The World

Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.

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The coronavirus in Hong Kong


Hong Kong has suffered its first fatality from the coronavirus outbreak — a young man who had visited Hubei Province, the epicenter of the virus, over Chinese New Year. And, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó got a standing ovation from US lawmakers at the State of the Union Address. But are people in Venezuela cheering? Plus, a new study analyzed ecstatic display songs from 28 adult African penguins in Italian zoos. Researchers found that the songs' structure very closely imitated the structure of human language.


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 February 5, 2020  45m