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Updated 2025-07-02 13:46
The 'Mensch on the Bench' might be Israel's baseball team's secret weapon
They were the underdogs at this year's World Baseball Classic. But they've pulled off one upset victory after another.
You have to hear the music of Chicano Batman
This very cool band has a retro soul sound.
What the Nike Pro Hijab is really about
Nike has become the first major global manufacturer to make a hijab for Muslim athletes.
Young South Koreans are jubilant over their president's firing
Thousands of younger demonstrators erupted with joy while a rival older crowd angrily clashed with riot police on Friday — epitomizing the generational splits over the country's sweeping political scandal.
Myanmar's Inle Lake is just one small body of water, but this man is dedicating his life to saving it
One of Myanmar's most important lakes and cultural sites is under assault from development and climate change. One man is trying to turn things around.
Is the Australian government enabling crimes against humanity in its offshore detention centers?
Australia's offshore detention camps have been brought to the attention of the International Criminal Court. Human rights lawyers want the ICC to investigate whether crimes against humanity are being committed there.
In the future, people might really wear their emotions on their sleeves
Scientists are working on a wearable device that can read the tone of a conversation, to let wearers know how their partners are feeling.
Here's exactly who benefits from the GOP's new health care bill
The new bill could hurt senior patients, and people covered under the ACA's Medicaid expansion could also lose coverage if states don't have enough money to pick up the tab.
Every passport tells a story
If only passports could talk, they would have stories to tell. By digging into the historical aspects, the dates and the travel stamps, passport collector Tom Topol has made some interesting discoveries.
America's sanctuary communities are more numerous than you think
Sanctuary counties span 30 states and represent 92 percent of America's population. As pressure builds on cities to either give up or double down on sanctuary, we'll map changes.
Jordan is wasting a lot of talent. Like, almost half the country.
Jordan is home to some of the most educated women in the Middle East. It also has some of the lowest rates of female participation in the workforce.
What could happen to net neutrality under the new FCC?
The FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, has called net neutrality “a solution in search of a problem.”
Yemenis want revenge after the US attacked their village
Survivors of the Navy SEAL raid in Yemen tell their side of the story.
President Trump, how will your administration deal with US-citizen children whose parents are deported?
According to the 2016 Current Population Survey from the US Census Bureau, immigrants and their US-born children make up 27 percent of the overall US population.
Allegations of corruption surface around the Trump Tower in Baku, Azerbaijan
Here's a headline that the White House wouldn't like. Donald Trump's ultra luxury hotel and tower in Baku, Azerbaijan was built with the help of corrupt companies possibly linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Adam Davidson's investigation of this story now appears in the New Yorker.
Why do so few women work (for pay) in Jordan?
Get a good education, and the world's your oyster, right? Not necessarily, if you're a woman in Jordan. While Jordan has one of the highest female literacy rates in the Middle East, and there are more women in college there than men, gender discrimination still abounds in the workplace. This is not just costing women, it's costing Jordan — half to almost a full percentage point of GDP growth each year, says the Brookings Institution. What's at play here? Jordanian lawyer and human rights activist Asma Khader shares her thoughts with The World's Shirin Jaafari.
A female former Marine speaks out about nude photos of servicewomen
Kate Hendricks Thomas says she and other military women typically endure sexual abuse on the job and so she was not surprised to learn that a Facebook page called "Marines United" with 30,000 Marine followers posted nude photos of females Marines.
Why are we so bad at spotting cons?
Should you respond to that suspiciously attractive suitor on OkCupid? Should you invest your money in a “too-good-to-be-true” land deal? Before you trust anyone, listen to Maria Konnikova talk about the history and psychology of cons.
Inside the Russian police force answering thousands of calls for help from battered women
“Domestic violence means when someone is tied to a bed and abused or tortured,” said one police officer. “When husband and wife are fighting, that's a different matter."
One of the oldest bars in America is now the place to go for Thai visas
Joe Milano is the owner of Union Oyster House. He also happens to be the honorary consul general for Thailand.
Will the travel ban and building a wall fix America's immigration problems?
President Trump's plans for a wall between Mexico and the United States and a travel ban against citizens from six Muslim-majority countries may not be the best way to fix the country's immigration laws. Immigration law professor David Martin, who helped shape immigration policy under the Clinton and Obama administrations, thinks Trump proposals are not the solution.
How hard is it to elect a female head of state? Liberians made it look easy.
Liberian women united behind the candidacy of a 60-something grandmother to lead their war-ravaged nation.
The leader of the California independence movement lives in Russia
A once fringe idea, some Californians are now seriously contemplating Calexit.
Uganda has been a welcoming place for South Sudan's refugees
South Sudan's refugee crisis seems to be getting worse. But there's reason for optimism, and it all comes down to Uganda’s unusual and progressive refugee policy.
More than a few conservatives are pushing back against House Republicans' new health care bill
The American Health Care Act would do away with health insurance mandates and create a system of tax credits to encourage Americans to purchase insurance.
