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As Earth surpasses 8 billion people, 'the planet can feed and sustain billions more,' demographer says
It only took just over a decade for the world to add 1 billion more people. To break down what this growth means for societies around the globe, The World's host Carol Hills speaks to demographer and author Jennifer Sciubba.
As euro slides in value, US likely to 'import more, export less,' economist explains
How Columbus Day contributes to the cultural erasure of Italian Americans
Behind in polls, Bolsonaro bolsters his base with far-right rhetoric from the US
The post-9/11 generation 'came to understand the limits of what America could accomplish,’ former Obama adviser says
Ford hits a 'home run' with its new all-electric F-150 pickup
Ford’s F-Series pickup trucks are the best-selling vehicles in the United States. Now the all-electric version of the popular F-150 is the talk of the auto industry.
Germany plans to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Will other countries follow suit?
For many inside and outside of Africa, the Benin Bronzes are symbols of colonialism and exploitation, and they’ll stay that way until they’re returned.
American ginseng farmers battered by trade wars and pandemic
American ginseng demand has dried up amid the United States' ongoing trade war with China, economic impacts from the pandemic and anti-Asian rhetoric.
Israel has a stake in Biden administration's decision to lift ICC sanctions
Prominent groups are calling on the Biden administration to lift Trump-era sanctions on ICC members. But Israel, one of America's closest allies, is asking the new president to keep them in place.
Joe Biden has called for unity. The African concept of Ubuntu offers a path.
South African physician and anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele explains how the African concept of Ubuntu can bring communities together and support individuals at the same time.
Dr. Atul Gawande: Pandemic led to a ‘rethink on what matters’
Almost a year into the pandemic, societies are faced with immense contradictions: processing shocking death tolls while finding hope in promising vaccine rollouts. Surgeon, writer and researcher Dr. Atul Gawande speaks with The World’s Marco Werman about what it means to be human in this precarious moment.
Biden tackles the coronavirus; Twin suicide bombings in Baghdad; Migrant shipwreck off Libyan coast
Newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden will sign 10 key executive orders to combat the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, as cases surge and troubling new variants appear around the world. Biden is asking all Americans to mask up during travel as a federal mandate, radically shifting the culture of mask-wearing in the US.
A post-America world: Biden's challenges begin at home, former diplomat Richard Haass says
Former diplomat Richard Haass wrote recently that a "post-America world" may come sooner than we think — and that it's been hastened by the Jan. 6 riots at the US Capitol.
US House forges ahead with Trump impeachment; Ireland's COVID-19 rates skyrocket; Italian ‘Nndrangheta mobsters on trial
The US House of Representatives is expected on Wednesday to vote to impeach President Donald Trump, as a growing number of both Democrats and Republicans share concern that the president poses a threat to national security after he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6.
'The death of American exceptionalism’: Views from abroad on US Capitol attack
Outside observers watched with disbelief as a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, the seat of US power.