The Siberian region known as the Kuzbass is right in the heart of Russia's coal country, and pollution from open mines there has gone ignored by authorities, despite a high rate of respiratory illness and lung cancer. Now, the war seems to be posing a greater threat to coal than years of demands from environmentalists. Reporter Levi Bridges explains.

They're Sara and Edi, and their musical laboratory is on the top floor of a 17th Century Spanish farmhouse — one that nearly collapsed around them from age and their sonic tinkerings. The house is now patched up and Los Sara Fontan's music is louder and more cutting edge than ever. The World's Gerry Hadden reports on the dynamic duo from Calonge, Spain.

Relatives of Mexico’s disappeared took to the streets yesterday for a Mother’s Day march, calling on authorities to do more to deter kidnappings, abductions and murders. A new report finds many of the disappearances are the result of “deep collusions” between officials and organized crime. Viri Rios, of the news outlet "Mexico Decoded,” speaks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about the implications.

The US-Israeli war against Iran has triggered a plastic shortage in Asia. The region gets most of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz, and as a result of the effective blockade, countries cannot access the supply of oil that is the feedstock for plastic products, covering everything from food packaging and cosmetic products to medical syringes and prescription labels. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Barnaby Pace, senior researcher at the Center for International Environmental Law, about why Asia is so exposed to the plastic problem.

In a fit of excitement, Hungary's incoming health minister danced wildly at the victory party for the country's new Prime Minister Péter Magyar. As Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain, he was at it again over the weekend.

Some 25 million Americans live with rare genetic diseases — that’s nearly 1 in 13. More than half are children. The path to discovering what the condition is, and finding treatments, can take years. But for children who are medical mysteries, getting a diagnosis can be life changing. Today, we meet a Cypriot pediatric neurologist behind the discovery of an ultra-rare genetic syndrome. Dr. Paola Nicolaides was early in her career when she encountered a very unusual patient. That encounter would change the lives of 333 individuals who, today, have a diagnosis of a syndrome bearing her name, the Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome, including reporter Deepa Fernandes’ daughter.

Funding to report this story was provided by the Pulitzer Center.

After the US capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the socialist movement founded by Hugo Chávez is entering a dramatic new phase. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is opening talks with Washington and reshaping a revolution built on anti-American rhetoric. Reporter Tibisay Zea returns to the Caracas neighborhoods where she met Maduro supporters in 2024, and finds longtime believers struggling to reconcile Chávez’s ideals with the movement’s new direction — and questioning what "Chavismo" now stands for.

The World's Host Carolyn Beeler shares an update on major news stories from across the globe.

It can all go horribly wrong. Or the translation can be spot-on — or even better than the original! It all depends on the film, the culture, the actual words themselves, the complexity of meaning and the nuance. The World's Gerry Hadden takes a global look at funny, brilliant and sometimes terrible film translations, and why it can be so hard to get it right.

Only 4% of Gaza’s farmlands remain accessible to its residents for farming, according to a new report by the NGO Mercy Corps. The rest have either been damaged in war or are under Israeli control. That means people in Gaza are not able to grow their own crops, leaving them even more reliant on outside aid. The World’s Shirin Jaafari tells Host Carolyn Beeler that if current conditions continue, it will take years, maybe decades, to rehabilitate the destroyed croplands.