For The World

This summer, the combined impact of climate change and El Niño has led to erratic monsoon rains and intense heatwaves across India. Since roofs are the primary way heat enters a building, several organizations have been developing “cool roof” programs to reduce indoor heat. Two of those organizations, SEEDS in Delhi and cBalance in Chennai, have very different climate solution models, but the same end goal: to give Indians respite from the stifling heat.

Arabic music filled the air of Laura Elkeslassy’s Moroccan Jewish childhood home in Paris, especially on Fridays before Shabbat. But she didn’t grow up speaking Arabic, so she didn’t understand the words. In New York as an adult, Laura’s search for a wedding song takes her on a rich musical, spiritual, and political journey — […]

It’s been a tense week in Haiti after nearly 50 people were killed and over 50 more were kidnapped in a coordinated gang attack in a town outside the capital, Port-au-Prince. Wethzer Piercin is an editor at AyiboPost in Port-au-Prince and joins Host Marco Werman with the details.

Iceland has long kept the EU at arm’s length. But Russia’s war in Ukraine and President Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland have prompted a rethink, with growing calls for Iceland to move closer to the bloc. On Saturday, Icelanders will vote on whether to restart talks on EU membership. But there’s fierce opposition, […]

As temperatures reached new records across Europe, people in France found new ways to cool off — by heat-proofing their homes and taking more frequent swims.

Nepal rescue efforts focus on hydropower workers stuck in tunnels NEPAL RESCUE EFFORTS FOCUS ON HYDROPOWER WORKERS STUCK IN TUNNELSOf the thousands of people unaccounted for following the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet, nearly 1,000 of them are Nepali hydropower workers; hundreds of them are thought to be alive, but trapped in the tunnels […]

Lupita Infante is the granddaughter of Mexican cultural icon, Pedro Infante, but she is also an artist in her own right, carrying legacies from both sides of her family. Lupita is charting a new path for herself, while honoring and questioning the mariachi culture she’s inherited. In this conversation, she discusses her artistic path with […]

Denmark is taking new steps to confront the use of artificial intelligence in schools. The rules are supposed to take effect this school year. But questions remain about the extent to which AI is prejudicial to learning, and when it can actually help. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Guido Makransky, a professor […]

Three days after the White House announced that the US would take majority control of a huge portion of Venezuela’s oil reserves, critical questions about the agreement remain unanswered. Jorge Piñón, a former oil executive now at the University of Texas at Austin, tells The World’s Host Marco Werman that he questions whether a deal […]

Russia is preparing for nationwide parliamentary elections in September. But many prominent opposition figures have fled the country in recent years and those who remain face significant barriers to running for office. Yet Russia’s opposition hasn’t disappeared. Levi Bridges has this report on the current state of Russia’s opposition, from Deutsche Welle, DW’s, Inside Europe […]