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The problem of malnutrition has changed, a new report says. Now, children in both rich and poor countries may get plenty of food, but it's nutrient-deficient.

It’s been a week since President Donald Trump reversed US policy and moved troops out of the way in Syria. The withdrawal gave a green light to Turkey to attack the Kurds in northern Syria — allies that had deep relationships with many US veterans who fought alongside each other for years.

Northern Ireland has dominated the Brexit negotiations over the last few months. But even if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson manages to appease those on both sides of the Irish border, there’s another problem brewing — in Scotland.

Crude oil has been washing up on a 1,200-mile stretch of Brazil's coastline, coating more than 150 beaches in thick, black sludge.

As Turkish-backed forced moved into northern Syria, a Kurdish young woman says she feels helpless and betrayed — but vows that her people will return to their homeland.

The United States and Japan have signed a tentative trade deal that would open up Japan to more American-grown wheat, pork and beef.

President Jimmy Morales, who is under investigation, shut down Guatemala's popular anti-corruption commission. Now the country is embroiled in a battle over its legacy.

Over the summer, Ethiopian Israelis held protests in several cities after a police officer shot and killed an Ethiopian teenager. Protesters said they were upset about police brutality, discrimination and racism. Those issues were still on the minds of two Ethiopian candidates for the Knesset in the run-up to last month's election in Israel.

Greek tragedy’s favorite fatal flaw is making a comeback, says the author of "Ego is the Enemy."

Serhiy Leshchenko is an investigative journalist and member of parliament who has come under fire from Rudy Giuliani for releasing documents leading to the conviction of Paul Manafort.

Some 4,000 Liberians will lose their legal status due to the Trump administration’s termination of a program that granted them temporary reprieves from deportation. This week, they got their day in court.

Why would Hong Kong’s mafioso take time away from extorting shopkeepers and dealing heroin to beat down protesters?

At least 11 civilians have been killed and an estimated 64,000 displaced in Kurdish-held areas over the first three days of fighting, according to aid groups.

This week, the Turkish military began an incursion into northeastern Syria, prompting residents in the area to flee south.

In a Twitter thread, US President Donald Trump said the US withdrawal from Syria would be a thorn in the side of Russia and China, who "love to see us bogged down, watching over a quagmire, & spending big dollars to do so." But analysts disagree.

Greta Thunberg, the favorite to win Friday’s Nobel Peace Prize, has inspired books, met with heads of state, and testified before Congress, the European Parliament and the United Nations. Her Friday school strikes for climate action have expanded to millions of people around the world.

In a new memoir, “Horror Stories,” singer-songwriter Liz Phair chronicles the simple but profound moments that shaped her character.

How Maya Angelou’s first book came to be loved — and banned — so much.

Olga Tokarczuk, 57, won the Nobel Prize for "a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life," according to the Swedish Academy, which chooses the literature laureate.

"I feel like a war reporter, but there are no battle lines." In one of the world's deadliest countries for journalists, some are collaborating and alerting each other of security threats.

Are fewer women named Nobel laureates just because there have been fewer women scientists?

The assault on the Kurds — for years Washington's main allies on the ground in Syria — is potentially one of the biggest shifts in years in an eight-year war that has drawn in global and regional powers.

The earliest reference to kugel goes back to the 13th century.

S-market in Helsinki has started holding "happy hours" at their stores. But instead of getting a cheap beer, shoppers get a discount on, say, a pound of shrimp or a pork tenderloin nearing its expiration date.

The wife of a US diplomat allegedly hit and killed a British teenager in a car crash — and then used her diplomatic immunity to return to the US.

The wife of a US diplomat allegedly hit and killed a British teenager in a car crash — and then used her diplomatic immunity to return to the US.

Electric buses produce fewer emissions, are quieter and need less maintenance than diesel buses.

Following US President Donald Trump's announcement that the US will pull out of northeast Syria, the Kurds, an ethnic group split across four countries, could face an attack by Turkey. They've been fighting for autonomy for a century.

The World's host Marco Werman talks with Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, on the Trump administration's move to blacklist Chinese companies that provided surveillance technology to track Turkic Uighurs and other Muslims.

Olena Sotnyk was a member of Ukraine's parliament until July. She says the impeachment inquiry makes her worried Ukraine has lost the support of the United States.

Host Marco Werman spoke with former Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona about how his Republican colleagues in Congress view the scandals and impeachment inquiry swirling around President Donald Trump.

Ä°yad el-Baghdadi rose to prominence tweeting and writing during the Arab Spring uprising. He fled to Norway in 2014, but after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, he found himself also targeted.

On Oct. 21, voters will decide if Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau keeps his job. He’s in a tight race with Conservative Andrew Scheer. Young women may be a key voting bloc.

For the fourth day in a row, protesters in Iraq have poured into the streets, calling for an end to corruption, unemployment and a lack of basic services.

Ukrainians are accustomed to powerful forces meddling in their judicial system, Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and expert on central and Eastern Europe, tells The World's host, Marco Werman. But even as they find corruption foisted on them by their most important ally in Washington, DC, Ukrainians have remained determined to root out unethical practices in their own country.

Why Michael Jackson’s astonishing vocals at age 11 may be less likely to creep listeners out than his solo work.

A symposium with Hollywood makeup legend Rick Baker.

From “Puss in Boots” to heroin addict and everything in between.

Just hours after announcing it would restart nuclear talks with the US, North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile Wednesday.

In the wake of a ruling Tuesday that Harvard University's race-conscious admissions policy does not violate the rights of Asian Americans, both opponents and supporters of the lawsuit say the conversation around affirmative action and its role at American universities is just beginning.

Noraebang have been a staple of entertainment in South Korea since 1991 when karaoke machines arrived from Japan. But now, the popularity of this cherished institution appears to be quieting down.

Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and expert on the region’s politics who was murdered on Oct. 2, 2018, was an occasional guest on "Egyptian Street."

The World spoke to journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2017. This is the complete transcript of the interview.

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancée of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, spoke with The World's Shirin Jaafari about her message for world leaders and how his death has affected her.

Attorney General William Barr reportedly wants the help of Australia, Italy and the United Kingdom in reviewing how the CIA and the FBI went about investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. That's unusual and 'disturbing,' says a former Department of Justice official.

A look back at the early days of the seminal band.

A US intelligence official filed a whistleblower complaint citing a July 25 telephone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Biden and his son Hunter. The whistleblower says this wasn't the first time under the Trump administration that a telephone conversation record was placed into a codeword-level system to protect politically sensitive information. Tom Blanton of the National Security Archive spoke to The World about the "codeword-level" system.

After Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy, some younger consumers are questioning the future of fast fashion as they look for more sustainable alternatives.

Donald Trump says he wants to know the identity of the whistleblower whose complaint has sparked an impeachment inquiry. A 1989 law is supposed to protect whistleblowers. How does it work?