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Updated 2025-07-02 13:46
Translating Trump — literally
In English, Trump's name connotes a certain grandiosity, but how well does it translate into other languages? This week on the World in Words podcast, translating Trump.
Saying goodbye to the most diverse White House ever
As the White House changes hands this week, the demographics of the people who work there will also likely change drastically.
Watch live: Obama gives his final presidential press conference
Obama has given over 150 news conferences since becoming head of state eight years ago. His last takes place two days before he turns over the Oval Office.
From Mauritania: A song for breast cancer awareness
Noura Mint Seymali is from Mauritania and she wants to make sure women, especially women in Africa, get their yearly breast cancer screenings. Seymali helps raise awareness through a song.
How this torture survivor from Chad made good on 'a pact with God'
Souleymane Guengueng, at home in the Bronx, once helped imprison a brutal former president of Chad. Now, he hopes to teach others how he did it.
More Mexicans are crossing the border — to leave the US. Here’s one family’s story.
More than a year ago, a husband and wife from Mexico voluntarily returned to their country of origin and left their Americanized sons in the United States. Now that Trump has been elected, will more immigrant parents make the same choice?
Obama grants clemency to Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning, former Gen. James Cartwright, among others
In the waning days of his administration, President Obama commuted Chelsea Manning's 35-year sentence. The transgender soldier will now be released in May of 2017. He also pardoned or gave clemency to nearly 300 others, including former Marine Gen. James Cartwright.
President Trump's inaugural walk will be along a bike path
Donald Trump really hasn't said much about cycling.
Staunchly Catholic Peru sees a surge in gender activism and progressive policies
Women and LGBT rights have been advancing in conservative Peru — but not without a response from opponents.
Think antibiotic-resistant 'super-bugs' are only a distant threat? Think again.
The death of a Nevada woman whose bacterial infection was immune to every available drug in the US is raising new alarms about antibiotic resistance.
China's Xi Jinping goes to Davos to deliver a defense of globalization
In the face of Brexit and the victory of Donald Trump, it fell to Chinese President Xi Jinping to defend globalization at the annual world economic meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
How Britain tried to influence the US election in 1940
They used dirty tricks, planted fake and misleading stories, set up a fake polling organization and funded the opponents of politicians they disliked. The goal was to change US public opinion and manipulate its political leadership toward helping Britain defeat Nazi Germany.
With the search for MH370 stopped, families still have many questions
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 nearly three years ago remains one of aviation's most enduring mysteries.
A women's health center for Syrian refugees is helping Jordanian women, too
About one in three Jordanian women report experiencing domestic violence but many lack access to services. Now, Jordanian women are getting help in centers set up to treat Syrian refugees.
How empathy leads us astray
Empathy is an inherently good human quality. So, why is Yale psychologist Paul Bloom against it? We talk with him about why feeling others’ pain makes for bad public policy.
To one Jewish professor, Martin Luther King Jr. was a mensch
“He was always so gentle and kind and friendly to me,” says professor Susannah Heschel, who met Martin Luther King Jr. a couple times as a little girl.
Iranian filmmaker’s latest work combines 'Death of a Salesman' and modern Tehran
Asghar Farhadi's films have won many international awards. "A Separation" won an Oscar in 2012 — the first for Iranian cinema. His latest film, "The Salesman" was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Europe is concerned by Trump’s renewed criticism of NATO and the EU
Alarm bells are ringing in European capitals after President-elect Donald Trump said NATO was obsolete. In an interview with two leading European newspapers, Trump also criticized the European Union and said he would consider lifting sanctions against Russia. He also made a direct attack on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the leader of one of America’s most important traditional allies.
Has a new civil rights movement already begun?
To create a new civil rights movement, immigration activists are scrambling to overcome divisions and prepare for the unknown.
Five Italian microbrews you need to try now
Beer in Italy used to mean Peroni. While that's still the case, there is a growing microbrew scene that's producing some incredible brews.
Alec Baldwin says he's having the time of his life — impersonating President-elect Donald Trump
Actor Alec Baldwin has quickly become the go-to for satire on the Trump presidency.
Animating the friendly ocean in Disney's 'Moana'
Two Disney animators describe the ocean-sized task of making water “come alive.”
How 'letters to the future' are putting the spotlight on climate action now
The DearTomorrow project invites people to share messages with their loved ones about how they’re working against climate disruption — to be read decades in the future.
How 'letters to the future' are putting the spotlight on climate action now
The DearTomorrow project invites people to share messages with their loved ones about how they’re working against climate disruption — to be read decades in the future.
The 'Madhouse Effect' of climate denial in America
In their new book, a climate scientist and a political cartoonist team up to debunk the arguments against climate change.
The 'Madhouse Effect' of climate denial in America
In their new book, a climate scientist and a political cartoonist team up to debunk the arguments against climate change.
