- Denmark is fed up with Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ - The Great Belt is one of the busiest sea lanes in the world, and it allows passage to vessels from different countries. But Denmark is increasingly concerned about a Russian “shadow fleet” using its waterways https://theworld.org/stories/2024/12/24/denmark-is-fed-up-with-russias-shadow-fleet 67 comments europe
- North Korean troops are suffering heavy casualties in Russia https://theworld.org/stories/2024/12/19/north-korean-troops-are-suffering-heavy-casualties-in-russia 70 comments worldnews
- ‘Dönerflation’: Outcry in Germany over rising cost of döner kebab https://theworld.org/stories/2024/05/13/donerflation-outcry-in-germany-over-rising-cost-of-doner-kebab 86 comments worldnews
- Inside Ukraine’s secret drone factories https://theworld.org/stories/2023-10-23/exclusive-inside-ukraine-s-secret-drone-factories 9 comments truereddit
- Colombia’s plan to ban bullfighting sparks debate on tradition, animal rights https://theworld.org/stories/2023-01-12/colombia-s-plan-ban-bullfighting-sparks-debate-tradition-animal-rights 16 comments truereddit
- 'It's a mass ecological crisis': Extreme weather in Iraq hits those already struggling the hardest https://theworld.org/stories/2022-06-03/its-mass-ecological-crisis-extreme-weather-iraq-hits-those-already-struggling 8 comments worldnews
- US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking says the solution to the war in Yemen is diplomatic, not militaristic https://theworld.org/stories/2021-12-16/us-special-envoy-yemen-tim-lenderking-says-solution-war-yemen-diplomatic-not 3 comments worldnews
- US sales of missiles to Saudis signal business as usual — almost https://theworld.org/stories/2021-11-09/us-sales-missiles-saudis-signal-business-usual-almost 2 comments worldnews
- Thailand legalizes kratom, a mild narcotic leaf https://theworld.org/stories/2021-11-02/thailand-legalizes-kratom-mild-narcotic-leaf 186 comments worldnews
- Ketchum if You Can: The Real Story Behind Putin’s New York Times Op-Ed is PR Gold http://www.theworld.org/2013/09/ketchum-if-you-can-the-real-story-behind-putins-new-york-times-op-ed-is-pr-gold/ 3 comments politics
- Historical Photos of a Bygone Age in Afghanistan http://www.theworld.org/2013/08/historical-photos-of-a-bygone-age-in-afghanistan/ 6 comments history
- Not All Immigrants Agree On Offering Others ‘A Path to Citizenship’ http://www.theworld.org/2013/06/not-all-immigrants-agree-on-offering-others-a-path-to-citizenship/ 3 comments politics
- Ancient Mayan Pyramid Bulldozed, Mostly Reduced to Rubble for Use as Road Fill http://www.theworld.org/2013/05/ancient-mayan-pyramid/ 3 comments history
- Member of a Jewish Holocaust ‘Revenge Squad’ Tells Story http://www.theworld.org/2013/05/member-of-a-jewish-holocaust-revenge-squad-tells-story/ 36 comments history
- China Past Due: One Child Policy http://www.theworld.org/2013/04/china-past-due-one-child/?utm_source=sinocism+newsletter&utm_campaign=83a54ecd67-sinocism05_01_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-83a54ecd67-3627837 5 comments worldevents
- TIL Ants and Humans are the only known species to raise armies and go to war with eachother http://www.theworld.org/2011/11/ants-art-of-war/ 7 comments science
- A multibillion-dollar expansion of the Panama Canal is proving a boon to scientists. The construction has revealed a trove of fossils, revealing a wide array of creatures that lived at the southern end of North America 20 millions years ago. http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/panama-canal-fossil/ 12 comments worldnews
- Spain Offers Citizenship to Descendants of Jews Forced Out During the Inquisition http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/spain-citizenship-jews/ 101 comments worldnews
- Rural Irish people should be given a license to drive drunk, some local officials say http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/ireland-drunk-driving-laws/ 4 comments worldnews
- Single and Over 27: What the Chinese Government Calls ‘Leftover Women’ http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/china-leftover-women/ 358 comments worldnews
- In Spain, Locksmiths Refuse to Cooperate with Foreclosures and Evictions http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/in-spain-locksmiths-refuse-to-cooperate-with-foreclosures-and-evictions/ 7 comments europe
- Guatemalan Peasants Sue Canadian Mining Company Hudbay http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/guatemala-mining-hudbay/ 5 comments worldnews
- Battles Over Bani Walid, Libya: It’s been a year since Libya’s longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed. But there’s one town in Libya that remains a Gaddafi stronghold: Bani Walid. And battles there over the weekend have claimed 30 lives. http://www.theworld.org/2012/10/bani-walid-libya/ 3 comments worldnews
- In Srebrenica Election, a Horrific Past Looms Large in Vision for Future http://www.theworld.org/2012/09/srebrenica-mayor/ 6 comments worldnews
- Thousands of people in the Asian island nation of Sri Lanka have been struck by a mysterious and deadly form of kidney disease. A new study points to a likely cause: pesticides and fertilizers. http://www.theworld.org/2012/09/sri-lanka-kidney-chemicals/ 123 comments worldnews
- French President Francois Hollande has called for a 75 percent income tax on top earners in France to help lower the country's deficit http://www.theworld.org/2012/07/french-president-hollandes-plan-to-tax-rich-touches-nerve/ 2965 comments worldnews
- 43 years later, and he's still only 1 of twelve - Neil Armstrong breaks his famous silence about his experience on the moon. http://www.theworld.org/2012/05/neil-armstrong-finally-breaks-his-silence-to-talk-about-moon/ 3 comments space
- Black Metal musician elected to Greek parliament http://www.theworld.org/2012/05/metal-bassist-elected-greek/ 17 comments worldnews
- Superbugs: India and the Rise of Drug-Resistant Germs http://www.theworld.org/2012/05/superbugs-india-and-the-rise-of-drug-resistant-germs/ 3 comments science
- Fighting to Stem its Growing Debt, Spanish Town Considers Cultivating Cannabis http://www.theworld.org/2012/04/cultivating-cannabis-in-rasquera/ 15 comments worldnews
- Why Germans Don’t Have A Problem With Mandated Health Care http://www.theworld.org/2012/03/germany-health-care/ 238 comments worldnews
- As Syrians flee the increasing violence, and as government forces increase intensity of their crackdown, many refugees are discovering that Syrian forces have planted anti-personnel mines along the border — making their escape extremely dangerous. http://www.theworld.org/2012/03/syria-military-idlib-turkey/ 5 comments worldnews
- In Russia's largest cities, government employees are given sirens and blue lights that give them the right to disobey traffic signals and barrel through traffic. But a small and growing protest movement is challenging them and their special privilege http://www.theworld.org/2012/03/russias-blue-bucket-brigade-tackles-corruption/ 33 comments worldnews
- As Myanmar moves ahead with a set of reforms that have included the release of political prisoners, the country's government is also opening up its media. In some cases they've ended pre-publication censorship entirely and in others they've greatly reduced the restrictions http://www.theworld.org/2012/03/press-freedom-myanmar/ 14 comments worldnews
- Russians head to the polls soon to choose a new president — who will likely be an old president. Vladimir Putin is expected to win re-election relatively easy, but there's growing discontent with him and political corruption in Russia, which has sent thousands into the street in protest http://www.theworld.org/2012/02/disillusionment-putin-economy/ 38 comments worldnews
- Why Romanians Are Not Welcome In Spain http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/romania-spain/ 9 comments worldnews
- Undocumented immigrants have their children illegally taken away by the government and are unable to contest the decision when they are deoprted. What the.. I don't even... http://www.theworld.org/2010/12/06/parental-rights-illegal-immigrants/comment-page-1/#comment-15570 3 comments politics
- MIT Media Lab develops a smartphone-based eye exam that could greatly expand access to eyeglass prescriptions in the developing world. http://www.theworld.org/2010/09/08/mit-develop-smartphone-eye-exam/ 5 comments technology
- Give this a listen. Apparently the annual budget for air conditioning tents in Afghanistan and Iraq ($20 billion) is larger than the budget of NASA ($18 billion). http://www.theworld.org/2010/07/28/military-base-close-to-the-front/ 549 comments politics
- The world's most badass rabbi [audio] http://theworld.org/?q=node/17607 5 comments worldnews