For The World

US President Donald Trump has threatened new tariffs on the European Union. This with relations between the US and the EU already strained due to Trump's threats to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory governed by Denmark. The Danish prime minister has said that's not going to happen, but the response from her fellow EU leaders has been muted. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry explains why.

Claudia Sheinbaum was able to postpone tariffs from the US for a month. In the meantime, Canada's Justin Trudeau has promised to impose tariffs of his own, urging Canadians to buy local. We look at how leaders from the US' closest neighbors are handling the new administration's trade moves. Also, a showdown in Toronto over bike lanes. The city built new infrastructure for cyclists during the pandemic. But the Ontario government wants to force Toronto to remove them. And, we have Groundhog Day here in the US. But other countries have their own traditional rituals around the dawn of springtime.

Cities around the globe are looking for ways to improve bike infrastructure, with varying degrees of success. In Paris, bicycle use now exceeds car use. In Los Angeles, officials have promised to increase the number of bike lanes ahead of the 2028 Olympics. But Toronto is moving in the opposite direction — with legislation allowing the removal of bike lanes. That's led to a showdown between officials and bicycle advocates. The World's transportation correspondent Jeremy Siegel has the story.

The early journeys of nutmeg, clove and other spices are the subject of the new book “The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of Global Sea Trade.” Author Nicholas Nugent traces those journeys in conversation with The World's Marco Werman.

A recap of Grammy winners and nominees from across the globe, some big names and some newcomers to the world stage. Host Marco Werman has more.

Indonesia is in tense negotiations with Apple. The government is telling the tech giant that if it wants to sell gadgets to the country's 200 million smartphone users, it needs to build more factories in Indonesia. For now, company officials are playing hardball: banning sales of the latest iPhone. As The World's Patrick Winn reports, some Indonesians go to extreme measures to get one anyway.

When German parliamentarians passed a bill to curb immigration last week, they breached a long-standing norm prohibiting compromise with the country's extreme right. Now, protesters are out on the streets calling for a ban on the extremist parties that stand to make big gains in German elections later this month. The World's Marco Werman discusses the situation with Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, an adviser to the Bertelsmann Foundation, a German think tank.

Watching a groundhog emerge from a cozy burrow in early February feels quintessentially American, but the tradition of turning to animals to predict the spring comes from pre-Christian pagan traditions in Europe, from Ireland to Germany. And the ritual is more varied than simple rodent-watching. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

On the Greek island of Santorini, schools have closed and residents are taking precautions in the aftermath of more than 200 earthquakes over the weekend. The island on the Aegean Sea is a tourist hot spot with millions of visits per year thanks in part to its unique geography. The island's crescent shape formed during one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history. The World's Marco Werman gets perspective on the latest earthquake news from seismologist Nikos Theodoulidis, who joined the show from the Institute of Engineering Seismology & Earthquake Engineering in the Greek city of Thessaloniki.

Before the invasion of Ukraine, Serhii Zenin was the host of one of the nation's most popular hard rock radio shows on Radio ROKS 103.6. Some three years later, Serhii is a soldier and Radio ROKS has taken on a whole new role.