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‘The pope put us on the world’s radar’: Residents of Peruvian city talk about Pope Leo XIV’s impact on their diocese

1 day ago | theworld.org | Manuel Rueda

Thousands of people attended an outdoor mass in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo to thank God for the election of Pope Leo XIV. It was a solemn occasion, but was also interrupted with loud cheers and chants about the pope being a “Chiclayano.”“We are really excited,” said Luis Chero, a local English teacher who was at the mass, waving a Vatican flag and rallying the crowds behind him.
Universities stand to lose big bucks as international students quit the US

1 day ago | theworld.org | Kirk Carapezza

Claire is worried about her son in college. She lives in Beijing — half a world away from where he is studying in the United States. Although he enrolled before President Donald Trump was elected, the anti-immigrant rhetoric and political shift over the past few months have drastically changed their views on studying in the US. “I think the government is really hostile right now,” Claire said. Claire is being identified only by first name to protect her family.
President Trump hints at compromise ahead of US-China trade talks

5 days ago | theworld.org | Matthew Bell

US officials are heading to Switzerland to meet with China’s vice premier this weekend for the highest-level known talks between the two sides since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. In a social media post on Friday morning, Trump floated the idea of reducing tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 80%. This followed something that Trump said to reporters on Thursday in the Oval Office. “You can’t get any higher. It’s at 145.
The tug-of-war over an anti-Nazi pastor’s legacy

1 week ago | theworld.org | Valerie Hamilton

The legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer seemed straightforward: The anti-Nazi theologian and pastor executed in 1945 for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler was a man of faith who took action against injustice in the real world.
Norwegian city turns pipes into rivers to adapt to climate change

1 week ago | theworld.org | Hannah Chanatry

The city of Bergen, on Norway’s west coast, is proud of its reputation as one of the rainiest cities in Europe. On average, it gets more than 200 days of rain a year, amounting to about 8 feet of water. “[It] influences the mornings, what to wear, what you are going to do … how much clothing you need,” said Stina Ellevseth Oseland, head of the climate department at Bergen’s urban environment agency.
Soviet spacecraft coming back to Earth

1 week ago | theworld.org | Daniel Ofman

By the time the Kosmos 482 spacecraft launched in 1972, the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States had been in full swing for about 15 years. It began in 1957 when the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1, the first satellite into Earth’s orbit. About four years later, astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth. In the early ’60s, the Soviet Union seemed to be winning the space race — until NASA’s Apollo 11 became the first crewed mission to land on the moon in 1969.
International Cricket Council pledges funding, support for Afghanistan’s exiled cricketers

1 week ago | theworld.org | Bianca Hillier

Benafsha Hashimi didn’t want to leave Afghanistan. She grew up in the capital Kabul and was a teenager when the Taliban regained power in 2021. “I was one of the people who never wanted to leave the country, no matter what happened,” Hashimi said. When it became clear that leaving was necessary, she had one condition: “There [was] something in my heart that said, ‘Don’t let me go without my team.’”Hashimi is among 25 members of Afghanistan’s national women’s cricket team.
‘I can do what I can to save people’: This chief rabbi stayed in Ukraine to help people and honor his son who died in battle - The World from PRX

1 week ago | theworld.org | Daniel Ofman

In the early days following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decided to stay put in Kyiv, despite all the risks. His decision not to flee remains a strong symbol of Ukrainian resistance. For many civilians, this was a sign of confidence that Kyiv would stay under Ukrainian control and would not fall to the Russian military. Zelenskyy wasn’t the only leader who chose to stay in Ukraine.
Spain tests AI-based speed limit system

1 week ago | theworld.org | Jeremy Siegel

The AP-7 is one of Spain’s busiest roads. It’s also among the country’s most dangerous. Last year, there were 700 accidents with victims recorded on the highway, which stretches along the Mediterranean from Valencia to the border with France, a record for the last decade. One of the most-shocking accidents occurred last March when dense fog caused a 40-car pileup, killing one man and injuring several others.
Astropical band fuses electronic music with Caribbean rhythms in an ‘optimistic’ album that ‘takes you to beach’

2 weeks ago | theworld.org | Manuel Rueda

It was a cold and rainy night in Bogota, the Colombian capital, perched high in the Andes mountains. But that didn’t stop thousands of people from turning up to a musical festival to see Astropical, a pop band with a psychedelic touch and tunes that evoke much warmer places. The group blends electronic music with Caribbean rhythms like champeta and merengue, a mix that has become increasingly common at nightclubs and music festivals in Colombia.