The World: Latest Stories

A new project aims to translate never-before-published Soviet-era KGB espionage manuals into English.

The Earth is warming and changing faster than many climate scientists had predicted, and at times the future looks impossibly grim. A new HBO documentary focuses on the practical and accessible solutions to climate change already at hand.

Kris Stanek monitors the sky for the group All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae, or ASAS-SN, at The Ohio State University. The group observed the giant space rock, known as Asteroid 2019 OK, just before it passed by Earth.

The rapper’s murder inspired a summit in Compton where rival gangs discussed a path to peace.

How to update a classic piece of Broadway choreography.

How the comedian dissolves into multitudes of characters, from his mother to Andrew Jackson, in his one-man plays.

In a recent public service announcement produced by Mutombo for DR Congo, he speaks directly into the camera and tells viewers that Ebola is real and offers tips on how to prevent it and get treatment.

Puerto Rican singer iLe is one of many high-profile artists who've spoken out in support of the protesters in Puerto Rico. And one of her songs titled “Afilando Los Cuchillos” or “Sharpening the Knives” is part of the soundtrack for Puerto Rico’s political crisis.

June 2019 brought world leaders together at two major meetings: the Bonn Climate Change Conference and the G20 Osaka Summit. Neither meeting made much progress on the major issues still being debated. Once again, the US stance was particularly problematic.

Three sisters in Russia are on trial for murdering their father — and whether they are killers or victims has stirred intense public debate.

The Mueller report detailed Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential elections, but what steps are the federal government and the states taking to prevent it from happening in 2020?

With $1.3 billion in annual revenue, The Nature Conservancy is among the biggest environmental nonprofits in the world and, over nearly 70 years, it has protected 120 million of acres of land worldwide. But sexual harassment and discrimination allegations recently toppled four of its executives, including its CEO.

Today, a new Trump administration policy will go into effect that will allow the government to deport undocumented immigrants without a court hearing if they are unable to demonstrate they’ve been in the country for at least two years. Marco Werman spoke with law professor César García Hernández to explain what this could mean for immigrants and deportations across the United States.

As the Trump administration’s focus on the US-Mexico border intensifies, scientists who study ecosystems in the region are having a hard time doing their jobs.

Tens of thousands of tropical parakeets roost in London's trees. How did they get there?

How the debut B-52’s album wedded punk with fun.

Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans participated in protests demanding the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. Poet laureate Raquel Salas Rivera speaks with Marco Werman about the movement for change in Puerto Rico.

Almost two-thirds of asylum-seekers in Greece are women and children. Greece continues to struggle with how to accommodate migrants — especially this new population, which has needs that are unique to pregnant and nursing mothers and babies.

Businesses worldwide are looking for alternatives to single-use plastic cups.

It's thanks to the Parkes Observatory in Australia that people around the world got to see the moon landing on television screens in 1969.

In August, roughly 2 million Muslims will descend upon Mecca in Saudi Arabia to complete one of the most important rituals in Islam. This year, some Muslims are questioning whether they should go.

The begging of the nuclear age at the end of World War II happened, in large part, due to fears that Germany would detonate an atomic bomb first. See how the United States pushed itself to become the world's first nuclear power.

Fentanyl, a deadly drug 100 times stronger than morphine, is linked to complex international supply chains that traffic it into the US.

North Koreans get to “vote” this weekend. Here’s how their elections work.

In countries where right-wing leaders have come to power, like Brazil, many new young, diverse leaders are choosing to run for office. São Paulo has elected the country’s first transsexual Afro Brazilian lawmaker.

The Silver Lake Chorus commissioned indie rockers to write songs for them. Aimee Mann explains how she wrote “Easy to Die,” about a friend’s overdose.

How the legendary jazz singer transformed pain into art on her 1956 album.

The most popular living composer of choral music doesn’t need the world’s best singers in his choir — he just wants thousands of amateurs from all over the world.

The emergency declaration will increase funding and resources to tackle the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo, says Tariq Riebl, Ebola emergency response director for the IRC — and hopefully raise global attention to the crisis.

Border officials denied military veteran Roman Sabal entry to the US for a scheduled citizenship interview Monday. Sabal is one of seven deported veterans with pending citizenship cases.

A group of searchers goes out every week to look for the missing in Mexico. After Mirna Nereida Medina Quiñones found her son's body, her group has helped to find and identify more than 100 disappeared people in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico.

Jair Bolsonaro targets teachers and supports having officers with guns in schools, raising fears of a return to Brazil’s days of dictatorship.

Over the last year, an Ebola epidemic has gripped Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus has reached the eastern city of Goma, home to over 1 million people. David Gressly, UN's Ebola response coordinator, talks about what this means for the fight against the virus.

In October 1957, a beach-ball sized metal globe hurtled through space a couple hundred miles above the United States. That orb was the first artificial Earth satellite — Sputnik. Sergei Khrushchev, former missile engineer and son of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, remembers the US-Soviet race into space.

The protests that have drawn millions into the streets have also spawned memes that show anger, sadness and solidarity among demonstrators.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s support for commercial farming in the Amazon is reviving old tensions.

At least 26 people were killed in a weekend attack by al-Shabab, a group the US has been battling for decades.

Somali Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh "tried to reconnect a broken Somali community" with a YouTube network that told positive stories of Somalis living all over the world.

The proposed changes, set to become official on Tuesday, represent the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down on immigration, the signature issue that helped propel Trump to the White House in the 2016 election and one already figuring prominently in the 2020 campaign.

If Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump are so similar, why is Brazil responding so differently to incoming refugees?

Hong Kong pop singer Denise Ho has been an outspoken activist for democracy in Hong Kong. She says there has been a breakdown in the "one country, two systems" policy that the mainland had promised to abide by.

To Trump critics, immigration raids and squalid holding cells at the US southern border characterize his hard-line stance on immigration. But how do his policies compare to past US presidents?

Not everyone’s a winner when tech jobs come to town. Find out how the wage gap between Americans has grown — and what that means for people of color.

In Argentina, violence against women is rising nationwide. Prosecutor Marcela Juan is among a number of women trying to solve the problem. Some are working on legislation while others are taking to the streets, making their voices heard.

There could be immigration raids in 10 US cities, according to news reports. At a south Minneapolis high school, the principal has worked to make sure her students are ready if the raids come.

Iranian ships tried to block a British tanker in the Straight of Hormuz. How does the standoff fit into rising tensions in the Gulf?

A sculpture grows in Brooklyn.

How a fourth grader fell for a notorious Disney villain.

How the director turns depressing reality into relevant comedy.