A US transgender activist seeking refuge in Sweden, Sudan's second month of protests, the surreal trial of El Chapo
As the partial government shutdown continues, DACA and TPS recipients were drawn into the stalemate with a proposal by President Donald Trump this weekend that would end the shutdown and give them temporary legal protection, in exchange for funding for a border wall. Democrats say that's a nonstarter. So, what do the people caught up in this political fight say? And we'll get a Mexican perspect...
47m Jan 21, 2019
47m
North Korean spymaster, India's ‘plogger,' black women surfing to the 2020 olympics
President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un have been exchanging "beautiful letters," according to Trump. Now, the two leaders are expected to arrange a second summit meeting for later this year. Also, the Swedish fitness trend "plogging" is a mashup of jogging while picking up litter. Yes, this is a real thing. Plus, we hit the beach in Santa Monica, California, where a Senegal...
46m Jan 18, 2019
46m
Trump's space wall, divisions in the Women’s March movement, where in the world is the North Pole?
Trickle-down effects of the government shutdown include places like the North Pole. Also, women take to the streets this weekend, but divisions are appearing. Plus, revising the legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
45m Jan 17, 2019
45m
Shutdown slows already backlogged immigration courts, the KGB in NYC, a probe of the Mueller probe?
US soldiers killed in Syria and the latest on Brexit. Plus, the origins of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. And, a learning tour with the KGB in New York City.
46m Jan 16, 2019
46m
The crucial Brexit vote, tales from the Congo Basin, a steel town reflects
Explosions and gunfire shock a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya. Plus, how confirmation hearings for the US attorney general could impact the ongoing investigation into connections between the Trump administration and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. And, the crucial vote in the UK Parliament on Brexit.
46m Jan 15, 2019
46m
Sympathy pizza as the shutdown persists, a Green New Deal, the Presidential Records Act
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's talks with Saudi leaders. Also, the "Green New Deal." A proposal to fight climate change and, in the process, create new jobs. Plus, Canadian air traffic controllers send sympathy pizza to US colleagues struggling through the government shutdown.
39m Jan 14, 2019
39m
World's best soccer player wants girls to believe in themselves, the US is currently in 31 national emergencies, Nicaraguan journalist takes refuge in Miami
The US begins to withdraw troops from Syria, but ISIS retains a foothold in the region. Plus, massive gasoline shortages and long lines at gas stations in Mexico City after the government cracks down on fuel theft. And, the best soccer player in the world and her message to young girls who want to play.
47m Jan 11, 2019
47m
President Trump visits border communities, death from overwork in Japan, an Egyptian musician in exile
President Donald Trump visits the Mexican border to highlight what he's calling a "humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border." The main message in Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech in Cairo was stated over and over: Barack Obama's approach to the Middle East was dangerous and wrong, and Iran is the arch-enemy of stability across the region. And Americans studying abroad in I...
48m Jan 10, 2019
48m
Fewer Salvadorans are being apprehended at the border, Mexico-US collaboration, what does it take to be a spy?
So, who's in charge now of the Justice Department's Russia investigation? The official who had been overseeing the probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, is reportedly planning to resign. Also, former Mexican ambassador to the US, Arturo Sarukhan, gives us his take on President Donald Trump's demand for a border wall and previews Trump's trip to the border tomorrow. Plus, a Japanese mag...
46m Jan 09, 2019
46m
The 'real crisis' at the border, Asian Cup politics, durian mania
President Donald Trump is expected to make his case for building a new border wall with Mexico, and for continuing the partial government shutdown until he gets the money for the project from Congress. Also, the possibility that President Trump could declare a national emergency over what he calls the crisis at the border — what would that mean? And when have previous presidents declared nation...
46m Jan 08, 2019
46m
Food safety and the shutdown, Trump heads to the border, out of the UK and into forced marriages
The government shutdown is affecting the inspection of food imports from Mexico and other countries. And a former Mexican diplomat Jorge Guajardo gives us his view of the border wall debate in Washington. Plus, a charity in the UK aids women who have been sent out of the UK and into forced marriages.
