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An international team of researchers is developing a technique to use sound to monitor the health of ecosystems around the world. Sarab Sethi, a researcher at Imperial College of London, says the new technique can help catch poachers and stop illegal logging. More importantly, he says, soundscapes can help scientists monitor the degradation of ecosystems, to try to prevent ecological collapse. The...

The National Hockey League is back on the ice today. Teams are practicing for the first time since March. Games are scheduled to resume August 1 but will not be held in the United States. The NHL is holding its 24-team playoff in two Canadian cities: Edmonton and Toronto. Edmonton will also host the 2020 Stanley Cup finals. NHL games in Canada will have no fans and a lot of uncertainty.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Monday for the way he handled a student jobs program. As The World reported last week, Trudeau is facing an ethics investigation over this — his third such investigation. The probe is examining a decision by Trudeau's cabinet to give a big government contract to a charity that's connected to his family.

Washington's NFL team announced Monday that, after a 10-day long review process, their team name and logo will be changed. The change comes after decades of demands from Indigenous activists. Now, activists demanding similar action for teams around the world are this is the first step to international change.  The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela, has died. Zindzi Mandela, who was serving as South Africa's ambassador to Denmark, rose to international prominence when she read her father’s rejection of then-president P.W. Botha's offer for a conditional release from prison in 1985. Zindzi was 59.

Protests have surged in Mali’s capital of Bamako, as grievances rise over economic stagnation and continued insecurity caused by terrorist groups. Many are demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign. The World’s Halima Gikandi reports.

There are reports Iran and China are working on a long-term deal to encourage security and economic partnership between the two nations. What could this tell us about the effectiveness of the Trump administration's "maximum pressure campaign"? Host Carol Hills speaks with Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, the founder of Bourse and Bazaar, an Iran-focused business media outlet, who is an expert on Iran's ec...

An Iranian parkour athlete escaped to Turkey after being arrested for posting a provocative video. He now faces extradition, which has human rights activists worried. The social media celebrity could face a death sentence. Durrie Bouscaren reports from Turkey.

Former diplomat Tianna Spears often had to brace herself when crossing the US border to her job at the US consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She says US border officials questioned the authenticity of her diplomatic passport. One asked if she is a drug dealer. Spears tells The World’s Carol Hills it’s all part of the racism US black diplomats face every day.

It was the slimmest presidential election victory in Poland since the end of communism there in 1989. But Sunday night, Poland's incumbent President Andrzej Duda narrowly won reelection with 51.2% of the vote. Duda fought a divisive campaign promising to bring back family values at the expense of LGBTQ rights. Opponents say his win could be detrimental to independent media, the judiciary and the L...

Students in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq saw their education come to a stop when the Islamic State took over their city three years ago. In 2017, Iraqi and American forces liberated the city. But as The World's Shirin Jaafari reports, reconstruction has been painfully slow, and online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has proven difficult.

Throughout the pandemic, hundreds of anonymous letters have been traded in Medellín, Colombia through the project Love in the Times of Coronavirus. It's inspired by the famous Gabriel García Márquez novel. Host Carol Hills has the story.

The Trump administration says it's considering banning TikTok and other Chinese smartphone apps over national security concerns. The World's Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.

Scientists and health care workers believe there are important parallels between COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, director of the World Health Organization's Africa region, has been at the forefront of both pandemics. She spoke to Jason Palmer of the podcast "The Intelligence" from The Economist Radio in London.

Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, in which Bosnian Serb forces killed about 8,000 Muslim men and boys during the Balkan conflict in the largest genocide in Europe since the Holocaust. Some war criminals, such as Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, did not faced justice until recent years, while others are still free. In the years since Srebrenica, other war crimes have...

This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of an important moment for Indigenous people in Canada. In 1990, the Mohawk Nation in Quebec took action to block the expansion of a golf course into land that had been a traditional burial ground. The World's Carol Hills speaks to Mohawk artist and activist Ellen Gabriel about her memories of July 11, 1990, and about how the struggle for Mohawk traditional...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in hot water again: Canada’s ethics commissioner is looking into allegations that he violated the country’s conflict of interest law. Trudeau was found guilty of breaking those laws twice before. This time, the allegations involve a children’s charity with close ties to the prime minister and his family. Anita Elash reports from Toronto.

In the Baltics, you won't be able to watch RT anymore. This week, Lithuania followed Latvia's move late last month to ban the state-controlled Russian broadcaster — formerly known as Russia Today — because of its alleged ties to an EU-sanctioned Kremlin media executive, Dmitry Kiselev. Estonia's government said in a statement that it may also do the same. Host Carol Hills discusses the ban with So...

The political future of Vladimir Putin would seem to be secure. A constitutional referendum in Russia just gave Putin the option to stay in power for 16 more years. So why are security services carrying out a crackdown against Putin's political opponents, real and perceived? From Moscow, Charles Maynes reports.

Park Won-soon, the mayor of Seoul and one of the most high-profile politicians in South Korea, was found dead early Friday. Authorities say he likely took his own life. Park had a good reputation as mayor, but recent news reports revealed that he faced a criminal investigation for sexual harassment. Jason Strother has the story from Seoul.

This week the UK gave mixed signals to Saudi Arabia: It placed sanctions on Saudis who it says were involved in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi — and it also dropped a ban on the sale of British weapons that the Saudis use to bomb Yemen. Host Carol Hills speaks with Labor MP Emily Thornberry, who said the restating of arms sales is “morally indefensible.”

While the US struggles to contain its first surge of COVID-19, Melbourne, home to nearly 5 million Australians, is on its second lockdown. After getting a taste of some version of normalcy, Melbourne's 5 million residents are barred from leaving their homes except for essential reasons. Borders between Victoria and its neighboring states closed this week. Host Carol Hills speaks with Peter Collign...

Sérgio Dias of the Brazilian rock band Os Mutantes doesn't hold back from voicing his opinions about President Jair Bolsonaro. Dias also has thoughts about aliens and space. We hear from him and play a track from the band's latest album, “ZZYZX.” 

In northern Brazil, four babies from Indigenous Yanomami families went missing after they were brought to a hospital exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. An investigation revealed they had died and were then buried in a mass grave, with no word given to their mothers. Michael Fox reports from Brazil.

After childhood stardom as an Indian classical dance prodigy, Los Angeles native Raja Kumari tried to break into the hip-hop scene and was told to tone down her Indianness. So, she went to India, where she found success and fame, touring to large crowds, headlining music festivals, and appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone India. But she soon found that with cross-cultural fame comes twice the p...