The world is a dramatically different place than it was just a few months ago, when Nicholas Burns was the US ambassador to China. Burns speaks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about what he’s ...
A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand today, killing dozens of people in both countries. Also, former US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns discusses the implications of the ...
Urban warfare in the Iraqi city of Fallujah back in 2004 was some of the most intense the US military experienced this century. A decade later, the city saw further fighting and bombardment during the ...
A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand today, killing dozens of people in both countries. Residents of Mandalay in Myanmar and Bangkok in Thailand raced out of their homes and ...
The stakes are high in Boston this week for figure skaters hoping to earn a ticket to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy. The World’s Bianca Hillier is backstage speaking with the ...
Israel on Friday leveled a building in a southern suburb of Beirut that it claims was a Hezbollah drone storage facility. Israel’s prime minister says the strike was in retaliation for an attack ...
The Oxford English Dictionary released a list of new additions to the lexicon. All of them are words borrowed from other languages due to a lack of a direct equivalent in English. Today, we look at ...
The Darwin’s Rhea bird is native to the Patagonia region, across both Argentina and Chile. But the population on the Chilean side of the border has struggled to survive, while the Argentinian ...
What’s in a name? Well, it often depends on who you’re asking — and what language you’re speaking — especially in a place like Scotland, which has been home to numerous cultures. We get a “Postcard ...
An increasing number of foreign nationals are being disappeared off American streets. One high-profile incident was caught on video this week in Boston, when a Turkish woman in the US on a student ...
Every year, Muslims across the globe mark the start and end of Ramadan by gathering to see the crescent moon in the sky. Ensuring a view of the moon can be complicated, but the sightings also bring ...
On a weeknight in Lviv, Ukraine, nine girls, ages 10 to 12, met in a basement room and competed in teams to see who could build the tallest tower out of paper. The girls all belonged to the scouting ...