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With roots in India and an upbringing in Singapore, singer Dhruv found fame on TikTok, hitting the charts in East Asia. He moved to the US to study at Yale University, but then realized music was really what he wanted to pursue. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler spin "Speed of Light," a single from Dhruv's debut album.

Businesses along the Jersey Shore have long depended on overseas students to serve the surge of customers during the busy summer tourist season. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, when the government suspended visa approvals. WHYY News’s Kenneth Burns reports that the number of seasonal workers is finally returning to pre pandemic levels.

US intelligence officials have confirmed findings made by Google cybersecurity researchers that Iran has been trying to hack the Trump and Harris presidential campaigns, and even succeeded. The Trump campaign's computer system was breached. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Omer Benjakob, a reporter for Ha'aretz on the cyber beat.

More than 40% of Venezuelans are considering leaving their country, according to a recent poll by a consulting firm in Caracas. That's after  authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro proclaimed himself a winner, despite overwhelming evidence that he stole the election. The World's Tibisay Zea reports on the likelihood of another mass migration of Venezuelans, and the impact it could have on countrie...

Spaghetti with white sauce. Rice with milk. Lemon slushie. Since Oct. 7, Hamada Shaquora — a food blogger in Gaza — has been making authentic Palestinian recipes using ingredients from the food aid packages handed out at refugee camps, and food he can scrounge up. The videos, which include a sense of humor amidst the tragedies unfolding in Gaza, have made the 32-year-old a TikTok star with more th...

Slovakia's hard-right culture minister, Martina Šimkovičová, fired the director of the country's most influential theater last week. A day later, she fired the director of the Slovak National Gallery. Šimkovičová cited some reasons, but the artistic community thinks the real reason is a concerted crackdown on artistic expression. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

An attack by polar bears on a worker at a remote defense installation in northern Canada this month highlights the growing problem of vanishing ice in the region, and its impact on polar bears who hunt seals from atop ice floes. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Andrew Derocher, professor of biological sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, about the impact of a warming Earth on polar be...

Verka Serduchka is one of the biggest celebrities in Ukraine from the early '90s. That’s the stage name for Andriy Danylko, a Ukrainian comedian, actor and singer. His drag persona, Verka Serduchka, is a middle-aged woman from a rural family, working as a railroad sleeping car attendant. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports that since Russia's full-scale invasion, Serduchka has become a symbol of Ukra...

Li Rui, once a top Chinese official and a personal secretary to Mao Zedong, kept detailed diaries, critiquing seven decades of communist rule in China. Li donated the diaries to Stanford University. Now, Li’s widow is suing Stanford University, claiming that the documents belong to her. Columbia University’s Andrew Nathan speaks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about what’s at stake in the trial...

Talks about a possible ceasefire in Gaza continued today, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting with negotiators. Hamas called the latest ceasefire proposal a “reversal” on what it agreed to previously and accused the the US of pushing "new conditions" set by Israel. There was no immediate US response.

Lithium is critical to the manufacturing of batteries that power electric vehicles. As the West tries to turn away from lithium supplied by China, European leaders are focused on local lithium deposits. One is in Serbia, but a plan by Rio Tinto to mine it, has run up against local anger. Tom Moerenhout is a research scholar at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs where...

Major League Soccer limits each team in the league to what it calls “homegrown territories,” which are the specific geographic areas from which they can develop youth players. San Diego FC is the only team in the league with an assigned region that includes Mexico — specifically, an area within 62 miles in driving distance from the club’s training facility in El Cajon. From KPBS in San Diego, Gust...

The extremist group ISIS was defeated in Syria and Iraq about five years ago. But those who follow the group and its activities closely say it is once again gaining momentum, reports The World’s Shirin Jaafari.

A decade-long collaboration by the US and Mexico to restore the wetlands of the Colorado River Delta has borne fruit — or rather birds. Looking at areas where the restoration work took place, a recent study found that more than half of the populations of bird species have stabilized or increased. To learn more, The World's Host Marco Werman spoke with Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta. He is the director of t...

Switzerland is holding a contest to clean up a longstanding problem: military munitions that have been dumped into its lakes. The Federal Office for Armaments is offering a $58,000 prize to the winning idea of how to safely retrieve the munitions from the lakes. Host Marco Werman has more.

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the biggest performing arts festival in the world and it has catapulted the work of some artists to the West End, Broadway or television. But the road to the Fringe is also littered with stories of career-ending performances, mental health distress and financial ruin. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has one of the most stunning voices in music today. But when host of the "Movement" podcast Meklit Hadero heard Daymé's latest album, "Alkemi," she could tell something dramatic had changed. Her voice had changed and Daymé had changed too. The album follows a double migration — first from Cuba to Canada, then from Canada to Puerto Rico.

When Israelis and Palestinians get information about the war in Gaza, there are two distinct stories being told on the nightly news. In the West Bank, families watch Al Jazeera Arabic playing a constant loop of devastating real time footage of the destruction taking place in Gaza. In Israel, such footage on the nightly TV news has taken a more patriotic tone, as Reporter Rebecca Rosman found out.

Ukrainian troops are pushing deeper inside Russia’s Kursk region, continuing a “surprise offensive” that began on Aug. 6. Washington Post reporter Siobhán O'Grady was among a handful of journalists allowed into the Ukrainian-held territory this weekend. O’Grady tells The World’s Host Marco Werman that Russian civilians feel abandoned by the Kremlin, and are increasingly worried about their fate.

Indonesia's capital is in trouble. Greater Jakarta is crammed with 30 million people. The traffic jams and smog are debilitating. On top of that, this big concrete city is slowly sinking into the sea. Tomorrow, Indonesia will inaugurate an improved capital built on a jungly island. But can the new city live up to its promises? The World’s Patrick Winn reports.

Two days of ceasefire negotiations over the war in Gaza wrapped up today with the participants planning to reconvene next week in Cairo. Today, the US, Egypt and Qatar issued a joint statement saying this week's meetings in Doha have bridged some gaps, and should allow for a swift implementation of a deal, as The World's Host Marco Werman explains.

Denmark's violent crime rates have been rising, and a significant portion of it is committed by teens from Sweden. The two countries have decided to work together on law enforcement. Swedish police officers will set up shop in Denmark and work on preventing the import of violent crime to Danish streets. Diamant Salihu, a crime reporter for the Swedish news broadcaster, SVT, talks about the origins...

There’s a very quirky kind of vehicle on roads around the US. They’re tiny, and the steering wheel is on the right side. For some car enthusiasts, these little Japanese imports are a passion. But as Craig LeMoult reports from GBH in Boston, some states are taking steps to ban them from the roads.

How Olympic athletes earn a living looks different for everyone, but cash after winning gold can often come from sponsors, governments and national Olympic committees. This year, World Athletics has become the first international governing body to reward gold medals. But as The World's Bianca Hillier reports, whether cash prizes belong at the Games is up for debate.

After 20 years of negotiations, the international community failed to reach a peace deal for Afghanistan. And so, when the US withdrew its troops in 2021, the country was left to the Taliban. The most contentious issue between the two sides was the freedom of Afghan women — to access education and work. In this excerpt of the podcast "The Negotiators," from Foreign Policy and Doha Debates, Ashley...