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A woman walks past a lifeguard on a beach in Lloret de Mar this week, as beaches in Spain reopen following a lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The EU is now considering which countries should be allowed to send tourists to its member nations.
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Health

EU could bar U.S. travelers due to ongoing rise in COVID-19 cases

The U.S. has the most cases of any country in the world, and many states are reporting sharp rises in new cases as they ease shutdown orders.

6 years ago

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton
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Politics & Policy

Bolton: Trump and China’s Xi talked ‘frequently’ about Trump’s reelection

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton tells NPR he thought Trump’s “back and forth with authoritarian leaders did not reflect well” on Trump and the U.S.

6 years ago

Former national security adviser John Bolton
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Politics & Policy

Trump told China to ‘go ahead’ with prison camps, Bolton alleges in new book

"According to our interpreter, Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which he thought was exactly the right thing to do," Bolton writes.

6 years ago

In this photo an intercontinental ballistic missile lifts off from a truck-mounted launcher somewhere in Russia. The Russian military said the Avangard hypersonic weapon entered combat duty. The Kremlin has made modernization of Russia's strategic nuclear forces one of its top priorities. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Nuclear security and Chris Wallace on “Countdown 1945”

As U.S./ Russia nuclear weapons talks begin next week, we look at the state of nuclear proliferation and speak with Fox News' Chris Wallace about his book on the atomic bomb.

Air Date: June 16, 2020 10:00 am

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Xiyue Wang
NPR
Politics & Policy

Released from Iranian prison, U.S. student Xiyue Wang says he was held as a ‘hostage’

Wang, a naturalized U.S. citizen and graduate student at Princeton University, was released in a prisoner exchange between the two countries.

6 years ago

President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping
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Health

In the battle against COVID-19, a risk of ‘vaccine nationalism’

The race to defeat the coronavirus is generating competition among nations and multinational companies that's being described as "vaccine nationalism."

6 years ago

Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl
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Money

Pandemic disrupts illegal drug trade, upending both product and profits

One researcher says small-scale disruptions are common in the illegal drug trade, but the chaos seen in recent months is nearly unprecedented.

6 years ago

hydroxychloroquine
Health

UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing

The WHO will pause the hydroxychloroquine arm of its clinical trial after a published paper showed people taking the drug were at higher risk of death and heart problems.

6 years ago

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is seen at a demonstration in favor of his government on Sunday.
NPR
Politics & Policy

White House restricts travel from Brazil, where coronavirus cases near 350,000

Brazil has the world's second-highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections, behind only the United States, according to tracking by Johns Hopkins University.

6 years ago

Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, May 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Community

Pakistan plane with 98 on board crashes near Karachi

Mayor Wasim Akhtar, at the site of the crash, said the plane went down in a crowded neighborhood on the edge of the airport.

6 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Irqah Palace, in Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Thursday, February 20, 2020. Pompeo met with King Salman in the capital, Riyadh, on Thursday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The Saudi arms deal and the firing of State Department I.G.

President Trump and Sec. of State Pompeo fired the department's I.G., with reports suggesting it was motivated by an investigation into a massive Saudi arms deal.

Air Date: May 20, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:31
Virus Outbreak New York
Health

US, European leaders weigh reopening risks without a vaccine

In separate stark warnings, two major world leaders bluntly told their citizens that they need to adapt to living with COVID-19 and cannot wait to be saved by a vaccine.

6 years ago

Members of the White House Military Office clean the stair for Air Force One ahead of the arrival of President Donald Trump for a tour of Owens & Minor Inc., a medical supply company, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump says he’ll restock stockpile for future pandemics

Trump says the pandemic highlights the importance of U.S. manufacturing and moving supply chains out of China, a rival he blames for not doing enough to slow the spread.

6 years ago

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). (CDC via AP, File)
Health

As new clusters emerge, WHO warns virus may be here to stay

“This virus may never go away,” Dr. Michael Ryan said. Without a vaccine, he said it could take years for the global population to build up sufficient levels of immunity.

6 years ago

European Commission President Ursula
NPR
Health

World leaders pledge $8B to fight COVID-19; US skips meeting

As the pledge conference took place, senior Trump administration officials repeatedly called the U.S. the leader in the fight against COVID-19.

6 years ago

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