International
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Listen 49:13Released 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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 49:31US, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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