Wildfires burning across western and central Canada prompted the number of people evacuated to climb to more than 30,000. The conditions were hot and dry, similar to what was experienced in 2023, ...

Sea stars on the west coast of North America have been decimated by a wasting disease. For more than a decade, scientists did not know what was causing it. But new research published in the journal ...

The World take a look at a variety of environment stories in this holiday special. A new report finds that renewable energy sources made up more of the global electricity mix than coal for the first ...

More than 4,000 Americans applied for British citizenship in the first half of this year — a record, and a 39% rise over last year. And those who are leaving the US are taking their beloved pets with ...

La Paz, Bolivia, depends on its public transportation. There are 10 lines and more than 26 stations. But this is no metro. It’s the longest cable car system in the world and it’s also the highest. The ...

London’s Heathrow airport has produced a four-minute ambient music track titled “Music for Heathrow.” Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman give us a listen. This story originally aired on July 10, ...

The World brings you a collection of transportation stories from across the globe. Air carriers around the world expand ...

The Women’s International Motorcycle Association (WIMA) was founded in the US in 1950. It has since spread to nearly 40 countries and gained more than 6,000 members worldwide. This year, the group ...

Across the country, many of the workers who are personal care aids for people with disabilitiesare immigrants. In Massachusetts, 30% of caregivers are foreign-born. Not only do the helpers provide ...

A European cuckoo, famous as the name and voice behind cuckoo clocks everywhere, was spotted in a New Hampshire cemetery this past weekend. The birds are native to Europe and Asia, and are almost ...

The Trump administration’s airstrikes in the Caribbean are having a chilling effect on small-scale fishermen, who fear being attacked by mistake. Also, Taiwan’s president asks lawmakers to approve a ...

Today, Italy’s legislature passed a law that will make femicide an offense punishable by life imprisonment. It also passed other measures to bolster prosecution of gender-based offenses. The law is ...