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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 47m. Bisher sind 2224 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein täglich erscheinender Podcast.

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Why does Ukraine need US military aid money?


The formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump hinges on military aid for Ukraine that was approved by Congress but temporarily held up by the president. That money is a major source of funding in Ukraine's fight with Russia. We're exploring this question: Why does Ukraine need the money? Also, where do things stand between Russia and Ukraine? And, Thursday marks five years since 43 college students disappeared in Mexico. Their disappearance remains a grim, unsolved mystery.


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 September 26, 2019  46m
 
 

No laughing matter in Ukraine


We’re reporting on the formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, but focusing our coverage on the other side of the telephone line: Ukraine. Also, we’ve got the latest on Brexit. The UK Parliament reconvened on Wednesday after Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended the legislature...


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 September 25, 2019  46m
 
 

House launches impeachment inquiry


House Democrats are launching a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced late Tuesday, in the wake of revelations that he may have withheld military aid to Ukraine and pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate a Democratic presidential candidate. The UN General Assembly met in New York on Tuesday, while protests continued in the streets, including Indigenous Brazilians speaking out against their president...


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 September 24, 2019  45m
 
 

A focus on climate at the UN


Young people are meeting in New York on Monday at the United Nations Youth Climate summit led by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is not attending the climate summit. Instead, Trump convened a session at the UN on worldwide religious freedom and persecution...


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 September 23, 2019  46m
 
 

(Featured) Things That Go Boom: Meet the James Bond of the Iran nuclear deal


Jake Sullivan is no James Bond. He's a nice kid from Minnesota. But Sullivan's top secret diplomacy may have staved off catastrophe as the US pursued the Iran nuclear deal. On this bonus episode from The World's partners at the Things That Go Boom podcast, host Laicie Heeley digs into how real diplomacy gets done — not the Hollywood-movie kind. (Diplomacy, it turns out, isn’t as sexy as Bond...


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 September 23, 2019  29m
 
 

Global protests for action on climate change


Friday marked a day of worldwide protest around climate change. Children skipped classes and took to the streets ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit next week. Also, anti-government protests in Hong Kong have grown in size, and clashes with police have become more violent. What's the strategy going forward, and what risks are activists willing to take? Plus, the drive to thwart diseases like malaria and dengue by altering the genes of mosquitos...


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 September 20, 2019  46m
 
 

Photos of Trudeau dressed in 'brownface'


Photos have surfaced of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing brownface makeup. The World's Rupa Shenoy looks into the history of brownface and blackface in Canada, and puts the photos in social context. Plus, the drive to thwart diseases like malaria and dengue by altering the genes of mosquitoes. Scientists warn, however, that the work needs monitoring to avert unintended consequences. And what to expect when the United Nations holds a special climate summit next week.


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 September 19, 2019  46m
 
 

Saudis sort through the wreckage


American and Saudi investigators are pouring through the wreckage from the strikes against the oil facilities this weekend, looking for clues to determine the trajectory of the attack. Also, results from Israel's elections on Tuesday are still coming in and it's looking like a disappointing result for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And, President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Paris climate agreement two years ago. What difference has that actually made?


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 September 18, 2019  45m
 
 

A referendum on Netanyahu?


Israeli voters headed to the polls on Tuesday. The vote was a do-over and a referendum of sorts on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who failed to create a governing coalition after the last election earlier this year...


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 September 17, 2019  46m
 
 

The US-Saudi relationship is complicated


We dig into the complicated US-Saudi relationship. Beyond oil, where does the US strategic interest lay in aligning with the Saudis? Plus, Arab Israelis comprise about 20% of the electorate in Israel, but they don't have a proportionate number of seats in the Israeli Knesset. That could change in the country's election on Tuesday. And in a village in Sicily, houses are selling for 1 euro each.


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 September 16, 2019  45m