The World

Watching the Kavanaugh hearing

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified on Capitol Hill on Thursday and unequivocally said before the US Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school. The World's Carol Hills and Andrea Crossan were watching and tracking reaction around the globe.

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‘It’s a dangerous time’

Former Secretary of State John Kerry has pursued multilateral diplomacy for decades. Host Marco Werman asks him what it’s like to watch the White House attempt to unravel his key achievements.

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Russia and the 2016 US election 

University of Pennsylvania professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson conducted a "forensic examination" of media coverage, polling data and hacking. Host Marco Werman talks to her about her new book, "Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President."

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Climate change clues in Greenland

Scientists used to think that the Greenland ice sheet wouldn't melt even if the world warmed up significantly. Now a group of researchers isn't so sure, and they're hunting around for more clues to what may lie ahead for the huge island and for us. Janet Babin reports in the second of her three-part series on Greenland, New York and climate change.

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China’s feminist awakening

Leta Hong Fincher is the author of the new book, "Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China." Host Marco Werman talks to Hong Fincher about the Feminist Five, a group of young women who were arrested in China in 2015 for protesting sexual harassment, the emerging #MeToo movement there, and reactions on the Brett Kavanaugh hearing.