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Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and the former mayor of Mexico City, promised to carry on with the agenda of her mentor, outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But as The World's Tibisay Zea reports, she has a big opportunity to build a legacy on her own. 

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could cause shortages on store shelves and reignite inflation if it is not settled soon. Host Carol Hills speaks with Willy Shih, supply chain expert and professor of management practice at Harvard, about the strike's potential impact on the economy and global trade.

Mountains are in constant motion. That includes the world’s tallest peak, Mt. Everest, in the Himalayas. It’s added an extra 160 feet in the past 89,000 years, according to a new study. Adam Smith, a geoscientist at University College London and one of the study’s authors talks with The World’s Carol Hills about how and why mountain ranges grow. 

Rwanda is dealing with a deadly outbreak of the Marburg virus. It's left eight people dead and 18 more in treatment. Host Carol Hills speaks with Craig Spencer, associate professor at Brown University, about the origins of the virus and Rwanda's capacity to deal with it.

The Santiago Bernabeu stadium, home to soccer club Real Madrid, has placed a moratorium on what it hoped would be a couple of giant music shows a month. This, after neighbors complained of painfully high noise levels in their homes. Real Madrid hopes to soundproof the stadium by the spring but locals say that's impossible. They're still fighting to have the shows canceled permanently. The World's...

The Jewish community in Turku, Finland, has worshipped at a particular synagogue for more than a hundred years. It was built before Jews even had the right to citizenship in Finland. For The World's series on "Sacred Spaces" around the globe, Jon Kalish tells the story of this synagogue and what it reveals about the unique identity of Finnish Jews. 

A cruise ship taking passengers on a 3 1/2-year, around-the-world voyage finally sailed from Belfast's dockside after four months of delays in Belfast only to turn back to finish some paperwork. The World's Carol Hills explains.

Over the course of his over 60-year career, Joe Boyd has worked Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Fairport Convention, Toots & the Maytals and so many more. He's now released a new book called "And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music." Host Marco Werman speaks to Boyd about the book and plays a few tracks to help us on the journey.

Language is about more than just words. Between the letters lies traditions and cultures that go back thousands of years. One town in Sweden knows this well, and is working to preserve their language called Elfdalian. The World’s Bianca Hillier has the story.

A coal-fire powerplant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar has shuttered permanently as the UK shifts toward renewable energy. The closure was a long time coming but marks the end of an era in UK history. Ewan Gibbs, a senior lecturer in history at the University of Glasgow and author of "Coal Country," explains how this caps a major shift in identity for the UK.

Pope John Paul II and American President Ronald Reagan were both known for their public speaking. What many people probably don't know is the two were also friends, and allies in the global fight for freedom during the Cold War. Lance Orozco reports from KCLU on a new museum exhibit at the Reagan Library.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, says that as many as a million people have been displaced since the start of the Israeli airstrikes in his country. People fleeing bombardments in south and east Lebanon have fled to Beirut. Many have nowhere to go and are sleeping on the streets. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports on the conditions they are facing in Beirut.

It's citrus harvest season in southern Turkey, and reporter Durrie Bouscaren found herself with 10 pounds of lemons. After running out of sweet dessert recipes, a colleague suggested making pickled lemons, sending her on a quest to learn about the art and history of Turkish pickling. This story first aired in October of 2023.

Dikembe Mutombo, the man considered one of the best defensive players in NBA basketball history, died on Monday from brain cancer at 58. Mutombo was also a global ambassador for the game, spreading philanthropy through his Dikembe Mutombo Foundation. Host Carolyn Beeler has an appreciation.

This troublemaking trio from West Belfast writes rhymes in favor of Irish unification, the health benefits of the pint and anything else they can think of. Their politics have earned them enemies among pro-Britain Northern Irish. But their energetic music and on-stage antics have shot them to fame among young people across Northern Ireland, sectarianism aside. They've also made an award-winning fi...

Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership may have smashed TVs in the 1990s, but these days, they're embracing slickly-produced videos and social media influencers to try to rehab their image abroad. From the podcast "Click Here," Dina Temple-Raston has the story.

Hurricane Helene has brought massive devastation to the southern United States. Part of what people there are struggling with is the fallout from mudslides linked to deforestation. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Todd Gartner, director for Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure at the World Resources Institute, about the connection between deforestation, flooding and mudslides from the Appalach...

Israeli military officials are hinting at the possibility of a ground invasion in Lebanon, even as the Biden administration pushes for a ceasefire. While there are mixed feelings about Israel's current government, there seems to be unity within the country for eliminating the threat posed by Hezbollah. The World's Matthew Bell explains. 

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a defiant speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York. He said the Israeli military will do what it needs to do to degrade Hezbollah in Lebanon until Israelis can return safely to their homes in the north. Soon after he finished speaking, news broke about a major Israeli strike in Beirut. Israeli journalist Noga Tarnopolsky speaks from Jeru...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy continued pushing for more US support this week. A day after meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Zelenskiy met with Donald Trump, Harris' rival in the US presidential race.

The past couple of weeks have been deadly in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa. More than 100 people have been killed or gone missing since Sept. 9, when rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing violently. In the capital of Culiacán, schools, restaurants and shops have had to close. The World's Tibisay Zea has the story.

According to a new study, at least 3,600 chemicals come into contact with food in packaging, kitchenware and food processing equipment in the US. Those chemicals are now also showing up in human bodies. Host Carol Hills speaks with Erik Millstone, a professor at the University of Sussex, about why regulations for food in the US are currently less stringent than those in place in the European Union...

The UN Food and Agriculture organization says that in the next 25 years, salinity will affect more than half of the arable land around the globe. Growers in regions where the soil has gotten too salty are adapting. With support from the Pulitzer Center, reporter Rachel Parsons went to Bangladesh and Spain to see how farmers in both places are adapting. 

Dozens of people are being tried in a court in Kenya's Mombasa county for the massacre of hundreds of people last year. The deadly event centers around the Goodnews Church. Victims and prosecutors say the church's leader, Paul Mckenzie, took people's belongings and convinced them to starve to death in a forest. It's bringing up questions about how Kenyan authorities should be regulating religious...

Paraguay is the only country in Latin America that has found a way to preserve and protect the official status of an Indigenous language — Guarani — alongside Spanish. Most Paraguayans speak Guaraní as their mother tongue, whether they are of Indigenous descent or not. From the capital, Asuncion, Michael Fox explains how the language has endured.