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European Union regulators have charged Meta with giving itself an unfair advantage by bundling Marketplace into Facebook’s wider social network. Meta has vowed to appeal the ruling. Eva Galperin talks with The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler about the repercussions of the ruling.

A new study has found that private aviation is booming. Experts say these flights often cluster around big international events, including the UN’s climate summits. This year’s COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, appears to be no exception. The World’s transportation correspondent Jeremy Siegel reports on the environmental toll of private jets.

After the rains in Valencia, Spain, came the political storm. It turns out that Valencia's center-right president, Carlos Mazón, is a climate change skeptic who could have acted more quickly to warn citizens and, later, to start clean-up efforts. But until this month, he openly ridiculed the science behind climate change. The World's Gerry Hadden brings us the story of how a lack of buy-in set the...

In South Africa, tiger farms are harvesting the body parts of the big cats for sale on the black market — and they might be the biggest farms of their kind outside of Asia. That’s according to a new report from the international animal welfare foundation Four Paws. These body parts are traded illegally and are used in traditional medicine in places like China. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler spoke...

The Al-Hadba minaret was part of the centuries old Great Mosque of al-Nuri when it was destroyed in 2017 by ISIS. Now a multi-year rebuilding effort involving the United Arab Emirates, UNESCO and local Iraqi craftsmen is complete. The World's Host Marco Werman speaks with Iraqi photojournalist Ali Al-Baroodi about the significance of the restoration and the ongoing efforts to restore Mosul's old c...

Scientists have discovered the world's largest coral — so big it can be seen from space. The mystery of the spy whale in Norway has been solved. He was a naughty whale who ran away from a Russian military base he was charged with guarding. And the world's largest offshore solar farm is going online. The facility, off China's coast, can provide power for nearly 3 million urban residents.

A wave of misleading videos pushing for Okinawa’s independence from mainland Japan is part of a wider disinformation campaign aimed at realigning the islands with China. In a recent investigation, the Nikkei found more than 200 fake accounts spreading misleading videos. Okinawa, which is close to Taiwan, has also been a cornerstone for Japan’s regional security since the end of World War II — with...

Illegal mining is widespread in South Africa. Miners break into derelict mineshafts, oftentimes searching for leftover gold. Organized crime exploits and controls their behavior. Now, above one enormous decommissioned mine, police have cut off food and other supplies that are sent down into the mines. The operation is called "Close the Hole". Host Marco Werman discusses the situation with Kimon de...

Meet Daisy, a British AI conversationalist made to sound like an older woman who's not very tech savvy. She's been deployed to take up phone scammers' time — and collect information about new scams. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have the story.

The Biden administration will begin sending US military contractors to Ukraine. This policy reversal was first reported late last week, and signals a shift in US willingness to support Ukraine’s military effort. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports that the contractors will play a limited, but significant, role on the ground in Ukraine.

In a landmark ruling this week, India's Supreme Court has ruled to ban "bulldozer justice." The court stated that authorities could not move to demolish homes or properties merely because a person has been accused of a crime. It also laid down strict guidelines for this form of action by authorities. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Indian journalist Rashka Kumar about the significance of this ruli...

The FIFA World Cup is the biggest stage in all of soccer. Now, the sport’s global governing body is well underway with preparations for the 2026 tournament. Researchers are paying attention to something many fans may not think twice about. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned on Tuesday after an investigation found that he failed to tell police about the serial physical and sexual abuse of a volunteer at Christian summer camps at the time he became aware of it. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the the global Anglican Communion comprising of 85 million Anglicans world...

President-elect Donald Trump is nominating US Army veteran and Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. He would oversee US troops occupying 750 military bases across more than 80 countries. Evelyn Farkas, director of the McCain Institute and a former deputy assistant secretary of defense talks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about the global dashboard the new Pentagon chief will i...

An American defense contractor, CACI, whose employees worked as interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the US occupation of Iraq, has been ordered to pay $42 million dollars in damages to three Iraqi plaintiffs over the torture and abuse they suffered while in detention. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Katherine Gallagher of the Center for Constitutional Rights about the case, whic...

After being lured into the Russian military with promises of "helper" jobs, young men from India find themselves training to fire weapons, and getting caught up in combat with no way out. Sushmita Pathak reports from New Delhi on the pipeline of mercenaries from India to war in Ukraine, as well as the conditions on the ground in India that make young men there susceptible to these offers.

In South Africa, the health care system is plagued with many problems. And one of them is about access. There are simply not enough health care providers, especially in rural areas. South Africa's president has postponed reforms in the sector. On the ground, this means many patients are desperate for better options. Reporter Elna Schütz spent some time onboard one mobile health clinic in South Afr...

Researchers in Australia say attaching strips of LED lights to the bottoms of surfboards might prevent great white sharks from attacking. Co-hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have the details.

With just a few months left in office, the Biden administration is trying to do what it can now to help Ukraine in its war with Russia. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that that means sending as much aid as possible so that Ukraine can hold Russia's military forces at bay. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have more.

The Nazi death camp at Buchenwald and the nearby factory where mass-murder “ovens" were built and designed for Auschwitz are some of Germany’s darkest reminders of the Holocaust. The groups who run the public memorials at the sites are determined to use them to make sure their history remains in the past. But in recent years, as the far right has gained support and the memorials have broadened the...

The list of “no shows” at the two-week COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan is long: China, the US, Germany, Japan, Australia, France, Brazil and Mexico are all sitting this one out. Someone who did show up, though, is Tina Stege, the climate envoy for the Marshall Islands. In conversation with The World's Host Carolyn Beeler, she discusses how the countries most vulnerable to climate change are...

Police in Italy say they have busted a major criminal art-forging network and seized 2,100 fraudulent works peddled by the ring. The artwork had been attributed to Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, British street artist Banksy and other big names in the modern art world. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Laurie Rush, co-author of “The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Property," about how...

A Dutch court has overturned a 2021 case that ordered the oil giant Shell to cut its greenhouse emissions down by 45% before 2030. The 2021 ruling against the fossil fuel industry giant was considered a big win for climate activists and set a precedent in litigating corporations on their emissions. In conversation with Host Carolyn Beeler, Jonathan Verschuuren of Tilburg Law School in The Netherla...

Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, was optimistic about the potential of the Paris climate agreement to effectively tackle climate change after it was agreed to in 2015. Now, Rockström says the agreements need a shakeup. He tells The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler the pact won’t work without reform that holds countries accountable for meeting climate goals...

The names being considered for key national security positions in President-elect Donald Trump's second administration are mostly familiar: Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, Representative Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser, Representative Elise Stefanik as US Ambassador to the United Nations. But what do those choices indicate about Trump's foreign policy priorities, as well as his...