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Entering a seventh straight year of drought, Moroccans are hardly giving up. The country is, instead, pouring resources into adapting to the drier new reality of the future. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Morocco.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy outlined, for his country's parliament, a five-point "victory plan", which he argues could end Russia's war in Ukraine by late next year. What remains unclear is whether he can get the support he needs to carry it out. Host Carolyn Beeler looks at the plan with longtime diplomat Kurt Volker. The former US Ambassador to NATO and former US special representati...

Electricity demand is rising across the globe, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Meeting that demand could lead to an increase in global emissions, at a time when countries work to fight climate change. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Tim Gould, the chief energy economist at IEA, about the possible outcomes of this scenario.

A lot has happened in the Middle East in recent days: US military personnel and equipment have been sent to Israel, where Iranian strikes are presumed imminent. Israel’s attack on a hospital complex in central Gaza on Monday led to a massive fire that killed at least four people and injured many more. Videos from the scene show people trapped in fire. The attack has renewed calls on Israel to upho...

Canada announced on Monday that it was expelling India’s top diplomat in the country along with five others. India responded in kind, expelling six Canadian diplomats. Host Marco Werman spoke to researcher Xavier Delgado with the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute. Delgado said relations between the two countries have hit rock bottom.

Eleven months after the National Zoo in Washington sent three pandas back to China, a new pair of bears — Bao Li and Qing Bao — arrived to fill the panda-shaped hole in zoo visitors' hearts. But they won't make their public debut until January.

North Korea took drastic measures over the weekend, destroying rail lines and roads connecting it to South Korea. The move was seen as symolic, at a moment when tensions between the two countries are high. Host Marco Werman speaks with Rachel Minyoung Lee, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, about what's driving these actions.

There's a lot of worry about AI taking people's jobs. But around the world, workers are also employed to gather and organize the data needed to make those AI systems work. Many of the workers are located in the global south where wages can be low. But Finland, a high-wage economy, is an outlier. There, one company hires inmates from the local prisons. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry ha...

As Japan struggles with a shrinking population, the number of abandoned homes in the country has surged to 9 million. These homes are largely seen as a nuisance and eyesore, but in recent years, start-ups, realtors and home renovators have attempted to create a market for older homes. The World's Carolyn Beeler reports.

Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman give us a lightning round of news updates that might have flown under listeners' radar: blobs on the beach in Canada, a food festival in Mexico and a soccer boycott in Nigeria.

The initial findings of the Tanager-1 satellite are in. They've detected methane plumes in Pakistan, Texas and South Africa. Host Marco Werman speaks with Riley Duren, a former NASA engineer and now the CEO of Carbon Mapper, about what this means.

It hasn't rained significantly in much of North Africa since 2018. Yields of wheat, on which Moroccans depend for bread, have fallen by 50%. Reservoirs that supply cities with drinking water are perilously low. And, scientists say, changes in ocean currents suggest that climate change is pushing moisture even further away, into Europe. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from the Settat region of Mor...

The first people to be intercepted at sea by the Italian navy under a controversial migration deal are on their way to Albania to have their asylum claims processed. Host Marco Werman speaks with Camille Le Coz, associate director at the Migration Policy Institute Europe, about the program.

The United States has the highest number of international students in the world. Last year, the number of students who came to America were almost back to prepandemic levels at over 1 million. Many come in the hope of staying and living the American dream. But that's not so easy. Reporter Lindsey Seavert brings us the stories of two of those students, who both say that one of the most-challenging...

In the two decades since Texas A&M opened a campus in Doha, there have been plenty of challenges. The school faced criticisms because it operated under the autocratic Qatari government; women are not treated equally; and censorship is common. But the partnership brought in millions and the campus flourished. So, Qataris were stunned when the Texas A&M board in February voted to close the s...

Dave Fromm, an author in Massachusetts, decided he wanted to play basketball in the Czech Republic after graduating. But he wasn't very good at basketball. Fromm shared his dream — and how he achieved it — on GBH's World Channel Stories From The Stage.

In the US, immigration is a heated topic. A part of that conversation is the thousands of degree-seeking international students who move to the US every year, many with hopes to stay after completion. But what about those US students who decide to study abroad and then want to stay abroad? The World’s Carolyn Beeler asks Amine Mechaal, director of global engagement at Columbia University's Teacher...

There are many paths for American student to take if they want to live and work abroad after graduating. Various courses, learning the language, getting internships are just a few. The World's Sara Hassan spoke with some Americans to find out what countries they'd like to go to and how that shapes their plans leading up to graduation. 

Another valuable reason for Americans to study abroad is to improve global diplomacy. The numbers of US students studying in China is way down compared to previous years. The pandemic is one reason. But there are other pressures, some of them related to the tense diplomatic relationship between the U-S and China. The World's Matthew Bell report first aired earlier this year.

Jay Nikolewski knew from an early age where he wanted to live. Nikolewski never felt comfortable growing up in America and felt like he didn't fit it. In high school he decided Japan was the country for him. In 2023, he fulfilled that dream by moving to Japan and working toward a degree in Asian Studies at Temple University. The World's Carolyn Beeler met with Jay Nikolewski in Tokyo and asked him...

On Friday in Lebanon, a second Israeli strike on a UN-peacekeeping base left an additional two Sri Lankan troops injured. This follows an attack Thursday that injured two Indonesian troops. The UN mission in Lebanon, known by the acronym UNIFIL, said that Thursday's attack was deliberate and targeted camera equipment. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with security analyst Declan Power, who was stationed...

A Ukrainian missile strike in Russian-controlled territory last week killed several North Korean military officers, according to officials in Ukraine and South Korea. The Kremlin says this is "fake news." But it sounds credible to those who've been following events in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. The World's Matthew Bell reports.

Hosts Carol Hills and Carolyn Beeler highlight several news stories that didn't quite make the headlines.

Since the 16th century, people have interpreted fortunes in the dregs of Turkish coffee. But a new generation is making the practice their own. From Istanbul, The World's Durrie Bouscaren investigates.

Haitian and Kenyan police forces that were deployed over the summer are struggling to control the gangs that have taken over most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and attacked new regions in the country. The gangs are said to have committed large-scale killings of civilians and are recruiting children. Harold Isaac, a journalist in Haiti, explains where the the fight stands.