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Updated 2025-07-03 12:30
A mental health crisis on Lesbos is worsening
Reports of suicide attempts within the refugee population are up, as are other symptoms related to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Meanwhile, virtually all mental services on the island are at capacity.
President Biden set to further regulate 'ghost guns'
The Biden administration faces pushback from Republicans as it tries to pass legislation to further regulate "ghost guns" assembled with homemade parts.
Building high-rises, hotels and stadiums out of wood — for climate's sake
Wood used to rule much of the building world, and now, it’s poised for a comeback, as engineered wooden buildings start to become an eco-friendly alternative to concrete and steel.
Chinese students in the US grapple with the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
Chinese families are also thinking twice about sending their children to the US to study amid growing concerns about safety and security.
‘Our unity is our hope,’ exiled Myanmar envoy says
From hiding, a parliament-in-exile takes shape and seeks to build a new armed resistance force.
Seasonal workers have long faced gender and pay discrimination. Now there’s a way to file direct complaints.
The new US-Mexico-Canada agreement paves a clear pathway for some workers in Mexico to unionize and also file labor complaints directly with governments. In March, two women petitioned Mexico and the US on gender and pay discrimination allegations.
Backlash from bubble-tea fans after China bans plastic straws in restaurants
When drinking bubble tea — the straw is essential. How else can you suck up all those chewy tapioca balls? Complaints from bubble-tea drinkers have sparked a national conversation about straws.
Plan to divert water to Brazil's Belo Monte dam threatens Indigenous peoples and wildlife
The company that built and operates the Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River in Brazil has begun drawing down some 85% of the river, an amount scientists and Indigenous peoples believe will have catastrophic effects.
‘This island is a prison’: Migrants say plan for a refugee camp on Lesbos is too isolating
The European Union has announced a quarter-billion euros in funding for five new refugee camps on Greek islands, including on Lesbos. Some are worried the new site will not improve conditions for migrants on the island.
More transgender people are hiding their identity at work in the UK. Why?
A recent survey by a UK recruitment company indicates that over two-thirds of transgender people nationwide continue to conceal their identity at work, and the numbers are increasing.
Royal tumult in Jordan comes at a time of economic hardship
A rare but tense rift within Jordan’s royal family is playing out in public. But for one Jordanian who spoke to The World, it's the economy that should be the focus.
Health workers in Brazil fear COVID-19 cases may keep rising: ‘We cannot continue to trivialize these deaths’
As the rate of new infections is starting to slow down in Brazil, health officials brace for a new spike after Easter holiday gatherings over the weekend.
Activists argue the US doesn't do enough to protect domestic workers. Can an international hearing change that?
After 14 years of efforts, activists are calling the US out on an international stage for failing to protect domestic workers.
New album lifts up the voices of ostracized women in northern Ghana’s ‘witch camps’
The stories of these women, who remain vulnerable, can now be heard on an album called "I've forgotten now who I used to be."
Mummies of ancient Egyptian kings and queens move to a new resting place in 'Pharaohs’ Golden Parade’
As part of the multimillion-dollar event, the 18 kings and four queens were transported from the Egypt Museum in Tahrir Square along the River Nile to their new home at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, south of the capital.
Kickball builds bonds between migrants and locals in this Colombian border city
As anti-immigrant sentiment grows in Colombia, kickball league organizers in Riohacha hope the sport can facilitate integration between Venezuelans and their new neighbors.
A climate reporter walks into an appliance store...
Despite his efforts to buy a climate-friendly refrigerator, climate reporter Phil McKenna ended up buying a "carbon bomb" containing a greenhouse gas thousands of times more potent than CO2.
Haitian asylum-seekers face discrimination in Tijuana migrant camp
While much of the focus along the border has been on the arrival of Central Americans seeking asylum, Haitians have also experienced violence, political instability and racism in their journey to border cities like Tijuana.
Iran’s foreign minister talked on Clubhouse. Was it an act of rare access or political opportunism?
Javad Zarif discussed everything from Iran’s recent partnership with China to his bedtime routine. Iranian state media published parts of his conversation.
In France, artists occupy theaters with a strong message: ‘Reopen culture’
France’s cultural spaces may be closed, but many artists are insisting that the show must go on.
Myanmar’s army is turning guns on medics
Fears of a failed state abound as hospitals close and EMTs dodge bullets.
A Canadian company challenges vaccine rules to increase access
Biolyse’s unconventional move to try to produce single-dose COVID-19 vaccines adds to a fierce global debate about who controls vaccine knowledge and production in a pandemic.
Military tension between Russia and Ukraine escalates
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine started more than seven years ago when Russia annexed the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula. Now, the two countries are at war in eastern Ukraine. The so-called “frozen conflict” has heated up again. Fighting is escalating in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire, and there have been reports of military buildup in Crimea and on the Russian side of the border. Host Carol Hills speaks with Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the commanding general of the US Army in Europe until 2017.
Can K-pop stars wield their celebrity to influence climate action?
K-pop band Blackpink put out a climate change video expressing concern for the environment. Soon after its release, they were named cultural ambassadors to COP26, the upcoming United Nations’ climate talks in Glasgow.
Bolsonaro’s Cabinet reshuffle triggers worst military crisis since the ’70s
On Tuesday, the heads of the Brazilian navy, army and air force jointly resigned after Bolsonaro removed the defense minister in a major Cabinet reshuffle. This comes on the anniversary of Brazil's 1964 coup that ushered in a decadeslong dictatorship.
