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Updated 2025-07-01 04:45
How to make sense of ISIS in the Philippines: Know the history of Muslim insurgency there
It’s unlikely that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has real ties to ISIS, because despite their ongoing push for independence, they’re highly pragmatic — putting family clans and business first.
Hear how investing in olive trees saved one Lesbos family from economic crisis
First came Greece's economic crisis, then the refugee crisis on Lesbos. Myrta Kalampoka almost had sell her family's olive trees. Then she had an idea.
Qatar faces diplomatic crisis as Arab nations cut ties
Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the Maldives joined Saudi Arabia and Egypt in severing relations with gas-rich Qatar, with Riyadh accusing Doha of supporting groups, including some backed by Iran, "that aim to destabilize the region".
What I learned from 'Breaking Bad' about saving sea turtles
It's a bad time to be a sea turtle. They’re threatened by pollution. They get caught in fishing nets. Their habitat is being destroyed by coastal development. As if all that weren’t bad enough, they must also contend with egg poachers.
With elections looming, a string of terror attacks puts pressure on UK PM May
This weekend's terrorist attack in London has upended the upcoming UK parliamentary elections.
The World's music features this week: Eliane Elias and Carla Morrison
We love music here at The World, and we love to share our latest favorites with you.
We’ve been nuking our food for 50 years now — but how do microwaves even work?
Some lingering questions about the magnetron in your kitchen, answered.
Genital amputation, the silent wound of Colombia’s decades-old conflict
Many soldiers in Colombia's 53-year-long war have sustained wounds to their sexual organs. Here are the stories of a few remarkable men who've undergone surgery and rehabilitation to get on with their lives.
Watch one scientist’s unorthodox approach to getting 'inside the mind of a musk ox’
It involves a grizzly bear costume and nerves of steel.
US oil producers race to build infrastructure while nationwide protests mount
With an ally in the White House and declining demand for oil in the US, American companies are pushing to expand the nation's oil infrastructure in order to export crude overseas.
Science has some good news for worriers
What keeps you up at night? Is it your finances? Your job? Your health? Maybe you’re worried because you’re lying awake worrying. Well, don’t worry: it’s not all bad.
China's looking to the EU for a partner in climate action
In 2014, the US and China together paved the road to Paris. Now the EU's taking America's place.
Why people in Manchester are getting bee tattoos
Hundreds in the UK city are getting inked to show solidarity with terror attack victims.
A darker 'Twin Peaks' still finds an eager audience in Russia
After 27 years, Twin Peaks is back for a third season. With Russia on the rise once more, the timing couldn't be better for this cult favorite.
The magic of 'Sgt. Pepper’s' is the storytelling — even 50 years later
PRI's The World's Marco Werman reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
No farm workers? How about a robot.
"The handwriting is already up and down the wall that we'll never have the labor force that we had before," says one farm owner from a part of California where some farms are using robots to help work the crops.
Mexico has its first indigenous woman candidate for president
María de Jesús Patricio is a traditional Nahua healer from southern Jalisco. Gender and heritage aren’t the only aspects that set her apart.
Trump asked, 'At what point do they start laughing at us as a country?' Um, right now.
President Trump thought pulling out of the Paris climate accord would make other countries stop laughing at America. It didn't work.
World reacts to US climate deal withdrawal with collective dismay, determination
Polar bears probably did, too.
Forget covfefe. Here's the real problem with Trump's cellphone
Security experts are concerned about Donald Trump's cellphone use. No, not his tweets, or covfefe, but his decision to give out his cell number to world leaders and telling them to call him directly.
Why some American conservatives aren't worried about climate change
When I ask conservatives in Middle America about climate change, the mood nearly always grows tense.
Rising seas are washing away graves in the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands, where American scientists tested dozens of nuclear weapons, now face the challenge of rising seas.
Iraq's army is fighting ISIS with bulldozers
Iraqi forces have found the best way to fight ISIS block-by-block is with a wall of steel.
It took a health emergency for this Guatemalan boy, who crossed the border alone, to see a US judge
Bartolo was a minor and even though the US government had placed him with his cousin when he entered the country, his cousin wasn't actually his legal custodian. No one was.
Muslim woman breaks century-high glass ceiling as the first female judge in Israel's religious courts
She will serve as judge, or Qadi, in Israel’s Sharia courts.
Bringing the world into focus for some of the 2 billion people globally who need glasses but don't have them
If you wear glasses, you're in a majority in most developed countries. In developing countries, few have them, but many need them. By some estimates, two billion people in developing countries need eyeglasses, but don't have access to them. One of the groups working to bridge the gap is VisionSpring, a social enterprise that has already sold 3.7 million pairs of glasses, at affordable prices, to people in Africa and Asia making $4 or less per day, helping improve learning, work productivity, and quality of life.
