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Stay ahead in the dynamic world of cybersecurity with "To the Point Cybersecurity." This podcast offers in-depth discussions on the latest cyber threats, trends, and technologies impacting businesses, governments, and communities globally. Listeners will gain insights into how emerging technologies, such as AI and frameworks like data governance and expanded global cyber regulations, are shaping modern security practices. The podcast also provides practical strategies for navigating the ever ...
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Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is. The World, the radio program, is heard each weekday on over 300 public stations across North America.
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Privacy: Keep People At The Center of it All with Mishi Choudhary Rerun
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23:37Joining the podcast this week is Mishi Choudhary, SVP and General Counsel at Virtru. Mishi shares with us some legal perspective on the privacy discussion including freedom of thought, the right to be forgotten, end-to-end encryption for protecting user data, finding a middle ground between meeting customer privacy demands and complying with legal …
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Uyghurs in Kazakhstan practice Islam freely, not far from China
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5:47Kazakhstan has one of the world's largest Uyghur populations, estimated at around 300,000 people, and they've lived freely there for centuries. This is compared to the community of Uyghurs in nearby Xinjiang, just a few hours drive to the east in China. Levi Bridges has the story from Kazakhstan's capital, Almaty.…
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World's largest accordion collection goes to auction
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1:06An Irish man, Ken Hopkins, was known as "the accordion man" — a moniker that reflected his status among squeezebox aficionados. That's because his life was defined by the instrument — as a player, collector and repairman. At the time of his death last year, he had the largest-known private collection of accordions. Now, his children have brought th…
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China begins construction on World's largest hydroelectric dam
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6:01China began construction this weekend on what is expected to be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet is controversial, as it could disrupt a protected nature reserve. India has also raised concerns that the dam would reduce the water flowing into northeastern India and Bangladesh. The World's…
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New Zealand want to be the best place in the world to have herpes
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1:52A cheeky ad campaign in New Zealand is trying to destigmatize herpes, a virus that affects 67% of the population. Celebrity Kiwis joke that they want their country to be the best place in the world to have herpes. Health officials say the campaign has been a roaring success with New Zealand residents, and it's won a prestigious award at this year's…
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Upwards of 150 million lives have been saved by global vaccination drives since the mid-1970s. But now, vaccine rates are stalling and, in some places, they’re in decline. Professor Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development says that’s in part due to the export from the US of anti-vaccine hesitancy. Dr…
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Far-right 'Japanese First' party gains seats in country's election
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7:55Japan's elections on Sunday saw the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party lose its longstanding majority, while a far-right nationalist party — founded on YouTube — gained ground. With an an anti-immigrant, "Japanese People First" platform, Sanseito gained 14 seats in the country's legislature. To learn more, Host Marco Werman spoke to Jeffrey …
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Natalia Lafourcade talks US tour, immigration protests and a new album
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5:42Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade wrapped up the first leg of her US tour at a time when Latino immigrant communities face growing political pressure. Her song, "Hasta La Raíz," became an unexpected anthem during pro-immigrant protests in Los Angeles. In an interview with The World's Reporter Tibisay Zea, she reflects on that moment, the…
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The cost of climate change: The carrots and sticks of climate action
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9:57Climate change comes with a financial cost. So does figuring out how to address it. In this excerpt of DW's Living Planet series, The World's Host Marco Werman and DW's Sam Baker unpack how economic mechanisms in Canada are being used to bring down carbon emissions.By Hannah Chanatry
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Riccardo Baldini, an Italian concert pianist living in Canada, was paralyzed from the waist down six years ago when a cluster of blood vessels burst. He could still play the keys, but he also needed to work the pedals. So, he's created a new system that he calls "Resonate," which allows him to play the pedals with his mouth. The World's Host Caroly…
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Death of famous skydiver sparks questions about what drives extreme athletes
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6:23Felix Baumgartner rose to fame in 2012 after becoming the first person to skydive through the stratosphere, breaking the sound barrier with nothing but his body. Yesterday, he died in a paragliding incident in Italy. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with sports psychologist Odette Hornby about what drives extreme athletes to the edges of their…
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Soccer players switch out ball for fake 'human heads'
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5:10It's part sport, part art, part political statement. A US-based arts collective called InDecline stages soccer games around the world where the ball is a life-like replica of the head of some controversial world leader. — from Mexico and Brazil to Germany and Spain. The World's Gerry Hadden went to InDecline's latest match outside the small Spanish…
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Oasis tour marred by scalpers — UK moves to stop resale madness
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5:52More than 15 years after their last performance together, Britpop legends Oasis have reunited with the band playing to packed-out stadiums in their hometown of Manchester this week. But thousands of fans are being priced out. Tickets have soared thanks to scalpers, known in the UK as touts, who’ve snapped them up and resold them at sky-high prices.…
