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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Monday that international students in the US will be forced to head back to their home countries in cases where universities will not be holding in-person classes. On the other side of things, international students enrolled in US universities who are currently situated abroad won't be able to come stateside. Noah Furlonge-Walker is an incomin...

With a second wave of COVID-19 cases surging across the globe, anticipation for a vaccine couldn’t be higher. But according to a recent survey in the UK, nearly 1 in 6 Britons will refuse a coronavirus vaccine if and when one becomes available. Host Carol Hills speaks with Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a London-based nonprofit that commissioned the sur...

After months of downplaying the pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the coronavirus. Bolsonaro announced his result on live Brazilian television. Host Carol Hills speaks with reporter Michael Fox in Florianópolis, Brazil, about how Bolsonaro's views on COVID-19 may or may not be changing.

Wear a mask. Maintain a social distance. Wash your hands. Those messages lit up Seoul's night sky this weekend. Hundreds of drones with colorful lights moved with precision over the Han River, containing those messages as well as words of gratitude for frontline workers. Host Carol Hills has the story.

The Trump administration has suspend many temporary guest workers visas. One category of these visas go to international college students who work at tourist spots like Nantucket, a resort island off the Massachusetts coast. Reporter Rachel Rock reports from Nantucket on who is absent from Nantucket this year and how their absence is felt.

A fire at one of Iran’s main nuclear facilities may have set back the country’s nuclear program by a few months. The fire broke out in a centrifuge assembly plant in central Iran, causing significant damage. Some Iranian officials say it was the result of a cyberattack. Host Carol Hills speaks with David Albright, president of the nonprofit Institute for Science and International Security.

A court in western Russia found journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva guilty Monday over a column she wrote in 2018 that explained potential motivations behind a 17-year-old anarchist blowing himself up outside of a local FSB headquarters. The prosecution says Prokopyeva's column “justified terrorism” and defied Russia's anti-terrorism law. Host Carol Hills speaks with reporter Charles Maynes, who was at...

Pride activities around the world were canceled or moved online this year, but Shanghai Pride events continued as usual. But “as usual” in China means something very different compared to the rest of the world. The World's Rebecca Kanthor reports from Shanghai.

As the world continues to reel from the spread of the coronavirus, some experts are thinking about how to prevent future outbreaks — by studying how diseases like the coronavirus form in the first place. The United Nations Environment Programme has a new report about the ways environmental degradation relates to the formation of new disease outbreaks. The report recommends changing food systems, p...

Getting back to work is a top priority during this pandemic. But what if your means of making a living involves physical contact with customers? It's a dilemma for many — including sex workers. In parts of Europe, brothels are starting to reopen for the first time in months. From London, The World’s Orla Barry has the story.

Lebanon’s annual Baalbek International Festival went ahead on Sunday without a live audience for the first time in its history. The event was billed as an, "act of cultural resilience" amid the coronavirus and the country’s severe economic crisis. Host Carol Hills tells us about it.

As the global movement for police accountability grows, activists are building transnational connections to sustain the fight. Black communities in the US are connecting with Muslims and lower-caste people in India who feel oppressed by the government there. But the call for solidarity quickly gets complicated, because many Indian Americans are higher-caste and support India's prime minister. The...

Borders across Europe may be closed to international travelers, but that hasn't stopped migrants from making perilous sea journeys from Libya to try and reach Europe. One rescue vessel with 180 migrants aboard has been stranded off the coast of Italy for a week. The World’s host Carol Hills talks to the medical team leader on the ship about the mounting tensions.

A sneeze. A cough. That’s what we’ve been trying to avoid in recent months to prevent the spread of this new coronavirus. Now, more than 200 scientists from nearly three dozen countries have signed a letter published Monday calling for more global attention to prevent the virus’s spread through smaller aerosol particles. Host Carol Hills speaks with The World’s Elana Gordon about the latest on vir...

Facebook will temporarily stop processing requests for user data from Hong Kong authorities after China imposed a security law on the city that calls for greater supervision and regulation of Hong Kong’s internet. The messaging platform WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, along with Dubai-based messaging platform Telegram, said they would also temporarily pause processing such requests. The Worl...

New music is being recorded and released around the world every day. But for the first time, an album has come from the Republic of Djibouti. Djibouti was once known as French Somaliland, and its people gained their independence 43 years ago. These new recordings are on the album, "The Dancing Devils of Djibouti." Vik Sohonie, who co-produced the record, speaks to Marco Werman about it.

Feeling a little nostalgic about traveling abroad? You are not alone. One of Taiwan’s airports is offering a rather unusual remedy. Taipei Songshan Airport received 60 eager travelers on Thursday for a half-day fake travel experience with check-in, passport control and security. They even boarded a China Airlines A330. Their destination? Nowhere. Host Marco Werman has the story.

The Chinese government has been trying to lower birth rates for Uighurs with measures such as forced birth control, abortion, and sterilization. Host Marco Werman speaks with University of Michigan professor Alexandra Stern about how these policies have been used as tools of oppression throughout history.

In Ethiopia, the killing of popular musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa has triggered widespread protests across the country this week. More than 80 people have died. Hundeessaa was a powerful political voice for the Oromo ethnic group. His death has brought a rallying cry for the opposition to speak out against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Host Marco Werman speaks with Addisu Lashitew, a fellow at the Br...

China this week implemented a harsh new security law in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous territory that the communist party views as far too rebellious. Free speech has been a core value in Hong Kong for decades. But as The World’s Patrick Winn reports, there are now a lot of things you just can’t say in Hong Kong anymore — unless you want to risk ending up in prison.

At least 160 informal jade miners died in Northern Myanmar after a pile of mine waste collapsed into a lake due to heavy rains, causing a deadly landslide. These kinds of accidents are common in the poorly regulated mines of Myanmar, with the government struggling to regulate the industry. Host Marco Werman speaks with Paul Donowitz, Myanmar campaign leader at Global Witness.

The idea of a four-day work week is gaining popularity in light of the pandemic. New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern recently raised it in a Facebook Live chat, saying it could help boost local tourism. Then, a small municipality in Nova Scotia launched a four day compressed work week pilot project. Anita Elash reports from Toronto.

Super Saturday is what they've dubbed tomorrow in England, as pubs reopen for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown went into effect in mid-March. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is warning the public not to overdo it. But will people listen? And how do pub owners feel about it? Host Marco Werman talks to Garath Kerr, owner of Cafe Kick, a North London pub.

For the last month, England held a strict policy for anyone, even citizens, coming into the country from abroad: quarantine for two weeks. Today, the government announced a change: those arriving from more than 50 countries and territories, including Spain and Turkey, will no longer have to quarantine.

If one thing is clear about this teeny tiny new coronavirus, it’s that it has changed the world, leaving a massive mark. But SARS-CoV-2 is still clouded in mystery. Front and center in this puzzle is understanding immunity. As scientists around the globe collect even more clues, the answers are still not so straightforward. At least, not yet. The World’s Elana Gordon explains.