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In Qatar, life revolves around managing the summer heat — and that means even cooling outdoor public spaces. Opened in 2022, Umm Al Seneem Park has the world's longest air-conditioned outdoor walking track. Last summer, The World’s Durrie Bouscaren took it for a spin. This story originally aired on June 14, 2024.

If everyone knows the attack-retaliate script of war, and the damage that it can do both physically and financially to a country, why do countries continue to act out the script? And given the predictability of this endless drama, what are the options now for Iran following Israeli and US strikes? Host Marco Werman speaks with Tufts Fletcher School political scientist Monica Toft. 

Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler highlight a few global headlines flying under the radar.

The most popular foreign playwright in Russia, is London-born Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. He is known in the US as the award-winning Hollywood director and screenwriter behind films such as "In Bruges," " Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and "The Banshees of Inisherin." In Russia though, McDonagh is known for his plays, which are staged frequently throughout the country. The World'...

During World War II, citizens of London spent long stretches of time taking refuge in tunnels beneath the city when German bombing raids flew above. Those tunnels were later used by British Telecom, and then later sold to Angus Murray. In a venture backed by private equity, he plans to open them fully to the public. Host Marco Werman talks with Murray about what the tunnels are like and what peopl...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that a ceasefire was holding between Israel and Iran, though each side has claimed that the other has violated the agreement. Meanwhile, European Union officials are urging both sides to ratchet down the fighting — and the rhetoric. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have the latest.

While Iran denies having a nuclear weapons program, the US and Israel have justified their strikes on the country by saying it exists and the threat is urgent. Host Marco Werman speaks with Darya Dolzikova, a nuclear proliferation expert at The Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies in the UK.

Former Olympic fencer Thomas Bach has held sport's most powerful role for the past 13 years. Now, Kirsty Coventry — who won seven swimming medals at five Olympic Games — is taking over. The World's Bianca Hillier shares the details with Host Carolyn Beeler.

Thailand’s prime minister has angered the army. That’s never a comfortable position in a country where the military has a history of seizing power from elected leaders. Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is accused of betraying the army in the midst of a heated border dispute with Cambodia, its smaller neighbor. Many Thais are now wondering if her premiership will survive this ordeal. The World...

US strikes on three nuclear sites over the weekend have sparked fear among nearby residents. With communications down, people are scrambling for information amid concerns about radiation. Experts and the UN say there's no major contamination, but distrust of the Iranian government has fueled anxiety. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

"El Eternauta," Argentina’s legendary sci-fi comic, is now a Netflix sensation. But behind the alien invasion and apocalyptic snow lies a darker truth — its creator was disappeared by the dictatorship. The World's Latin America Correspondent Tibisay Zea reports on how this story became a tool of memory and resistance.

Donna Burke has the most famous voice heard in Japan. The Australian expat first moved to the country in the 1990s, hoping to make it as a singer. Now, she's the voice of the Tokaido Shinkansen, commonly known as the bullet train, and her announcements are heard by more than 400,000 people in Japan every day. The World's Jeremy Siegel first reported this story from Japan in January. This story ori...

The Vera C. Rubin observatory in Chile harbors the world's most powerful digital camera, which is now being used to photograph space in unparalleled detail — and quickly. Andy Lawrence, the Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh, explains what it's like to experience these images and what the camera's pictures mean for scientific progress.

New emissions guidelines in the UK require the environmental review of fossil fuel projects to consider the emissions released when fossil fuels are burned, not just the pollution tied to the extraction process. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Paul de Leeuw, director of the Energy Transition Institute at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, about the guidelines and the larger struggle o...

A group of scientists in Europe are arguing for the restoration of forests and wetlands as a natural defense system against military incursion. In Poland, military leadership is interested — so much so that director of the Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Michał Żmihorski, presented a series of recommendations to government officials. Żmihorski spoke with The World's Ho...

Iran's foreign minister has traveled to Europe to meet with diplomats there but it's not clear what the talks have accomplished so far. Meanwhile, Israel continues its bombing campaign in Iran. And the Iranian military fired another salvo of rockets at Israel. Iran has also been cut off from the global internet for nearly two full days now. And, hundreds of Israelis are caught in Cyprus — the EU c...

In order to prevent Russian troops from advancing toward Kyiv, Ukrainian forces destroyed a dam on the Irpin River early on in the war. The flooding, as it turned out, created new wetland areas. Some conservationists hope to see the wetlands stay. Even residents whose cellars remain flooded are glad the water came and the Russian troops did not. Carolyn Beeler's report for The World from 2023 high...

World-class athletes typically go through rigorous anti-doping tests to prove they're eligible for competitions like the Olympic Games. Now, a competition called the Enhanced Games isn't just getting rid of the anti-doping tests — they're allowing, and even helping, athletes to take performance enhancing drugs, if they want to. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

Four years ago in Spain, a news photo become an instant symbol of both despair and empathy.   It showed two people on a beach, an exhausted man — weeping — being held in the arms of a Red Cross volunteer. Abdou Gnom was one of many African migrants at the time trying to reach to Europe to start a new life. That image of him is back in the news, because Abdou Gnom died unexpectedly at the age of 37...

The Brooklyn Museum is opening a Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room. The immersive installation invites the audience to admire Buddhist art and reflect. But as Gisele Regatão reports from New York, it raises questions about ownership and whether sacred objects belong in museums.

This Sunday in the UK is Windrush Day, celebrating the contributions of post-World War II migrants who came to Britain from the Caribbean. They arrived on the vessel HMT Windrush — and their descendants are recognized across the United Kingdom. The World's Host Marco Werman tells their story.

On a long trip away from home, some of the most memorable moments come from the hospitality of strangers. National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has come to rely on hospitality every day on his Out of Eden Walk, traversing the path of human migration. Host Marco Werman speaks to him about hospitality, starting in Japan, with a recent stay at a traditional roadside inn.

Cases of the recently identified COVD-19 variant NB 1.8.1. are rising. Some have dubbed the variant "razor blade throat" for one of its notably painful symptoms. The World Health Organization says it's monitoring the variant. The World's Marco Werman spoke to Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and immunologist based in Boston.

Following the death of Sir Geoff Palmer at the age of 85, tributes poured in — from the worlds of brewing, academia and human rights advocacy. Born in Jamaica, Palmer arrived in the UK as a child — part of the so-called Windrush generation of immigrants from Caribbean countries after World War II. While known in the spheres of grain science and brewing for his innovations to the malting process, P...

Diplomats from Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have been in Washington brokering a peace agreement. It would stop fighting between DRC government forces and the M23 rebel group, which is supported by thousands of Rwandan troops. The Trump administration helped facilitate peace talks in exchange for a minerals deal in the region. Critics are skeptical that the peace will last. Hosts Carolyn...