Three ways to die on Venus, and other space facts
In his new book, the astronomer Dean Regas lays out some of his favorite trivia about the cosmos.
Citizen scientists have been taking an annual ‘bird census’ for over a century
Results from Audubon’s 117th annual Christmas Bird Count are rolling in. What’s the bird count, you say?
Three ways to die on Venus, and other space facts
In his new book, the astronomer Dean Regas lays out some of his favorite trivia about the cosmos.
Citizen scientists have been taking an annual ‘bird census’ for over a century
Results from Audubon’s 117th annual Christmas Bird Count are rolling in. What’s the bird count, you say?
Welcome to San Escobar, a dreamy nation accidentally founded by Poland
Witold Waszczykowski mistakenly told reporters at the UN that he'd met with various nations "such as Belize or San Escobar." Thing is, that's not a nation. The internet is having a field day.
Welcome to San Escobar, a dreamy nation accidentally founded by Poland
Witold Waszczykowski mistakenly told reporters at the UN that he'd met with various nations "such as Belize or San Escobar." Thing is, that's not a nation. The internet is having a field day.
Obama's end to 'wet foot, dry foot' is an 'important step,' says Cuba
In the last days of his presidency, Barack Obama got rid of the policy that granted Cuban migrants asylum if they made it to US soil.
Obama's end to 'wet foot, dry foot' is an 'important step,' says Cuba
In the last days of his presidency, Barack Obama got rid of the policy that granted Cuban migrants asylum if they made it to US soil.
The day Princess Diana stepped into an active minefield
In Jan. 15, 1997, Princess Diana walked through an active minefield in Angola. Here's how land mine ban advocate Paul Heslop, who helped Diana detonate a land mine in front of an audience of international reporters, remembers the day.
The day Princess Diana stepped into an active minefield
In Jan. 15, 1997, Princess Diana walked through an active minefield in Angola. Here's how land mine ban advocate Paul Heslop, who helped Diana detonate a land mine in front of an audience of international reporters, remembers the day.
The World music features this week: Teitur, Faada Freddy and Hannah Williams & the Affirmations
Each week on The World, we feature a unique selection of music, and every week, we put together the highlights for you here.
The World music features this week: Teitur, Faada Freddy and Hannah Williams & the Affirmations
Each week on The World, we feature a unique selection of music, and every week, we put together the highlights for you here.
How a polo tour in India is helping to protect a rare breed of ponies
The birthplace of modern polo is trying to save an indigenous breed of pony that's part of the region's heritage.
Victims of online romance scams, there's a place you can go for help
Victims of online romance scams suffer some of the highest financial losses of any internet-based crimes, the FBI says.
What it's like to cover Trump for a German audience
Germans are closely following President-elect Donald Trump's path to the White House, says Matthias Kolb, a reporter with the Munich-based daily Suddeutche Zeitung.
A Swiss town is divided over whether to take in refugees
Residents of Oberwil-Lieli are divided over whether their town should continue to shut out refugees and pay a fine instead.
Tillerson hedges on climate science, but supports Paris agreement
In his Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state, Exxon's former chief differs with Donald Trump on keeping the country in the international accord.
Kenyans in Obama's ancestral village worry the world will forget them now
Obama's celebrity attracted important investment and development projects to Kogelo. With Trump coming in, villagers worry the world is about to leave them behind.
America is divided — and that's by design
It used to be said that you could have your own opinion, but you couldn't have your own facts. But after decades of deliberate effort by some conservative Republicans to undermine public trust in government, the media and even in science, agreement about facts and even about the rules of the game in American democracy is not what it used to be. How did we get here? Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and co-author of "It's Even Worse Than it Was: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism" weighs in.
Trump: The public doesn't care about my tax returns. Our audience: Wrong!
On Wednesday President-elect Donald Trump chided a reporter when asked about releasing his tax returns to the public, saying, "The American public doesn't care." But is that true?
Here are the real lessons from flawed responses to Haiti's disasters
The earthquake that rocked Haiti seven years ago, today, and Hurricane Matthew, in October, are two completely different disasters — one urban, the other, rural; one arriving without warning, the other, visible in the distance — but both amounted to enormous humanitarian crises and offer great lessons for relief efforts.
Watch live: Senate confirmation hearings for Defense, CIA and HUD
Senate committees will hear from three Trump Cabinet nominees on Thursday: retired Gen. James Mattis, Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan, and Ben Carson.
The reconciliation of Mark Wahlberg
The actor, who stars in a new movie about the Boston Marathon bombings, once made life hell for immigrants and African Americans on Boston’s racially divided streets.
Moscow’s long history of gathering ‘kompromat’
Russian intelligence has always tried to gather compromising information, or "kompromat," on prominent figures at home and abroad. It's also known that they try to use this as influence to help Moscow's interests.
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