What in the World

Helping you make sense of what’s happening in your world. Big stories, small stories and everything

Episodes

Total: 373

China is in the middle of a housing market crisis. Two of its top property developers, Evergrande an

Over the weekend, partygoers at a festival in Israel’s Negev desert were attacked by gunmen, with hu

It’s nearly three decades since the drive-by shooting that killed rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.

Thousands of people have been out on the streets of Ghana and organising protests online, using #Occ

Thousands of people - including politicians, students and journalists - are killed in drug cartel vi

Niger and Gabon are the latest countries in Africa's Sahel to experience military coups. But that’s

A decades-long territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, over the Nagorno-Karabakh region

A truckload of rubbish enters the ocean every minute. Boyan Slat is on a mission to remove it. He’s

Our phones are powered by teeny tiny semi conductors. Taiwan produces over 60% of them. Huawei recen

After nearly five months, Hollywood writers have ended their strike, which brought the American film

There are loads of videos on TikTok of people calling their 20s the loneliest decade. But are they?W

Talks about net zero have been getting heated in the UK. It’s after the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak s

What do Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, BTS and Olivia Rodrigo’s “world tours“ have in common?…None of them a

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his government is investigating "credible" claims th

People seem to be turning to social media influencers for advice on what birth control method to use

Palm oil is found in everything from chocolate to shampoo, pizza, toothpaste and deodorant. It’s hug

A few days ago police in the United Arab Emirates intercepted a huge haul of illegal Captagon pills

One year ago Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman from Iran, died in police custody. The country’s “mora

Devastating flooding has washed away entire neighbourhoods, killing tens of thousands of people in L

The professional wrestling company WWE and the Mixed Martial Arts company UFC have merged in a giant