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Ireland’s housing crisis is on a level far beyond that of many other developed countries, including that of neighboring Britain, the US or Canada. That’s the conclusion of a recent study comparing the housing situation in Ireland with seven other nations. Two-thirds of Irish people are still living with their parents into their mid-30s because they cannot afford to buy or to rent. And yet the Iris...

On Monday, a report by South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission found evidence of forced adoptions to foreign families in Western countries including the US and Denmark. The report found human rights abuses including enslavement, rape and deaths inside facilities from which children were adopted. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Boon Young-han, a South Korean adoptee who is co-founder...

Ukrainian civilians, under relentless Russian bombing, are fleeing the key logistics and transit hub of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian journalist Volodymyr Solohub just returned from the town. He explains to The World’s Marco Werman why the fall of Pokrovsk might jeopardize Ukrainian control of the entire Donetsk region. 

Riots targeted Syrian homes and businesses in the central Turkish town of Kayseri this summer, leaving the city's refugee community fearful and isolated. In the aftermath, a quiet wave of deportations went almost unnoticed. The World's Durrie Bouscaren reports

In September 1974, television viewers around the world watched news footage from Boston of angry white residents throwing rocks and bottles at yellow school buses. Black students were being bused from their neighborhoods to South Boston High School under a court-ordered desegregation plan. But across town, another story was playing out in the shadows: Chinese students were also being bused across...

Nearly 70 people are dead in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi hit the Southeast Asian country over the weekend. The storm destroyed roads and bridges. Host Marco Werman speaks with Gabriel Vecchi, climate scientist at Princeton University, about what’s behind the strength of the storms in Asia while this side of the planet experiences an unusually quiet hurricane season.

The Israeli military has carried out intense operations in the occupied West Bank over the past 10 days. It has launched air and ground attacks, leaving a trail of destruction. The military says it going after militants. It says it has found weapons storage locations and dismantled explosives in the area. Palestinians say Israeli forces have killed at least 40 people, including a 16-year-old girl...

Earlier this summer at the Paris Olympics, Novak Djokovic and Zheng Qinwen took home gold medals in the tennis singles competition. But both of the newly minted Olympic champions are now out of the running at the US Open in New York. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on the final Grand Slam of 2024.

Around the world, people visit butterfly exhibits and museums to learn about the important role these insects play in the environment. But where do these butterflies come from? Near the Arabuko-Sokoke forest along Kenya's coast, farmers are breeding butterflies for export abroad. They say it's helping to conserve their environment. The World's Africa Correspondent Halima Gikandi reports from Kilif...

A man in the south of France is now on trial for drugging his wife and then inviting dozens of men to rape her, over the course of nearly a decade. The case has shocked France and renewed calls for the country to redefine rape as sex without consent rather than intercourse committed by "violence, coercion, threat or surprise." Carolyn Beeler speaks to Anne-Cécile Mailfert, president of Fondation D...

Spain is one place where the need for workers is high — 24 million by 2050, according to the country's central bank. But the backlash against a record number of migrants arriving clandestinely is also up. Spain's prime minister has been visiting West African nations to shore up the fight against human smugglers, and trying to spread the recent arrivals around Spain equally, sometimes causing const...

The NFL is a uniquely American sports league. But that hasn't stopped it from trying to expand globally. It's held games in Europe and Mexico previously and, this year, it will hold a game in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the very first time. Host Carol Hills speaks with Lisa Delpy Neirotti, a professor of sports management and marketing at George Washington University, about the motivations pushing Amer...

Tiny Easdale Island in Scotland — population: 62 — is hosting its annual World Stone Skimming Championship, in which hundreds of participants from around the globe compete. Hosts Carol Hills and Carolyn Beeler explain the rules for Saturday's contest, which include the requirement that your skimming stones come from the island, home of an abandoned slate quarry that is now flooded, where the event...

Balneario Camboriu is a city in southern Brazil that likes to boast of having the biggest and the best. It’s known as Brazil’s "Dubai" for the rows of sky scrapers that line its beachfront. It’s home to the three tallest buildings in Brazil, which are also on the list of the top five tallest buildings in Latin America. It also has the most expensive real estate by average square feet in Brazil.

The Dachstein glacier in Austria is nearly 9,000 feet high. But scientists say that it's likely to melt completely by the end of this century. An artist from Cleveland, Ohio, was commissioned to create a work of art that would give the glacier a voice, with a warning about the impacts of climate change. Reporter Jamie Fullerton has the story.

When musician Keturah left Monza, a remote village in Malawi, she was just 14-years-old. She was a young teen with the big dream of recording a song. It's a musical origin story not unlike that other young prodigy who is now the biggest musician on the planet: Taylor Swift. But this is Keturah's story.

The Biden administration is taking new steps against what it describes as a Russian disinformation campaign targeting the 2024 US presidential election. On Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of two state media employees at the broadcaster Russia Today for their alleged involvement. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Garrett Graff, director of cyber initiatives at the Aspen...

Volvo and Volkswagen are making big changes to their business models and it's got a lot to do with the fluctuating nature of electric vehicle demands. Europe and Asia are much further ahead compared to the US when it comes to both demand and charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Host Marco Werman speaks with Felix Hamer, an EV charging consultant, about the demands and infrastructure for...

From a young age, Prétu recognized injustice by the way his mother was treated — a Black woman originally from Cape Verde, cleaning and cooking for wealthy families in Portugal. Despite his mom's long working hours, Prétu says she took the time to teach some important lessons about respecting women. The World's April Peavey tells us more.

In China's southern province of Yunnan, a community of people known as the Bai express themselves mostly by singing. And they have a song for everything: from history lessons to mourning to flirting. Host Marco Werman speaks with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, who also discusses the early 20th century Austrian American botanist and explorer, Joseph Rock, who traveled through this same...

Today, the athletics community across East Africa is mourning the death of 33-year-old Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei. She had been fighting for her life after reportedly being doused in petrol by her partner. For many, it's drawing similarities to other acts of violence against female athletes in Kenya, and stirring up anger about the state of femicide in the country. The World's Africa...

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at odds for decades. They've fought multiple wars since the waning days of the Soviet Union. Despite this fraught relationship, the two countries are engaged in peace talks. In Armenia, though, many people are not happy with how things are going. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports from the capital Yerevan, that a clergyman has become the face of the Armenian oppositi...

A new film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar called "The Room Next Door" has rekindled the debate around euthanasia and how and when it’s used around the world. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with University of Utah medical ethicist Margaret Battin, the author of "Ending Life:  Ethics and the Way We Die."

Mummies are huge draws in museums around the world, both as historical objects and as curiosities. But it's becoming controversial whether museums should display human remains. With ancient Egyptians long gone, who should decide? Last winter, The World's Sarah Birnbaum visited a museum in Sydney, Australia, that is wrestling the issue. This story originally aired on Feb. 20, 2024.

A collection of 1,984 copies of George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984" is currently on tour around Europe. When the tour ends, though, organizers hope the collection finds a permanent home on the Scottish island of Jura, where Orwell lived. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have the details.