The GOP Congress killed Obama's Stream Protection Rule. Now what?
Coal has deep roots in Appalachia and its local communities, but this way of life often comes with persistent water pollution. Now, with the recent overturn of the Stream Protection Rule, coal companies are under less pressure to control and clean up their environmental impact.
Syrian refugee kids find joy and success in these classrooms. They are a lucky few.
Lebanon's public education system can't cope with hundreds of thousands of extra Syrian refugee kids. So nonprofit groups are trying to fill the gaps.
Ousted over anti-Trump comments, former Hawaii Republican minority leader considers leaving the party
Beth Fukumoto thought her party respected diversity and independent voices. Then, she criticized Donald Trump.
Pavel Lion is kind of a cross between Fyodor Dostoyevsky and 'Weird Al' Yankovic
For musician Pavel Lion growing up in Soviet Russia in the '70s, rock music was a revelation. But the first Western music he embraced was disco.
Trump implements a new immigration and travel ban — but gives Iraq a pass
The law does not use language about Muslims or Christianity, which will make it more acceptable to the courts, says Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer based in Houston.
California's undocumented workers help grow the economy — but there's a cost
California has the largest economy in the US. It's also the state with the most immigrants. These two facts are not unrelated, but the way immigrants build that economy is complex.
North Korea launches more missiles, Japan and US seek UN meeting
The call for the meeting came after Pyongyang had earlier launched at least four missiles, with three splashing down in the sea close to key US ally Japan.
With its ex-president on trial, Catalonia is still pushing for an independence vote
Catalonia, the northeastern region of Spain, is often compared to Scotland because it's a place with a distinctive identity, its own language, culture and institutions. And its leaders want to hold an independence referendum. We sat down with ex-President Artur Mas to find out more.
This imam wants to make America great, too
The Trump administration's rhetoric about Islam and terrorism is alarming to many Muslims. The imam at Boston's biggest mosque says the best response is to look outward.
Scientists are trying to make the perfect battery
David Pogue, host of NOVA’s new documentary, “The Search for the Super Battery,” discusses the booming field of battery science.
Catholic bishops outraged by Congress' repeal of an anti-corruption measure that could support child labor
Government corruption fueled by cash from extractive industries exacerbates poverty and misery in many countries, according to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. President Donald Trump’s first piece of legislation reversed an SEC rule designed to require companies to disclose these cash payments.
Everyone has an opinion about Donald Trump, including ISIS recruits
Want to find out what ISIS jihadist recruits think of Donald Trump? Ask them.
Lydia the Great White shark 'just kept swimming' for 36,000 miles
Lydia, a Great White with a Twitter account and a cult following, has traveled the length of the Earth's circumference.
The World's music feature this week: Contrabanned at SXSW
The World is part of a very cool project at the upcoming South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. We've collaborated on a showcase called Contrabanned: #MusicUnites.
Why some Somali Americans are cheering for their home country's new president
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a dual US-Somali citizen, is raising the hopes of Somalis at home and abroad.
Hungry and afraid, Mosul civilians flee
More than 28,000 people have streamed out of west Mosul since February 19, when security forces began a push to wrest control from the Islamic State group, according to International Organization for Migration figures.
In communist Poland, the punk thing to do was to sing in English
Polish musician Tomek Lipinski heard his first punk album on a cassette tape in 1978. That tape changed his life.
Haiti's 'original boy band' called it quits. Here's how they got their start.
This past summer, an iconic Haitian band called it quits. Carimi wasn't just another pop group, though. It was Haiti's original boy band.
Why some Muslim Syrian refugees are converting to Christianity
Converting from Islam to Christianity can be a dangerous thing in the Middle East. In some countries, it's illegal. Yet some Syrian refugees are converting, despite receiving threats.
RIP swimming pigs: Several of the Bahamas' beloved porkers found dead
In the Bahamas, there are beaches where you can swim with pigs. And lots of selfie-happy tourists did — until recently.
Brexit looms for more than 100,000 Brits living in Germany
The battle for Brexit is currently stalled on the rights that will be maintained by EU citizens in the UK after the separation. But what about Brits living on the continent?
Jeff Sessions recuses himself from investigation; the Russian ambassador is once again at the center of controversy
The revelation of Jeff Sessions' Russian contacts — which directly contradicted his testimony in Senate confirmation hearings — plunged President Donald Trump's administration into fresh turmoil, dashing its hopes for a feel-good reboot after a chaotic start.
Bomb threats are one part of a wave of anti-Semitism in America
The incidents are causing fear across Jewish communities.
Guess what? Shakespeare didn't start the theater scene in England.
Shakespeare's London theater was only one of many open at the turn of the 17th century. A new project is aiming to rediscover some of those forgotten masterpieces.
What Trump's $54 billion means to the Pentagon
President Donald Trump plans to request a $54-billion budget increase in defense spending. That sounds like a lot, but it's not as big an increase as the White House portrays it to be.
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