The World

The World

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  • The impact of tariffs on both sides of the US-Mexico border
    Will Mexico retaliate if President Trump follows through with tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico? Plus, how this latest tariff threat from the White House could potentially affect US consumers. And, Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih draws the pain of being in exile while a revolution unfolds back home. Plus, a Latin Grammy winner puts his own twist on merengue.
    45 min
  • Russian meddling — and what happens next time
    President Trump sends conflicting tweets on whether Russia helped him get elected. Meanwhile, the president's son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, is in Israel to work out a Mideast peace plan, but it's come at a difficult time for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who, on Thursday, formed a coalition government and lawmakers there dissolved parliament. Finally, get a culinary vocabulary lesson in Mon-Khmer.
    47 min
  • Boris to face court over Brexit claims
    The frontrunner to succeed Theresa May as British Prime Minister has been ordered to go on trial for allegedly lying and misleading the public during the 2016 Brexit campaign. Plus, a wall has gone up along the Mexico-US border, but it's built by Trump supporters, not the federal government. And, detaining refugees at the border has become big business for local communities.
    47 min
  • Getting recycling all wrong
    Malaysia is tired of being an international dumping ground for trash from other countries and is sending the trash back. And, the problem with recycling is that a lot of material thrown in the bin is potentially contaminating other trash. We tell you how one American community is trying to get it right. Plus, a special report from Antarctica where tourists are learning how climate change impacts their lives.
    46 min
  • Friends with foreign policy benefits
    President Donald Trump wraps up three days visiting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan. Also, Italy's Matteo Salvini celebrates a big win in European elections. Plus, luxury cars confiscated from drug lords go up for auction in Mexico.
    47 min
  • Britain's Theresa May resigns
    British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she is stepping down. And, President Trump's tough talk on China sounds a lot like his tough talk on Japan in the 1980s. Plus, how much does a kilogram weigh, really? The answer is more complicated than you might think.
    46 min
  • Challenging the White House view on Iran
    Amid rising tensions between the US and Iran, we ask Sen. Chris Murphy of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee to weigh in. Also, it was a landslide election victory for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling party. And, a report on the first transgender woman to address the Armenian parliament amid widespread discrimination against LGBTQ.
    46 min
  • Kurdish town to be flooded
    A hydrodam in Turkey will soon flood a Kurdish town. But water is only part of the story. Also, what are the effects of US sanctions on Iraq? And, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina was on the leading edge of gay rights in the country. He died on Tuesday.
    47 min
  • Toxic recycling
    Recycled computers from America are poisoning people in Southeast Asia. Plus, why the US State Department granted citizenship to one child in a family, but not his brother. Also, why Britain's pro-Brexit party expects to dominate the British vote in this week's European Parliament elections.
    47 min
  • A moral code in war time
    What do US veterans think about the possibility that the president could issue pardons for service members convicted of war crimes? We reached out to vets who served in Afghanistan and Iraq for their reaction. Also, how volunteers are helping to provide health care for the growing number of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border. And a historic mission to study the icy waters underneath Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier.
    48 min

About The World

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Co-hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler, along with their team of reporters and producers, bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.

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