After four months of near-total siege by Israel, people in Gaza are starving. According to the UN, at least 1 in 3 people are ...

Thailand and Cambodia are battling it out, over small pieces of contested territory along their shared border, in a serious escalation of a months-long standoff. The World’s Patrick Winn joins Host ...

Famed World Wrestling Federation superstar Hulk Hogan died today. He was 71. Hogan was known for his outsized ego, his oversized “pythons,” as he called his arms and his incredible bluster. One thing ...

Private intelligence companies in the UK are operating largely without regulation. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Politico’s Mason Boycott-Owen, who reported on this issue, about how it ...

What if you could make transportation carbon-neutral without getting rid of the internal combustion engine? That’s the idea behind Synhelion, a Swiss startup that’s developed a new synthetic gas ...

All eyes have been on a Canadian courtroom today, as the public awaited the verdicts in a high-profile sexual assault case. Five former NHL players have been on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting ...

The Netherlands, which was once a religious country, saw a dramatic decline in religiosity after WWII. Recently though, there ...

Without federal support, local stations, especially in rural and underserved areas, face deep cuts or even closure.Vital public service alerts, news, storytelling, and programming like The World will ...

When the North Vietnamese triumphed over the South in 1975, ending the war there, the new Communist regime banned Western pop music, replacing it with what’s known as “red music” or Nhac Do, songs ...

Imagine growing up in the US, going to high school, starting a career and having a family — only learn that you’re not an American citizen. KPBS reporter Gustavo Solis says that’s exactly what ...

Antisemitism is being amplified globally by the war in Gaza and the rise of political movements with antisemitic platforms. So, it’s challenging and painful for many Jewish people to discuss what ...

Exposure to extreme heat can cause significant health problems. Responding to those problems comes with a financial cost — for patients and for medical systems. In this excerpt from the Living Planet ...