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Kyiv opts to not renew a contract with Moscow that brought Russian natural gas to Europe and $1 billion dollars in transit fees to Ukraine. Also, Japan grapples with “lonely deaths” of some 68,000 elderly people who die alone at home every year. And, although global cases of tuberculosis have decreased in recent years, Latin America has seen a 19% increase in its number of cases, with one report pointing to rising incarceration rates as a major factor. Plus, Costa Rica has its own version of bullfighting that doesn't kill the bull.

Electric vehicles, or EVs, were a wildly popular purchase in Norway in 2024. EVs accounted for nearly 90% of all car sales in the country. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Felix Hamer, an EV charging consultant, about how Norway managed to accomplish this feat.

Internationally, cases of tuberculosis have decreased in recent years, but not in Latin America. The region has seen a 19% increase in cases over the same period. A recently published study in Lancet Public Health found that the rising incarceration rates in countries like El Salvador, Brazil and Argentina are a major factor. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler spoke to the report's lead author Yiran Liu, an epidemiologist and public health researcher based in New Haven, Connecticut.

If you're looking for a fix of traditional Guatemalan food, there's a growing industry of couriers who can get just about anything. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman explain.

Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman catch you up on a few stories in the news you may have missed.

Yesterday in New Orleans, a pickup truck plowed through a crowd celebrating New Year's Day. Over a dozen people were killed and about twice as many were injured. The FBI said the suspect posted several videos on social media shortly before the attack saying he was inspired by ISIS. Given all this, The World's Host Marco Werman spoke to Aaron Zelin, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute who has monitored the group's activities, and who joined the show from Washington.

There's going to be an election this year in Myanmar, according to the country's military generals. But these are the same generals who seized power from an elected government four years ago, sparking a revolution against their dictatorial rule that is still raging. As The World's Patrick Winn reports, many see the proposed election as a ruse and a sign of desperation.

Unlike the Spanish form, Costa Rican bullfighting does not aim to kill the bull, but only to dodge it. In this way, it resembles Pamplona's Running of the Bulls more than a classic corrida . Instead of happening on the streets with hundreds of a bulls at a time, however, there's only one bull in the ring arena. Jamie Fullerton takes us to this Costa Rican Christmas tradition.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC released a UN-supported declaration that there's a spreading famine in Sudan. On Sunday, the Sudanese government rejected this declaration, calling it “speculative.” Kholood Khair, the founder of the Confluence Advisory think tank from Sudan, explains what's really going on, and why the military is seeking to undermine the famine assessment.