Migrants from African countries represent a very small fraction of the people crossing the US southern border, but their numbers have dramatically increased in the past year. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports on the multiple factors driving African migrants to America.

More Africans are choosing to migrate to the US

“Leopoldstadt” is a gripping play about the changing fortunes of a Jewish family in wartime Austria. In 2023, it won a number of Tony Awards, including for best play. Now, a new production of “Leopoldstadt” is being performed in Riga, Latvia. And the choice of director has helped it make headlines. The World's Daniel Ofman reports from Riga.

John Malkovich directs Latvian production of 'Leopoldstadt'

Some US border states have been sending newly arrived immigrants north. Many have come by bus through Colorado. That's where Aspen Public Radio reporters met Asdrubal Alvarado. He shared his story of why he left the violence and insecurity of Venezuela and headed to what he hoped would be a better life in the US.

Venezuela postcard: The journey of a man to a Colorado town

Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, announced a ban on the use and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics this week. Similar bans have been implemented in other sub-Saharan African nations like Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Pritish Behuria, a senior lecturer with the Global Development Institute, about the effectiveness of these plastics bans across the African continent. 

Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, is banning single-use plastics

Soon after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin established a group of allied countries to support the besieged nation. Now, for the first time, the Pentagon is out of money for Ukraine. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler have more on how the US is looking to raise funds.

The Pentagon has no money for Ukraine

Violence continues to flare in the west Sudan region of Darfur. A new UN report estimates up to 15,000 people were killed last year in just one Darfur city. It’s all too familiar to Mutasim Ali, a former Darfur resident and a legal adviser for Montreal’s Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Ali speaks with host Marco Werman about the roots of the crisis. 

Darfur's 2nd genocide

The Biden administration wants the Israelis and Palestinians to get serious about restarting a long-stalled plan for a two-state solution. The European Union is saying the same, and so are Arab leaders, along with others across the international community. But Israel is digging in its heels. The World's Matthew Bell reports on the disconnect between Israel and its most-important allies on long-term plans for ending the conflict. 

Israel says 'no' to a 2-state solution

Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler give a quick synopsis of global stories that might have slipped by you.

A few things you might have missed

Global cocaine production is at historic highs, and cartels are developing new trade routes to get it to market. There are also new patterns of consumption, and Latin America is one region where use of cocaine is on the rise. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, on why much of the rise in cocaine use in Latin America is in one country: Brazil. 

Brazil sees rise in cocaine use

Host Marco Werman tells us about the unprecedented career of Annie Nightingale, the first woman DJ on the BBC's pop music station BBC1, and the longest-serving presenter on the BBC. Her magic was all about keeping her ears young.

1st woman DJ on BBC Radio 1 dies

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