Belarus

August 10, 2020

In Belarus, the opposition has refused to concede that incumbent Alexander Lukashenko won Sunday’s presidential election, leaders around the globe are offering aid to Lebanon, and on Sunday, the US topped 5 million recorded coronavirus cases.

Top of The World

UN head warns of 'a generational catastrophe'; Record temperatures in Iraq; Belarus' president aligns with Russia

August 04, 2020

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday the world faces a "generational catastrophe" in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to the largest disruption of education in history. Also, Iraq faces record heat levels that reached temperatures of 125 Fahrenheit in Baghdad. And, Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, has pledged his allegiance to Russia.

Media

HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change

May 07, 2019

A new look into HBO's upcoming miniseries "Chernobyl" gives us a deep look into the nuclear power plant disaster that rocked the then Soviet Union and continues to impact Ukraine to this day. Director Johan Renck spoke with Carol Hills about why he feels this story needs to be told.

Religion

Photos: The world celebrates Christmas

December 25, 2018

What does Christmas look like around the world? Here's a peek from Thailand, Pakistan, Iraq, Australia, China and several other countries.

Immigration Rewind

How 16 Americans found family, faith and their immigrant roots — generations after their parents left their homelands

November 22, 2018

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02/18/2019 - 4:15pm

Through war and Islamophobia, a generation thought they might have lost their histories and faith in Eastern Europe. But, unexpectedly, they found it again.

Global Politics

Meet the man who volunteered for Obama, worked for Bernie and is now consulting Putin's opponent

February 26, 2018

Vitali Shkliarov was mesmerized by Barack Obama's Berlin speech in 2008, though he didn't speak English at the time. Shkliarov went on to work for Obama and then Bernie Sanders. Now he's an adviser in the Russian elections.

Wildlife in Chernobyl is thriving 30 years after the nuclear accident

Living on Earth

May 16, 2016

In the absence of a human population, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become a de facto nature reserve.

Chernobyl and ‘the summer without children’

April 26, 2016

On April 26, 1986, the world suffered its worst peacetime nuclear disaster, when the Soviet reactor at Chernobyl went into meltdown. One survivor talks about how it affected her and her family.

Education

When Belarus closed its last liberal arts school, the university went into exile

July 14, 2015

The European Humanities University is a Belarussian liberal arts school. But it's now operating in Lithuania.

Shara Worden & <em>On the Road</em>

January 21, 2011

Belarus Free Theatre

January 21, 2011

Belarus Free Theatre

January 21, 2011

Governments block internet

March 19, 2008

The World's Clark Boyd reports on governments that have found various ways to block citizens' access to internet sites; this web filtering is described in a new book, "Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering".

Global Politics

Belarus election

September 26, 2008

Belarus holds elections this weekend that the authorities promise will be free and fair. The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports on the slow pace of change in the former Soviet republic.

Arts, Culture & Media

Free Theatre Belarus

October 10, 2008

Belarus is called the last dictatorship in Europe. The government censors the arts, so performance troupe Free Theatre Belarus performs secretly, in converted houses, to avoid arrest. American playwright Aaron Landsman went to visit the group in Minsk, and learned what theater is really all about. Produced by David Krasnow and Gretta Cohn.

Global Politics

Belarus Free Theatre

January 21, 2011

In the protests that followed the most recent presidential elections in Belarus, members of the Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) were detained by the Belarusian KGB. BFT co-founder Natalia Kaliada talks with Studio 360.

Fukushima likely not as bad as Chernobyl, but what does that mean?

April 08, 2011

Nearly a month into the crisis at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant, perhaps the only thing anyone can be sure of is that we still can’t be sure of anything. And won’t be able to be for weeks, months, or maybe even years.

Arts, Culture & Media

Roots Redux: Using Crowdsourcing to Find Kashuki

April 19, 2012

I recently aired a story about using DNA to trace my roots. Now here's a story about how our listeners helped me find my grandmother's village.

Arts, Culture & Media

40 Years Ago, Soviet Gymnast Olga Korbut Dazzled the World