46m Jan 07, 2019
46m
A Russian grandmother becomes a US citizen, truth-squadding President Trump, Januhairy brings awareness to body positivity
US President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders meet to discuss the ongoing partial government shutdown and ways to end it. Plus, truth-squadding Trump's reference to "17,000 criminals apprehended at the border." And, a Russian grandmother becomes a US citizen and tells us what it means to her.
46m Jan 04, 2019
46m
Falafel made from algae, #TweetYourThobe, a new Congress is sworn in
It's day 1 for the new Democratic-led Congress. We hear from a Minnesota teacher goes to Washington to witness the swearing-in of her new representative, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Also, the former captain of Afghanistan's women's national soccer team talks about what she says has been a long pattern of sexual harassment and abuse of players by Afghan soccer officials. And, Israeli students dare...
47m Jan 03, 2019
47m
Border walls, women enter an Indian temple, China's quest for the dark side of the moon
As US President Donald Trump demands a border wall and Democrats refuse to fund it, we go to Israel to talk about two different walls there. Plus, two women make history by entering an Indian temple that had banned women of menstruating age. And, China is due to land on the dark side of the moon any day now.
46m Jan 02, 2019
46m
Jamaica bans plastic bags, Vladimir Putin’s 2019 calendar, a year of identity politics
The family of an American arrested in Russia as an alleged spy claim he's innocent. Also, today Jamaica becomes the latest country to ban plastic bags. Plus, why calendars featuring Russian leader Vladimir Putin seem to be in hot demand, in and out of Russia.
46m Jan 01, 2019
46m
El Paso struggles, NASA’s New Horizon, the biggest cyber attacks of 2018
Aid agencies in El Paso struggle to take care of more than 1,500 migrants released by the government and who are now stranded in the Texas city. Also, President Donald Trump and his plans for withdrawing US troops from Syria. Plus, hip-hop and Marvel comics helped shape this author when he first arrived in the US as a young boy.
48m Dec 31, 2018
48m
Government shutdown affects US Coast Guard, remembering Amos Oz, life in a refugee camp through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy
Life in a refugee camp through the eyes and ears of a 12-year-old Somali boy. Plus, the shutdown in Washington is likely to continue through the new year. And, an appreciation of acclaimed Israeli writer Amos Oz.
47m Dec 28, 2018
47m
Reaction to Trump's Iraq visit, Thailand approves medical marijuana, the latest from US detention centers
An Iraqi writer based in Canada offers his thoughts about President Donald Trump's Christmas visit to Iraq. Also, we reached out to our network of American veterans about Trump's first overseas visit with US troops. Some vets were impressed. Others were more skeptical about the way the White House presented the trip. Plus, our favorite music from 2018.
49m Dec 27, 2018
49m
Uncertainty in the global economy, companies returning to the US, Buju Banton's complicated legacy
Chaos in Washington. And uncertainty in the global economy. Are these two things linked? Plus, we look into something that President Donald Trump has talked about frequently — that the US economy has done so well since Trump's inauguration, that hundreds of companies are returning to America's shores. We dig into some of those numbers. And, reggae and dancehall star Buju Banton returns to Jamai...
48m Dec 26, 2018
48m
Christmas in Tijuana, illustrating a migrant experience in Texas, a Beirut tour guide
Artist Molly Crabapple spent time in a bus station and courthouses in southern Texas, where men, women and children make their way through the US immigration system. And Christmas is the time when long lines form at tamale markets in Los Angeles. Plus, when Owen Williams' neighbor Ken Watson passed away, he left behind 14 gifts for Williams' daughter. The story went viral on Twitter and William...
49m Dec 25, 2018
49m
'Remain in Mexico' policy, border agents as Santa, farofa for Christmas dinner
The Department of Homeland Security has announced a major shift in the United States asylum policy — that people applying for asylum in the US at its southern border must remain in Mexico until their case is decided. And scientists are saying that undersea landslides from the Anak Krakatau volcano may have caused the tsunami that killed hundreds in Indonesia. Plus, the most important revelation...
49m Dec 24, 2018
49m
The US plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan, replacing Maddis, poems about global warming
Afghanistan is reacting to the news that the US plans to remove about 7,000 troops from the country. And, Santa Claus doesn’t live in the North Pole: He lives in Finland. In Roviniemi, to be exact. Plus, host Marco Werman visits a fourth grade classroom in East Boston, where students have been writing poems inspired by global news they heard on this very program.
48m Dec 21, 2018
48m
Dark commerce and international security, a new era for Cubans in American baseball, Kurds abandoned again in Syria
Cubans won't have to defect to come play baseball in the US. That's the goal in a new agreement between the Cuban government and Major League Baseball. Also, what does a US withdrawal from Syria mean for American allies in the region, and for humanitarian groups still working on the ground in Syria? Plus, the daughter of French far-right politician Marine Le Pen has created a university that ai...
47m Dec 20, 2018
47m
US to pull out of Syria, new rules in women's tennis, Disney's 'Hakuna Matata' trademark under fire
Syrians react to the news of a quick US pullout. The mother photographed fleeing tear gas with her children at the US-Mexico border is now in the country. And an American college professor finds his name was being used by an ISIS militant and ended up on a secret watch list.
47m Dec 19, 2018
47m
Syrian refugee 'hero swimmer' out of prison, Michael Flynn's fate, is Krampus losing his edge?
The sentencing of Michael Flynn. Our take on it will examine his long military career and how he got into President Donald Trump's orbit. Also, we preview President Trump's plan B for a southern border wall. And, a young Syrian swimmer rescued migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean. The people she saved from drowning called her a hero. The Greek government now calls her a people smuggler. T...
48m Dec 18, 2018
48m
More on the death of a 7-year-old at the US border, Putin seeks to reign in rap, abortion pills on the web
How did a 7-year-old Mayan girl die while in the care of US Customs and Border Protection? We retrace her steps, beginning with the community in Guatemala where her family originates. Plus, nearly 200 countries decide to keep the Paris climate agreement alive, even with some obstruction from the Trump administration. And Russian President Vladimir Putin and his plan to reign in his nation's rap...
52m Dec 17, 2018
52m
A historic week for Yemen, a safe city for women, another rough day for Theresa May
A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died hours after she was taken into Border Patrol custody, apparently of dehydration. She and her father were with a group of migrants who crossed into the US illegally along a remote strip of New Mexico desert and then turned themselves into Border Patrol. Plus, Russia's air force sent two strategic bombers to Venezuela this week. And an American newspaper has aske...
48m Dec 14, 2018
48m
Friendship between women in El Salvador's prisons, a 'Crazy Rich Indian' wedding, a far-right advent calendar
A second Canadian citizen has been detained in China. We find out what these two arrests have to do with the previous detention in Canada of a top Chinese business executive, and with ongoing trade disputes between the US and China. Plus, in El Salvador, a miscarriage could land you in jail. And a who's who at a Crazy Rich Indian wedding. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.
48m Dec 13, 2018
48m
History of Trump's business with Russia, the fashion and power of yellow vests, Australia's new encryption law
We learn more about President Donald Trump's business ties to Russia. Plus, the latest on Maria Butina, the first Russian who is expected to plead guilty on charges related to Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election. And, how individual people are becoming collateral damage in the US-China trade war. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.
47m Dec 12, 2018
47m
Recognizing climate migrants, transgender rights in the Philippines, can Brexit be funny?
Journalists who have risked their lives to report on authoritarian rulers and their abuses of power are named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year." And, world leaders are recognizing that one cause of migration is climate change in this year's UN Compact on Migration. Plus, an 8-year-old listener takes host Marco Werman to task over a line from one of our recent stories.
49m Dec 11, 2018
49m
Elvis lights up in Germany, Congress takes on invasive insects, Brexit vote postponed
British Prime Minister Theresa May delays a vote in Parliament on her Brexit plan — an indication of how the move to separate Britain from the European Union continues to tear the nation apart. And in France, "yellow vest" demonstrations have led to calls for President Emmanuel Macron to step down. Plus, a German town honors Elvis with new traffic lights. Those stories, and the news, today on T...
50m Dec 10, 2018
50m
Trump's new pick for UN Ambassador, potential for peace in Afghanistan, the secret shelters for Iraqi women
President Donald Trump's new pick for UN Ambassador does not have a lot of experience in diplomacy. How much does that matter? Plus, there's both optimism and anxiety whether the Taliban and the Afghan government will ever come together and talk peace. And, how barbershops became a safe haven for African men. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.
49m Dec 07, 2018
49m
'Friends' gains popularity with Syrian millennials, an arrest at Chinese telecom giant Huawei, Gaelic singer Christine Primrose
The surprising arrest of an executive at a Chinese telecom giant. The reason for the arrest remains a mystery. Also, an Italian radio station is running a competition to find the next big stars of TV and movie dubbing. Plus, a Gaelic singer is about to be awarded an honor from the Queen for her contribution to Scottish music and culture. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.
49m Dec 06, 2018
49m
Russians swept up in the Mueller probe, drama for Dolce & Gabbana, Bangladesh building remote Rohingya island
There are a lot of Russians who've surfaced in the long-running inquiry led by special counsel Robert Mueller. We learn who the main Russian characters in the probe are, and where they are now. Also, there was a time when Planned Parenthood enjoyed bipartisan support. One of its biggest Republican supporters? George H.W. Bush. Plus, a fashion brand is criticized for releasing an ad for the Chin...
48m Dec 05, 2018
48m
A 360-degree music video, Canada's monument debate, the fallback of cutting climate pollution
A friend of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has filed a lawsuit against an Israeli company that he says provided the spyware that allowed the Saudi government to spy on their conversations. Plus, Canada's debate over statues honoring its founding father Sir John A. Macdonald. Many Canadians feel it's time to reassess his legacy. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.
48m Dec 04, 2018
48m
President George H.W. Bush's legacy in the Middle East, dogs of diplomacy, truce in the trade war with China
The role former President George H.W. Bush played in the Middle East and the legacy of the Gulf War. Also, a look at OPEC, following Qatar's announcement that it plans to withdraw from the oil cartel next month. Plus, Monday mood music and the next installment of the Big Melt, our series on how the Arctic is changing because of climate change. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.
47m Dec 03, 2018
47m
What's next in Mueller's investigation, Mexico gets a new president and Disney's 'Moana' is translated into Hawaiian
What's next for the Russia probe? Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff clues us in. Also, what does it mean for the Trump admistration's trade and immigration policies when Mexico officially gets a new president on Saturday? Plus, a new version of the hit Disney film "Moana" is being translated into Hawaiian to help young people reconnect with the language.
49m Nov 30, 2018
49m
A tear gas factory in Pennsylvania, G-20 convenes in Argentina, reggae is a cultural treasure
US President Donald Trump and other world leaders are gathering in Argentina for the G-20 Summit and among the group is Saudi Arabia's controversial crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. Plus, a factory in Pennsylvania produces tear gas canisters used all around the globe. And the United Nations announces the newest addition to its list of global intangible cultural treasures — reggae.
47m Nov 29, 2018
47m
The longest-serving death row prisoner, designer babies, Spongebob Squarepants around the world
Today on The World: A Dutch railroad company will compensate individuals whose Jewish relatives were deported on its trains to Nazi death camps. The decade-long civil war in Colombia ended and that's led former fighters to seek new careers. And the popularity of Spongebob Squarepants around the world. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.
48m Nov 28, 2018
48m
GM announces plant closures, France looks to a post-coal future, Senate could pull US out of Yemen
General Motors says it plans to shut down five North American assembly plants and lay off some 14,000 workers as it concentrates on its best-selling vehicles, mostly SUVs and trucks. We hear from autoworkers in Oshawa, Ontario, whose jobs will disappear. French President Emmanuel Macron says his country is proceeding with plans to leave coal behind and move to clean energy. Plus, host Marco Wer...
47m Nov 27, 2018
47m
Chaos in Tijuana, asylum-seekers could be asked to stay in Mexico, no fast food ads on London transit
Over the weekend there were chaotic scenes in Tijuana, Mexico, as a peaceful march by migrants to the US border crossing ended with some migrants attempting to rush the border and US border patrol responding with tear gas. We'll hear from one migrant mother who worries that the path to US asylum for her and her daughters will only get more difficult now. Also, the incoming president of Mexico d...
48m Nov 26, 2018
48m
Bilingual love, rainbow laces in rugby, Posse Comitatus
Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act in 1878 to restrict the use of US military forces for domestic law enforcement. Now that law is in the news again, after President Trump's order authorizing US troops deployed to the border to use lethal force if necessary. Also, Mexico has its own debate over the domestic use of its military as part of the country's battle against organized crime. Plus, ...
46m Nov 23, 2018
46m
Asylum-seekers Thanksgiving, the history of Braille, Magos Herrera
Russian-born journalist Masha Gessen opens her home to queer asylum seekers in New York every Thanksgiving. This year, the tradition has even more relevance for her, with President Donald Trump making it more difficult to get asylum in the US. Plus, a Native American chef who grew up on a reservation in South Dakota says he considered abandoning the holiday because it whitewashes what his ances...
48m Nov 22, 2018
48m
Trump won't blame Saudis, the Dutch model for natural disasters, a Kentucky shaman
President Donald Trump issued a statement today in which he stopped well short of blaming Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Also, what the US could learn from the Dutch model of dealing with natural disasters like wildfires. Plus, why a Kentucky shaman administers the powerful hallucinogenic drug ayahuasca to people who suffer from psy...
46m Nov 20, 2018
46m
Migrants wait in Tijuana, Cuban doctors to leave Brazil, air quality concerns in California
Thousands of migrants are in Tijuana, Mexico, waiting for their chance to seek asylum in the US. But they may have to wait a month or longer for that chance. Also, President Donald Trump cited Finland when he talked about raking the forest floor to prevent forest fires. We find out what Finland actually does to manage its forests. Plus, we board an Arctic icebreaker and learn how the Arctic env...
46m Nov 19, 2018
46m
Migrants get mixed reception in Tijuana, refugee kids see snow in Canada, day of silence in Korea
Hundreds of migrants from Central America are in Tijuana, and some have already slipped across into the US. The reception from local residents has been mixed. Also, the US gave the warring parties in Yemen 30 days to start peace talks. Halfway through the 30 days, the war keeps going. Plus, a video of refugee kids from Eritrea dancing in the snow in Canada went viral. We have the back story.
47m Nov 15, 2018
47m
The deal with Brexit, losing track of Gitmo detainees, the Taj Mahal of brutalism
The UK moved significantly closer to a formal divorce agreement with the European Union. But it's not a done deal yet. Also, the US government used to have an office to keep track of former detainees after their release from Guantanamo. But the Trump administration shut it down. Plus, why Boston's much-maligned City Hall came to be considered the Taj Mahal of brutalism.
47m Nov 14, 2018
47m
El Chapo trial starts, Paradise wildfire survivor, 7-Eleven and ICE
The trial of Mexican drug cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán started in Brooklyn today amid tight security. His trafficking operation in Mexico continues to do business despite his arrest. Also, we check in with a survivor of the devastating wildfire in Paradise, California. Plus, how 7-Eleven used ICE raids to punish its own franchise owners.
46m Nov 13, 2018
46m
California wildfires, Iranian American veteran, wildfire science
The giant wildfires blazing in California are dominating headlines around the world. We’ll hear from a journalist based in South Africa who learned her dad's home was burning in California when she saw a picture of it in an Associated Press report. Also, a discussion on the science of wildfires, the connection to climate change and how nobody really knows how severe fires will be in the future....
46m Nov 12, 2018
46m
New asylum rules, US troops on the border and Jewish refugees in the Dominican Republic
The Trump administration announced changes to US rules on asylum. We hear about what the changes mean and the possible ramifications. Plus, US troops are now deployed along the Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. And, the story of a New Hampshire man who stumbled onto a largely overlooked moment in history.
47m Nov 09, 2018
47m