Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn’t the only leader who decided to stay in Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion. Other politicians, athletes, cultural figures and religious leaders also remained — including one of Ukraine’s chief rabbis, Moshe Azman, who stayed in Kyiv and continues to lead his congregation.

Journalist Maria Ressa, the co-founder of the Filipino investigative news site Rappler, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the author of “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,” speaks with The World’s Carolyn Beeler. They discuss how the slide toward authoritarianism Ressa experienced firsthand in the Philippines is eerily similar to what she’s seeing today in the US.

Spain is testing new artificial intelligence technology that will change the speed limit based on weather conditions, traffic, time of day and road conditions. The government hopes the system will help alleviate gridlock and increase safety on one of the country’s busiest highways.

Fifty years ago today, the fall of Saigon on April 30th, 1975, marked the end of the Vietnam War. Most Americans remember it as one of US history’s longest and most unpopular conflicts. But in Vietnam, the anniversary is being celebrated as the end of a much longer struggle for liberation, one that predates US involvement by several decades.

Two of the biggest bands from South America are joining forces to give their people something to dance to through tough times.