Biden's ticket. Host Marco Werman speaks with Kristina Newman-Scott, President of BRIC at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Kristina Newman-Scott is Jamaican herself, with South Asian roots.

Thousands have taken to the streets of Belarus to protest Sunday's highly contested election of Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for almost three decades. Protesters are organizing amid wide-scale internet disruptions. Monitoring groups say Belarusian authorities are imposing a communications blackout to prevent people from organizing and sharing information. The World's Lydia Emmanouil...

People in the Belarusian capital Minsk and across the country are protesting the election of Alexander Lukashenko. Protesters say the election was rigged, and leaders across the EU and the US are raising some of the same concerns. The state has come down hard on protesters with brutal violence and internet shutdowns. Host Marco Werman speaks with Katia Glod, a Belarus analyst with the center for E...

The music of Waldemar Bastos is being played in Angola as the country remembers the legendary musician who died in Lisbon of cancer at the age of 66. Bastos’ music career began in Portugal after leaving his native Angola following the country’s independence in 1975. He was among Angola's first artists to gain international recognition.

A new video leaked by a jailed Uighur fashion model provides stark proof of the harshness of Xinjiang detention camps. As The World's Rupa Shenoy reports, outside China, people are stepping up efforts to preserve Uighur culture.

Little White and Little Gray were officially welcomed to their new home on Aug. 7. Marco Werman tells us how the two beluga whales were moved to an 8-acre sanctuary off the coast of Iceland, and how they're settling in.