What would the US leaving the Paris climate deal look like?
One way is fast and dramatic. The other is slower and leaves wiggle room.
Kabul bomb blast victims' families could be left 'begging' to survive
A massive car bomb in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday killed almost 100 people and wounded hundreds more. Learn about the lives of two of the victims, and how the death of a breadwinner in Afghanistan can leave a family in financial ruin.
President Trump warns Germany on trade. Economists wonder why?
President Donald Trump has a new country in his crosshairs: Germany. The president says that we have a massive trade deficit Germany and this will change. But does it need to change?
Syria's national soccer team can't escape the country's brutal civil war
As Team Syria edges closer to qualifying to compete in the 2018 World Cup, many top soccer players face a dilemma — to play for the love of sport or to play for a team that's seen as boosting a brutal dictator.
Musician Lila Downs fights back
When performing her latest single, “Peligrosa,” Downs says she thought about women who are seen as “dangerous because we think, because we have opinions, because we want to go to school, because we want to be independent.”
Samsung dream jobs are running out for young, overeducated South Koreans
Why are South Korea's new graduates having so much trouble finding work? Some say it's because they only want to work for big conglomerates.
What solar scientists will be watching for in this summer’s total eclipse
It’ll be a rare glimpse of the sun’s corona — and needless to say, the scientific community is buzzing with anticipation.
Sergei who? Why investigators are concerned Jared Kushner met with Sergei Gorkov.
New questions have been raised over a meeting between Jared Kushner — Donald Trump's son-in-law and special adviser — and a Russian banker called Sergei Gorkov. Gorkov is a graduate of the Russian intelligence academy and has ties to Vladimir Putin.
When Zbigniew Brzezinski almost became Iran’s foreign minister
Brzezinski was perhaps best known for his role as national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter. Lesser-known is that the Roman Catholic son of an aristocratic Polish diplomat almost became Iran’s foreign minister.
Amidst allegations of Russian ties, Trump backs Kushner
Jared Kushner is an influential figure in the White House — someone who many people have realized can be a conduit to the president.
Marijuana could give a cognitive boost to older brains
Older mouse brains, that is — but researchers hope that the findings could someday help elderly humans.
Watch one of the world’s rarest sea lions make a comeback on New Zealand’s mainland
The New Zealand sea lion was hunted to extinction on the mainland centuries ago. Now, it’s back — and Science Friday checked in on how the newest generation is doing.
ISIS bombs an ice cream shop in Baghdad
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed dozens of people in the Iraqi capital, just days after the start of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Two proposals to clean up our oceans of garbage: Will either work?
Marine scientists estimate that over 5 trillion pieces of plastic currently litter the oceans. So is there any way to clean up all that floating mess?
5 ways to respond when you witness hate or harassment
Two men fatally stabbed by a white supremacist in Portland "had the absolute best intentions. They were considering someone else that they did not know, above themselves.”
What exactly are back channels, and when is it OK to use them?
Secret communications with foreign powers have a long and distinguished history. But there are circumstances when they are not appropriate.
No, Trump isn't isolating America, says popular conservative blogger
Jim Hoft thinks the Trump presidency will be a win for the US and for the world. And he's also not worried about Russia.
The American war photographer who was celebrated in Europe
Stanley Greene, one of the few African-American photojournalists who worked internationally, wanted to jolt people out of their comfort zones.
How a Muslim community in Missouri rose from the ashes of an arson attack
Five years ago, during Ramadan, a Missouri mosque was burned to the ground. So local Muslims built a bigger one.
A plan to save more than 80 percent of Earth's species
To avert ecological disaster, renowned conservationist and Harvard Professor E.O. Wilson has proposed a radical idea to set aside half of Earth’s land and sea for nature.
Check out this strange 'glitter bomb' sky phenomenon that scientists call 'Steve'
The purplish streak has researchers excited about data from citizen science.
Meet a forensic ornithologist, who identifies what’s left after avians and airplanes collide
Carla Dove says around 13,000 bird strikes are reported to civil aviation, and another 4,000 to 5,000 from the military, every year. Her job is to identify the species.
New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade stirs tensions between the island and the mainland
The parade is losing major sponsors, like Goya and the Yankees, as it honors a man some label a terrorist. Meanwhile, Puerto Ricans on the island will vote on whether to become a state.
The Keystone XL pipeline fight continues
President Trump’s State Department has approved completion of the Keystone XL pipeline. But pipeline builder TransCanada still faces significant hurdles in federal court and in the state of Nebraska.
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