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Colonialism for clicks? The influencers targeting uncontacted tribes – podcast
Features writer Elle Hunt and indigenous activist María José Andrade Cerda on the growing phenomenon of influencers around the world trying to reach uncontacted tribes The Sentinelese, living on North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, are one of the most isolated peoples on earth. Part of an archipelago governed by India, it is prohibited by law to venture within 5km of their island. And when a missionary did manage to land on the beach in 2018, he was killed by bow and arrow. Continue reading
4 reasons for Kemi Badenoch to be cheerful — and 3 looming headaches
Britain's Tories gather in Birmingham stronger than they’ve been in years — but face a long road from here to winning.
Gaza and Elite Accountabiity
Connor Echols on a reckoning within the foreign-policy establishment.
Iran’s Top Security Official Warns of Dire Economic Crisis
The rare admission from Mohsen Rezaei, the security chief, came weeks after the U.S. tightened sanctions and its naval blockade.
Talk World Radio: Charles Goyette on Empire of Lies
This week on Talk World Radio we’re talking about this terrific book, Empire of Lies: Fragments from the Memory Hole: The Shameful Story of the Deep State’s War Lords, War Lies, & Failed Foreign Interventions. #WorldBEYONDWar
Resist & Rising: Good News | Audio | October 3, 2026
Listen to Resist & Rising: Good News for October 3, 2026, featuring victories for democracy, rights, clean energy, workers, and communities.
The joy of foraging your own food
There’s a whole world of food growing right outside our doors — in our backyards, on sidewalks, in the parks we walk through every day — and most of us pass by it without a second glance. Alexis Nikole Nelson wants to change that. A self-described “ethnobotany nerd,” she’s spent years teaching people how to forage the wild food hiding in plain sight. She explores how paying closer attention to what’s already around us can reconnect us to the land, our communities and each other.
The Israeli Right Portrays Islam as Murderous. With a Purpose
A new Israeli book says that right-wing Israeli scholars, journalists, and rabbis cherry-pick religious Muslim texts and ignore moderate voices as part of a clear agenda to demonize Islam
Tommy Vietor: The Marionette in the White House
What is going on with Trump's legs? He appears to be wearing a brace and a recent video shows him standing in a most unnatural way—as though he is mid-exorcism. But his apparent health issues don't seem to be stopping the administration from re-escalating against Iran with an additional 10,000 troops on their way to the region. Meanwhile, Trump's son-in-law, Jared (AKA the point person on the Gaza peace deal) turns out to be a war profiteer heavily invested in Israeli bomb-making companies.
Jordan Has Had Enough: King Abdullah’s Scathing Warning to Israel
In a harsh UN General Assembly speech, he said this Israeli government’s expansionist appetite is a regional threat to everyone.
Israeli Colonizers Kill Palestinian Man Near Salfit
Mashhour Shaher Yassin, 51, died Thursday evening after Israeli paramilitary colonizers shot him in the abdomen while attacking his home in Yasuf in the central occupied West Bank
Jornal da ONU - 2 de outubro de 2026
Jornal da ONU, com Monica Grayley: *Relatório diz que remessas de migrantes ajudam a apoiar populações rurais pelo mundo *Plano de lanchas elétricas mobiliza ação climática na Turquia *Perda de empregos e subsistência extrapola áreas afetadas pelas cheias no Nepal *Economia de Macau resiliente, mas ainda depende do jogo e turismo
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The 2026 Brazilian election will be one of the first major elections since the introduction of widely-accessible generative AI. In preparation, Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) created a framework aimed at preventing the use of AI to spread election misinformation, and it's already faced a major test. From Florianopolis, Brazil, Rose Gilbert reports.
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The Culture Train ran between Berlin, Germany, and Wroclaw, Poland, for 10 years, before halting in 2025. Live bands, DJs, poets and performance art "witches" entertained and educated passengers on Europe’s quirkiest train journey. Running at a time of rising nationalism, organizers billed the train partly as a way to address prejudices held by many Germans against Polish people. On a train somewhere between the two cities, Jamie Fullerton reports.
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An independent panel found the Premier League club Manchester City was guilty on 114 out of 115 charges related to, among other things, widespread financial misconduct. The UAE-owned British soccer team continues to deny all charges and lodged an appeal on Friday. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler learned more from Joey D’Urso, a sports journalist and author of the book “More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power.”
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In Haiti, violent gangs have taken over most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are pushing northward. In the chaos, about a million and a half people have been displaced. Hospitals are crowded and there is a shortage of basic supplies, from food to medication. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks to the International Rescue Committee’s Deputy Director for Programs, Allie Pasieka, who is in Port-au-Prince.
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Spain's progressive government was dealt a costly legislative defeat on Friday when lawmakers rejected a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis, as protesters gathered outside Parliament demanding help for renters. Host Carolyn Beeler has more.
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Residents living near a chemical factory in Lancashire, in the north of England, have high levels of PFAS “forever chemicals” in their blood, including the highest result ever recorded in the UK, most of it the banned carcinogen PFOA, according to an investigation by Manchester Metropolitan University and Watershed Investigations. Leana Hosea, with Watershed Investigations, reports.
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Egyptian authorities this week arrested the entire newsroom of the independent investigative outlet Matsaddash. It's part of a wider, years-long crackdown against journalists and a restriction of press freedoms. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Timothy Kaldas, deputy director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, about what this means.
Why we should design cities like Disney
Where you live shapes your relationships, your emotions and even how long you live, says community designer Zach DeBoer. After studying what a century of building cities around cars has done to downtowns in the US, he turned to lessons from some of the most walkable, carefully designed streets in the country: the ones inside Disney theme parks. With ideas ranging from narrower roads to buildings that pull you around the next corner, he offers a practical guide to turning ordinary downtowns into magical places people want to explore.
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