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The Belarus Free Theatre has been banned by its country's government, so the company is making plays in exile. The troupe's newest creation is an experimental play opening this week in New York City, to be live-streamed for their countrymen and women. Reporter Jeff Lunden previews the production, which tells the story of an Olympic basketball star from Belarus who comes out as gay.

President Joe Biden delivered his final address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. It was a laundry list of his administration's foreign policy initiatives, as well as a call for nations to support one another during a time of global conflict. As Biden's presidency nears its end, host Carolyn Beeler discusses the mark he's made through foreign policy with Richard Haass, an American...

Israel has evacuated more than 67,000 people from communities near the Lebanon border since the start of the war in Gaza last fall. But many thousands have chosen to stay. Under recent strikes, daily existence in the region has grown more precarious. Host Marco Werman speaks with lifelong kibbutz resident Lior Shlef about what life is currently like there.

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon today killed more than 356 people and injured at least 1,200 others. It marks a major escalation of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, which have continuously traded fire for months. The US also announced it was increasing troop levels in the region in response to the attack. Host Marco Werman speaks with Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent at...

Germany's far-right party, the AfD, lost state elections in Brangenburg over the weekend. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain.

Two new studies add to the research that has found microplastics in tissues throughout the human body. Meanwhile, scientists are calling for global action to limit the long-term harm that all plastics — including microplastics — can cause. Richard Thompson of the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the University of Plymouth is one of the leading voices behind that effort, and he tells Ho...

Sri Lanka has a new leader today. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who won the presidential election with a Marxist platform, rode a wave of anger against the former president's handling of the island nation's economy. Dayan Jayatilleka spoke to The World's Host Carolyn Beeler about the significance of that victory from Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.

A new study out of the University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital found that using an AI-based tool called ChartWatch led to a 26% drop in the number of unexpected deaths in the hospital unit where it was tested. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

X — the social media platform formally known as Twitter — has backed down from its legal fight in Brazil. Now, the company is agreeing to comply with the country's Supreme Court orders. This follows a months-long fight with the court after X refused to ban users for spreading misinformation. Host Marco Werman spoke to São Paolo-based journalist Laís Martins, who writes for The Intercept.

In Brazil, the cumulative total estimated carbon emissions so far in 2024 have been higher than average. This is largely due to the wildfire emissions from the Amazon region, and notably the states of Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul — where most of the Pantanal wetlands are located. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman bring us an update.

Black mambas, spitting cobras and puff adders. These are some of the venomous deadly snakes that call Kenya home. For years, people in rural areas have lost their lives or limbs due to bites from these snakes. After years of overlooking the problem, Kenya’s government is now taking it seriously. The World’s Africa Correspondent Halima Gikandi has the story.

Host Marco Werman spins music from BoyWithUke's final performance. The super-low-profile Korean American, whose real name is Charley Yang, is retiring the persona and moving on from catchy one-minute viral TikTok songs in hopes of taking on bigger venues.

The new Libyan government has put around $2 billion into the recovery of the city of Derna after major floods last year. To the surprise of many, downtown Derna has been cleaned up and renewed, and many people have moved into newly built homes. But some people have been left out. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports.

Israel's military says it killed a top military commander from Hezbollah, alongside other "senior operatives", in an air strike today in Beirut. The attack followed around 200 rockets fired from Lebanon at northern Israel earlier, and a series of strikes by the Israeli air force overnight. The two sides appear to be on a path toward war. But when asked about it today, President Joe Biden said, his...

There are just three left in Europe, not counting Kevin. Kevin "Dola" de la Torre is Spain's last human cannonball. The reason for the daredevils' declining numbers: mainly the danger involved in being sling-shotted out of a cannon several times a day. There's also waning interest among the younger generations within human cannonball families. The World's Gerry Hadden catches up with Kevin the Hum...

Margrethe Vestager is one of Europe’s leading voices on regulating Big Tech. She is executive vice president of the European Commission, the primary executive arm of the European Union. She speaks with Host Carol Hills about EU regulatory actions involving platforms like X and Meta, and companies such as Apple and Google.

Japanese Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani set a new record yesterday, hitting his 50th home run of the season coupled with 50 stolen bases. Ohtani is a baseball superstar with fans in the US and Asia. Host Carol Hills speaks with Victor Matheson, a professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross, about Ohtani's impact in the US and abroad.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — all led by military juntas — have announced plans to introduce a new biometric passport. It’s the latest step in their withdrawal from the regions’ main bloc of nations: ECOWAS. One year after the three countries signed the Alliance of Sahel States, The World's Sarah Birnbaum has this check in on the region.

Germans are voting again this weekend in local elections, and the far-right is again expected to top the polls. But there is another anti-establishment party competing and, despite being just eight months old, has managed to put itself in the position of political kingmaker as Germany’s established political parties try to build governing coalitions without the AfD. Rebecca Collard reports from Po...

In August, a female doctor was raped and murdered in the Kolkata hospital where she worked, while resting after her night shift. There's been massive public outcry, and healthcare workers have been demanding the implementation of safety regulations. But the incident has also brought attention to sexual violence in India, as Sushmita Pathak reports from Delhi.

Ugandan singer-songwriter Jon Muq was in Kampala, when he first heard the charity single, "We Are the World" from his cousin's CD collection. This song opened Muq's world to pop music and inspired him to learn English and start writing his own songs. Earlier this year, Jon Muq released his debut album, "Flying Away."

After a painstaking count, Mediazona and the BBC found that 70,112 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine. Mika Golibovsky, a journalist for Mediazona who worked on the count, explains what went into it and what it means.

In Lebanon today, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech, acknowledging the deadly attacks this week that caused pagers and walkie-talkies to explode across the country. He called it a "severe blow." But Nasrallah also promised that Hezbollah will continue attacking Israel until the war in Gaza ends. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Matthew Bell about the escalating conflict betw...

The US and Chinese militaries seldom see eye to eye, but at least they are talking again. A top Chinese military commander is in Hawaii today to meet the head of US Indo-Pacific Command. It’s the latest high-level sit-down between the two nuclear-armed superpowers — drawing down a period of nearly two years when China cut communication. Can more face time avert a dangerous conflict? The World’s Pa...

Contrary to election-year rhetoric, Mexican drug cartels don’t rely on migrants crossing the border illegally to bring fentanyl into the country. The truth is, in many ways, more disturbing. Rather than use undocumented migrants who are already vulnerable to capture, and even death, the cartels use people who regularly cross the border legally. And an increasing number of these people are high sch...