As the world’s largest religion, Christianity is undergoing a tectonic shift. It is booming in Africa, now the continent with the most followers, and waning in Europe. Countries like Spain, which for ...

Legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz turned 90 late last week. She remains wildly popular in Lebanon and the broader Middle East after more than seven decades in music. Host Marco Werman speaks with ...

One of US President-elect Donald Trump’s talking points is a vow to impose tariffs on goods manufactured in other countries. And people in India are watching closely, to see what that will mean for ...

This weekend in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, officials at the COP29 climate summit penned a new climate finance deal. Richer countries agreed to pay $300 billion per year to help countries in the Global ...

Israel’s ambassador to the US says that a ceasefire with Hezbollah could be implemented “within days.” The US has been pushing for a pause in the fighting. And much of Lebanon never wanted this war in ...

Climate change poses an existential threat to Tuvalu, a small island nation in the Pacific. By the end of the century, scientists say it could sink under the rising seas. That’s why Tuvalu’s leaders ...

Nicaragua’s legislature appears set to approve a constitutional amendment that would elevate the wife of the country’s leader to a new role as “co-president.” Opposition leader Félix Maradiaga, now in ...

A study by the UN agency, UN Women, examined data from around the world in 2023 and found that levels of violence against women have remained high and largely unchanged. It also re-affirmed that ...

Every morning, the editorial team at public radio’s international news show The World meets to plan what they’ll cover that day. Want to see what’s on deck? Sign up for our daily newsletter, TOP OF ...

In recent years, as the far-right party, AfD, has gained support in Germany, historians there have broadened their work educating about the Holocaust to include efforts against present-day racism and ...

Police in Brazil say they’ve indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro — along with three dozen others — for allegedly planning a coup to keep Bolsonaro in power in 2022. Also, Albania will transform ...

Recently, the Cambridge English Dictionary chose “manifest” as its 2024 English word of the year. Other languages also have words of the year. In Germany there’s the word of the year and also the ...