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Boxes of books destined for Kenya end up at a Danish bookshop
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7:19Earlier this year, an independent book shop just outside the Danish capital Copenhagen received five big boxes of books. There was just one problem: The books were supposed to go to Nairobi in Kenya. Isabella Mousavizadeh Smith, the owner of the store Books and Company told The World's Host Carolyn Beeler that she decided to keep them, and offer a …
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Student's expulsion from Chinese university for dating a foreigner sparks debate
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4:00A Chinese university recently announced that it expelled a female student over her allegedly dating a foreigner. The story has sparked a conversation on Chinese social media about gender bias and nationalism in the country, where authorities have discouraged romantic connections with foreigners on the grounds of national security concerns. The Worl…
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The AI software driving Filipino call center workers mad
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5:55When you call a 1-800 number, you’ll often end up speaking to someone in the Philippines. Call centers are a huge part of the country’s economy, employing more than a million people. In recent years, Filipino call center workers have heard predictions — that artificial intelligence could wipe out their industry. But for now, AI is having a differen…
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Book explores '90s lesbian life in London through helpline log
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3:28In an archive in London, writer Elizabeth Lovatt came across a logbook used in the 1990s by volunteers of a London-based helpline called the Lesbian Line. It was run out of a UK charity called London Friend, which is still operational today. Lovatt has now written about the stories told in the logbook in her book, "Thank You For Calling the Lesbian…
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Musician Brother Ali became known in the early 2000s for his hard-hitting critique of racism and inequality in the US. Two decades later, the white rapper has moved to Turkey on a spiritual journey as a Muslim. He’s still producing music but he says his political views are making it harder for him to get his music out there. Reporter Fariba Nawa sa…
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A fire at a newly opened mall in Kut, Iraq, killed more than 60 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said Thursday. As Host Carolyn Beeler explains, the five-story building had just opened a week earlier.By Patti Daniels
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Marathon world record holder provisionally suspended after testing positive for banned substance
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0:58Kenyan runner Ruth Chepng'etich has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned diuretic on March 14, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced today. Chepng'etich shattered the marathon world record last October by running a 2:09:56 at the Chicago Marathon. Now, her case is likely headed to a Disciplinary Tribunal and she could f…
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Global South countries meet to find concrete ways to stop Israel's attacks on Gaza
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4:06A conference this week in Colombia brought together 30 members of Global South countries to discuss concrete steps they can take to force Israel to stop its attacks on the Gaza Strip. Colombia's president has basically argued that Israel is breaking international law, and that if Israel can get away with bombing and starving the Palestinians, then …
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World's oldest marathon runner dies at age 114
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5:47Fauja Singh, known as the world's oldest marathoner, died in his hometown in India recently in a hit-and-run incident. The Londoner had been a beloved figure in the city's running community, becoming an Olympic torchbearer in 2012 and founding the running club Sikhs in the City. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Harmander Singh, his coach…
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Unpublished novel 'Parting' from pre-war Germany becomes bestseller in the country
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7:19In 1932, as the Nazis were securing power in Germany through the ballot box, a young German man by the name of Raimund Pretzel wrote the draft of a novel centered on a young couple worried about their country changing for the worse. Now known by his pen name, Sebastian Haffner went on to flee Germany and became an outspoken critic of Hitler and the…
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PEPFAR and the future of the global HIV fight
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3:21It was called a “Marshall Plan” to stop the spread of HIV in Africa. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — or PEPFAR — was launched by a Republican, President George W. Bush, in 2003. Now, although some funding remains for the program, many of PEPFAR’s prevention and support services have stalled, as Dr. Atul Gawande, who led global heal…
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Spanish far-right fuels anti-immigrant rioting
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6:52A small farm town in southeast Spain has seen three nights of rioting over the last few days. It started after a group of young Moroccans allegedly assaulted an elderly man on his morning walk. News of the attack spread quickly on online extremist platforms, and hundreds of protestors descended on Torre Pacheco, to "hunt immigrants." The World's Ge…
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Taliban says it wants to combat illegal logging. Experts say it's more about control.
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6:13Afghanistan's forests have been decimated over the past few decades by wars and illegal logging. Now, the Taliban says it wants to preserve them by combatting illegal logging. The group has started a "Green Force," which it says will confiscate smuggled timber and arrest offenders. But experts are skeptical about the Taliban's motivation and the ef…
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Britain's government says if 16- and 17-year-olds are mature enough to work and pay taxes, they’re old enough to vote. So, the UK is lowering its voting age to 16 in time for the next general election. Other countries that have made the move haven’t seen dramatic changes in voting patterns. The University of Edinburgh's Jan Eichhorn has looked at g…
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