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On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 Meet Venezuela's new interim president, Delcy Rodríguez

🌐 @jersiegel.bsky.social: Winter weather disrupts travel in Europe

🌐 @joyhackel.bsky.social: Cuba's energy crisis deepens, as Venezuelan oil supplies falter

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January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @tibizea.bsky.social: Venezuelans face an uncertain future after Maduro's removal

🌐 @joyhackel.bsky.social: Brace for a head-spinning 2026

🌐 @imjacobaloi.bsky.social: Beowulf celebrated wassail, and you can too!

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January 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

We’re glad to have you with us as we celebrate our 30th anniversary!

In this special show, we highlight some of our reporting over the years and bring you a discussion with Neil Curry, who helped create the show. + MORE!

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January 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
On January 1, 1996, squeezed in on the third floor above the scene dock where Alistair Cooke used to record the intros to Masterpiece at the then-GBH studios on 125 Western Avenue in Boston, The World team launched its first broadcast.

From all of us: Thanks for tuning in for three decades!
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @joshuacoe.bsky.social: Protests in Iran grow, as its currency weakens

🌐 America's most famous canon display comes from the Caribbean

🌐 Europe's massive lithium reserve

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December 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

@hannahchanatry.bsky.social: US conducts airstrikes in Nigeria

@orlabarry.bsky.social: When UK patients can't see a dentist, they take matters into their own hands

@joshuacoe.bsky.social: Nicotine pouches part of long ‘snus’ tradition in Sweden

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December 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @joyhackel.bsky.social: A Kyiv resident’s Christmas

🌐 @hannahchanatry.bsky.social: Dozens of career diplomats called to Washington

🌐 @paulsalopek.social on what food powers a walk around the globe #EdenWalk

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December 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We’re looking for New Year’s traditions from different countries and cultures from around the globe.

Send us a couple of lines or a short voice note telling us about a tradition that you celebrate in your country.

Email us at [email protected]!

Photos by AP and courtesy of Tibisay Zea
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @orlabarry.bsky.social: Europe debates tapping Russian assets

🌐 @joshuacoe.bsky.social: Invasive quagga mussels found in Northern Ireland

🌐 @ghadden.bsky.social: Unease in Mali, even as fuel blockade of capital loosens

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December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

@orlabarry.bsky.social: US warning resonates in Europe

@biancahillier.bsky.social: Thrift store find leads to new college course

@joshuacoe.bsky.social: UAE-backed separatists control more and more of Yemen's south

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December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We want to hear from you! As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary, we want to hear why you love tuning into The World! Send us a note to propel us into 2026, and we might share your comment on the air. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @joshuacoe.bsky.social: Former Colombian soldiers seek work abroad — including Sudan

🌐 @shirinj.bsky.social: A year on, Israel continues to hold prominent Gaza doctor

🌐 @leanahosea.bsky.social: Aging UK landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste

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December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

@ghadden.bsky.social: Spanish police take down white supremacist terror cell

@joyhackel.bsky.social: Venezuela's oil industry is in crisis

@paulsalopek.social: The origin story of the human species is still being written #EdenWalk

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December 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @durriethekid.bsky.social: For almost a century, Iraq has not seen a drought like this one

🌐 Clinical trial of HIV drug brings hope to Uganda

🌐 The musical journey of Cuban-born pianist Zahili Zamora

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December 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

@shirinj.bsky.social: Syrians reflect on a year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad

@biancahillier.bsky.social: Hundreds of people across dozens of countries worked on this red dress

@joshuacoe.bsky.social: 'Ancient party boat' discovered near Egypt

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December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 A multilateral military force takes shape just outside of Gaza

🌐 @ghadden.bsky.social: African swine fever hits Barcelona

🌐 Jamaica's long-term recovery from Hurricane Melissa

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December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @joyhackel.bsky.social: 'Jaw-dropping' pardon for former Honduras leader

🌐 @jersiegel.bsky.social: Lessons from the world's most thriving megacity

🌐 @tibizea.bsky.social: Miss Universe: The scandal no one saw coming

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December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 Venezuela's Maduro cracks down on dissent

🌐 @joyhackel.bsky.social: A former diplomat on Ukraine peace talks

🌐 @jersiegel.bsky.social: Shenzhen: The city that rewrote China's future

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December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 Fisherman limit forays into Caribbean over fear of US strikes

🌐 @tibizea.bsky.social: Latin America's open arms approach to immigration — and why it's slipping

🌐 @hannahchanatry.bsky.social: New tech can track individual monarchs during migration

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November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @joyhackel.bsky.social: Prolonged drought conditions may force Tehran residents out

🌐 @pattidaniels.bsky.social: Disrupting the criminal networks behind sex trafficking

🌐 Filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov talks about new doc "2000 Meters to Andriivka"

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November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @hannahchanatry.bsky.social: The climate change issue that gets overlooked

🌐 Asian American teens help each other cope with stress

🌐 @biancahillier.bsky.social: First-ever Women's Futsal World Cup kicks off in the Philippines

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November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @joyhackel.bsky.social: US-Russia plan pressures Kyiv to concede

🌐 @ghadden.bsky.social: Spain's former king hopes new memoir reconciles him with family, country

🌐 Making it (NOT) rain in Indonesia

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November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @shirinj.bsky.social: Saudi crown prince visits US

🌐 @joshuacoe.bsky.social: AI takes on super bugs in new UK research project

🌐 In Indonesia, a 'palace' arises amid doubts

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November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @hannahchanatry.bsky.social: Escalation in Sudan's civil war

🌐 @tibizea.bsky.social: Chile appears to be the latest country whose voters lean right

🌐 The risks of living on an international space station

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November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
On The World 🌎 today:

🌐 @ghadden.bsky.social: France remembers deadliest terror attacks 10 years later

🌐 Inside Indonesia's new eco-capital

🌐 @paulsalopek.social talks about staying healthy on a global walk

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November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM