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China is increasingly front and center on the world stage, challenging Western dominance and critiquing liberal democracies. At the same time, the nation is struggling to address the demands of its citizens. Marco Werman looks back on the past six transformative years for China with David Rennie, The Economist’s outgoing Beijing bureau chief. 

Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler deliver a lightning-quick roundup of lesser-known stories from across the globe. In this edition: knee surgery for the Dalai Lama, dinosaur prints, what happens when a child breaks a museum object, and more.

Mount Everest has a lot of claims to fame. Among them: the vast quantity of trash left behind by climbers. For years, local Sherpas and volunteers have been clearing trash from the mountain, which is arduous and exhausting — at best — and even deadly, at worst. Come autumn, Nepal will deploy drones to help carry the load. The World's Sarah Birnbaum has more.

The globe is digitally connected through 750,000 miles of undersea fiber-optic cables. They are vulnerable to accidental disruption like natural disasters or the anchors of ships. But they are also increasingly an arena of competition and sabotage among big powers. Marco Werman discusses those power dynamics with Erin Murphy, a senior fellow for the Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and Int...

Israel's military carried out raids in the occupied West Bank Tuesday night, into Wednesday morning, targeting militants in the Palestinian cities of Jenin and Tulkaram. Nine people reportedly died. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Palestinian journalist Fatima AbdulKarim about the specifics of the raids, and the situation on the ground in the West Bank.

Although Africa is the only place where mpox is endemic, the continent currently relies on vaccines shipped in from abroad to stop the spread. Carolyn Beeler speaks to Helen Rees, a global health expert and the co-chair of the National Department Mpox Incident Management Team overseeing South Africa’s mpox response about what the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about making vaccines available where th...

"The Great Elephant Migration" is a traveling art exhibition with one main message: "Human race, share space," says project co-founder Ruth Ganesh. The World's Bianca Hillier visited the elephants as they passed through Newport, Rhode Island. 

American weapons are used in numerous war zones, for combat against military forces. In the past two weeks alone, the US has reported selling billions of dollars’ worth of new weapons to Israel and Saudi Arabia. It has also sent arms to Ukraine. In some cases, however, the weapons harm and even kill civilians. The World reports on concerns about how these weapons are used.

People living in tropical regions have long lived with the threat of mosquito-borne illness. They've also developed ways of dealing with the health risks associated with them. As warming temperatures bring both the mosquitos and the diseases they carry to the Northern Hemisphere, host Marco Werman speaks with Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medici...

Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler deliver a lightning-quick roundup of lesser-known stories from across the globe. On this edition: a fond farewell to the world's oldest sloth, a trend of drinking less in Ireland and more.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's recent comment that there was "no barrier" for engaging enemies in talks is being taken as a tacit opening for possible negotiations with the US and the West. That's revived hope for a nuclear deal akin to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that checked Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Ali Vaez, director for the Iran Project at the International...

In a stash of forgotten love letters written between the 1930s and the 1950s, Spanish women and Moroccan men exchange feelings of longing and suffering. The letters shine a light on how racism and sexism were experienced by people living this particular chapter of colonial history. The letters were confiscated by censors during the Franco regime, when part of Morocco was under Spanish rule and Spa...

Green tea is a major industry in Shizuoka prefecture on Japan’s Pacific coast. Over a third of the tea leaves produced in Japan come from Shizuoka. Google “Shizuoka” and you’ll find images of hillsides covered in neat rows of bright-green tea bushes, with Mt. Fuji in the background. But that scenery is changing. Reporter Hannah Kirshner headed to Shizuoka to find out why some tea farmers are innov...

The notoriously feuding brothers behind the British duo Oasis are taking their seminal 1990s band back on tour. The band broke up at the height of its popularity 15 years ago, but on Tuesday announced a reunion tour for summer in the British Isles. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have the story.

The Arbaat Dam in northern Sudan collapsed over the weekend following a surge in floodwaters. The infrastructure failure wiped out entire villages and left 30 people dead. More than 150 people are also missing in the aftermath of the disaster. Host Marco Werman speaks with Mathilde Vu, Sudan advocacy manager with NRC, about how people in the affected regions are coping with deadly flooding amid an...

In what's being called Russia's biggest attack on Ukraine in weeks, 15 different regions were hit with a barrage of missiles and drones. As people gather for shelter in metro stations, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy vowed to restore energy to areas suffering outages, and called on Ukraine's Western allies for support.

In southern Brazil, one small town, Prudentopolis, was founded by immigrants from Ukraine in the late 1800s. They’ve clung to their culture, and in recent years, they've also welcomed Ukrainians displaced by war. Michael Fox has the story, from Prudentopolis.

Fondly known as "Svennis," soccer coach Sven-Goran Eriksson spent five years as England’s first ever, foreign-born coach after making his name winning trophies in Italy, Portugal and Sweden. Eight months ago, he revealed that he'd been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had at most one year to live. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman share highlights from Eriksson's coaching legacy following...

Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder and CEO of Telegram, has been arrested in France, while Telegram itself faces allegations that it serves at a platform for money laundering and drug trafficking. Host Marco Werman speaks with Natalia Krapiva, a senior lawyer with Access Now, to discuss the implications of the case for free speech. 

Learning English is integral to finding work and housing, helping children with school, navigating the health care system, and routine tasks like getting groceries and using public transportation. But across Massachusetts, immigrants are waiting to get into ESOL classes. Or, English for Speakers of Other Languages. Many say that wait has hampered their ability to move forward with their lives. Sar...

Philippine officials survived a frightening attack at sea when a Chinese Coast Guard ship rammed their civilian boat. Attacks like this one are becoming more frequent in contested waters near the Philippines. Some fear that escalating tensions between China and the Philippines will draw the US into military conflict with China. The World’s Patrick Winn has the inside story of the rusty, old shipwr...

Lana Sator is a young Russian urban explorer who routinely traveled to different countries in search of defunct and abandoned military sites. They were often hidden in plain view in cities and stunning country landscapes. But she ran into trouble when police grabbed her in Albania and accused her of being a spy. As Jamie Fullerton reports, since they took her passport and won't let her leave the c...

A new report shows a staggering increase in water-related violence in 2023 compared to the year before. In an update to its Water Conflict Chronology, the US-based water rights think tank the Pacific Institute found a sharp uptick in the number of violent disputes over water, including incidents where "water was used as a weapon of war." In a world where many lack access to safe drinking water and...

It is one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. Arbaeen remembers the death of Imam Hussein back in the 7th century. He was the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. There are more than 21 million people estimated to be in Iraq right now, walking toward the city of Karbala. The World’s Sara Hassan reported on the event from Iraq during last year’s Arbaeen.

A recent analysis of UN Data by Save the Children shows that on average, five children are killed a week on the island, indicating that despite the arrival of Kenyan law enforcement to help restore order, deadly violence continues amid political upheaval.