In Zimbabwe, vaccine hesitancy among front-line workers stalls rollout
A month into its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Zimbabwe has struggled to surpass the 75,000 mark as some front-line health workers are skeptical about the Chinese-made Sinopharm efficacy rate.
Activists protest migrant facility plan in Greece: ‘Greek islands will not be turned to prisons’
A group of residents gathered in the port city of Mytilene to protest plans for a permanent migrant facility on the island.
Spain test-drives a nationwide 4-day workweek
The Spanish government has proposed a three-year pilot project to help companies switch to a four-day workweek, and will partially fund companies who may need to hire additional staff or reorganize workflows.
Swimmers relish their first dip in Britain’s outdoor 'lidos' as lockdown relaxes
As vaccination rates have risen and death rates have fallen, a gradual unlocking has begun, starting with outdoor leisure facilities. That includes lidos — a very British institution.
Hundreds remain missing after Cabo Delgado attack
Last week, Islamist insurgents stormed Palma, killing dozens of people, according to Mozambique’s Ministry of Defense spokesperson Omar Saranga.
This nature photography project helps London health care workers cope with pandemic stress
For UK photographer and anthropologist Liz Hingley, the COVID-19 crisis brought home the need to rebuild a connection with the natural world. She began the "Nature of Care" project 10 months ago to help nurses and doctors in London cope with pandemic-induced stress and anxiety by teaching them nature photography skills.
Walter Isaacson on how gene editing will change lives
CRISPR has enabled us to manipulate the code of life. Where might it take us next?
Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia: Music transforms like raindrops that 'wash this part of humanity.'
Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia, who had to leave his homeland due to religious persecution, says his pain comes out in his music.
Email's death grip is strangling us, says computer scientist
Are we doing our work, or just talking about it?
Rapper Ali ATH wonders if there's a place for him in Afghanistan's future
Up-and-coming rapper Ali ATH overcame many obstacles to get into the music business in Afghanistan. Now, as the Taliban gets ready to return to power, he wonders if he will be able to remain in his country.
Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of 'radical climate acceptance'
Kim Nicholas, a climate scientist at Lund University in Sweden, has a new book out this week, "Under the Sky We Make: How to be a Human in a Warming World," to help people understand where they fit into solving the climate crisis.
Uyghur mothers in Turkey walk for miles to ask politicians for help locating their children in China
These mothers say they were separated from their families by the Chinese government’s campaign of forced labor camps and surveillance, which has targeted the ethnic Uyghur minority living in the Xinjiang autonomous region since 2017.
This start-up turns locust swarms in Kenya into animal feed
The Bug Picture has worked for the last six weeks in Kenya to pilot a program that pays farmers to collect locusts from their fields in exchange for cash.
Will car-obsessed Madrid join Europe’s biking and walking trend?
As several cities welcome record numbers of cyclists, Madrid lags far behind the walking and biking trend. Activists are trying to change that with an anti-car movement.
Honduras and other countries at the ‘back of the line’ in global vaccine distribution
In Honduras and in low-income countries across the world, the vaccination process is riddled with uncertainty.
Czech Republic may offer justice, compensation to thousands of sterilized Roma women
A new bill under consideration in the Czech Republic could compensate women who were involuntarily sterilized up to $13,000. Roma women and activist groups say reaching this stage is a huge milestone.
Brazil saw its first COVID-19 death a year ago. Today the death toll nears 300,000.
With the new, highly contagious Amazon variant spreading around the country and a slow vaccine rollout, there seems to be little light at the end of the tunnel.
'Our goal is to heal': Jesuits and descendants of the enslaved reflect on landmark agreement
The Jesuits are pledging to donate $100 million to a newly created Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation. They also plan to raise $1 billion in scholarships for future descendants and fund a process of truth and reconciliation in the US.
An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador
A new book describes how environmental activists in El Salvador brought conservatives and progressives together to institute a nationwide ban on metal mining in 2017. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with attorney Luis Parada, who led El Salvador’s defense team in a mining lawsuit at the World Bank, and Robin Broad, a co-author of the book, "The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved A Country from Corporate Greed."
Iron Dames: The all-female team racing to bring change to motor sports
The Iron Dames is one of just three all-female teams in the world. Far from a marketing gimmick, they’ve already qualified for big-name races and hope to lead the way for future female pilots.
The world rethought nuclear energy after Fukushima. Climate change complicates it.
Some advocates see the carbon-neutral energy source as a powerful tool to combat climate change, but renewables are increasingly a cheaper option.
7 years after Russia's annexation of Crimea, Indigenous Tatars still face prosecution
Ayla Bakkalli, the representative for Crimean Tatars at the United Nations, spoke to The World’s Marco Werman about what it has been like for Tatars to live under Russian occupation for the past seven years.
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died at 61
After weeks of speculation about the health and whereabouts of Tanzanian President John Magufuli, he was pronounced dead on Wednesday night.
Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle
The global boycott against South Africa’s apartheid regime is credited, in part, for helping to end it. Now, climate change activists are borrowing from the same playbook — pulling dollars from those who fund the fossil-fuel industry.
The EU proposes certificates to ease travel during the pandemic. Not everyone is on board.
People who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who have tested negative for the virus as well as those who have recovered from it would receive a certificate.
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