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International

This photo provided by U.S. Embassy Switzerland,  Edward McMullen greets Xiyue Wang in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.  In a trade conducted in Zurich, Iranian officials handed over Chinese-American graduate student Xiyue Wang, detained in Tehran since 2016, for scientist Massoud Soleimani, who had faced a federal trial in Georgia.  (U.S. Embassy Switzerland via AP)
Community

Researcher freed from Iran urges release of other prisoners

A Princeton University scholar who was freed from Iran this month after three years in captivity said Monday that his release “is a victory of humanity and diplomacy."

7 years ago

Nurdles on Ferrycraigs Beach on the Firth of Forth, Scotland. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Scotland is turning Pennsylvania shale gas into plastic. But what happens to it next?

Taxes and bans on single use plastics try to combat plastics in the oceans.

7 years ago

Demonstrators take part in a protest on climate emergency outside the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid on Friday. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

U.N. Climate Summit goes to extra time, but ends with major questions unresolved

The global climate talks in Madrid ended on Sunday – two days after its scheduled closing, and with little to show for the marathon session.

7 years ago

A policeman checks IDs as part of a routine patrol at the border crossing with Guatemala, La Hachadura, El Salvador. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)
Community

A tale of 2 migrations: Before and after new Trump policies

One Salvadoran family’s migration to the United States over the past year illustrates the profound effect policy changes in the U.S., Mexico and Central America are having.

7 years ago

Shohrat Zakir, chairman of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, (center), waits for questions during a press conference in Beijing on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

China claims everyone in Xinjiang camps has ‘graduated’

Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities from the region say their family members continue to be arbitrarily detained in camps and prisons.

7 years ago

This photo provided by the U.S. State Department, U.S. special representative for Iran, Brian Hook stands with Xiyue Wang in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.  In a trade conducted in Zurich, Iranian officials handed over Chinese-American graduate student Xiyue Wang, detained in Tehran since 2016, for scientist Massoud Soleimani, who had faced a federal trial in Georgia. (U.S. State Department via AP)
Courts & Law

Iran frees Chinese-American Princeton scholar for U.S.-held scientist

The prisoner exchange was a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions.

7 years ago

The Nielsens' sheep farm sits on the edge of a fjord in southern Greenland. The family has owned and run the farm since 1972. (Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
Lifestyle

In a warming Greenland, a farming family adapts to drought — and new opportunities

On a pitch-perfect autumn afternoon, a remote sheep farm in southern Greenland is quiet.

7 years ago

A father in the Philippines holds his child, who was immunized for measles. (Jason Beaubien/NPR)
NPR
Health

Measles numbers were bad in 2018. This year, they’re even worse

The World Health Organization has released the latest data on measles. The increase in cases is notable — and a sign of how much work needs to be done to address the outbreak.

7 years ago

A fragment of clay tablet at the Penn Museum carries information about a business transaction that took place in Ur about 4,000 years ago. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

After ‘long-term extended loan,’ Penn Museum sends ancient Iraqi artifacts home

Since the 1930s, the Penn Museum has been holding and studying thousands of clay tablets from 2000 B.C. Today, hundreds are returning to Iraq.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Science

Climate change: where science and politics collide

As world leaders and scientists gather at the UN climate summit in Madrid, we discuss the state of the climate crisis and clash between science and politics.

Air Date: December 3, 2019 10:00 am

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TikTok has unblocked the video of 17-year-old Feroza Aziz of New Jersey criticizing China's treatment of minority Muslims (https://www.tiktok.com/@getmefamouspartthree/video/6762657542972689670)
Community

TikTok unblocks N.J. teen who posted on China’s Muslims

Chinese-owned video app TikTok says it has unblocked a U.S. teenager and restored her viral video condemning China’s treatment of its Muslim minority.

7 years ago

Protester holds U.S. flags during a demonstration in Hong Kong, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. China’s fury over President Donald Trump’s decision to sign legislation supporting human rights in Hong Kong is evident. What’s less clear what 'countermeasures' Beijing may take in response to what it said Thursday were 'extremely evil' and dangerous moves. (Vincent Thian/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Furious, China summons U.S. ambassador over Hong Kong bills

China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump’s signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong.

7 years ago

Solar panels at Chile's Quilapilún energy plant are part of a joint venture by Chile and China. China has been investing heavily in renewable energy technology. (Esteban Felix/AP Photo)
NPR
Science

Greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, U.N. report says

Greenhouse gas emissions have risen steadily for the past decade despite the current and future threat posed by climate change, according to a new United Nations report.

7 years ago

A tanker carrying liquified natural gas unloads its cargo at the port of Yokohama, Japan.  Exports of Pennsylvania shale gas began in the spring of 2018, and are expected to increase.  (Hiroo Saso)
Science

Pennsylvania’s LNG export boom heads to Japan

Abundant drilling of the Marcellus and Utica Shale created a glut of natural gas and drove down prices. Now, new pipelines and export terminals are aiding overseas sales.

7 years ago

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In this Sep. 17, 2018, file satellite image provided by Planet Labs, buildings are seen around the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. This is one of a number of internment camps in the Xinjiang region. Experts say the Chinese government has detained up to 1.8 million Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities for what it calls voluntary job training. But a classified blueprint leaked to news organizations shows the camps are precisely what former detainees have described: Forced re-education centers. (Planet Labs via AP, File)
Community

Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work

The classified documents lay out the Chinese government’s deliberate strategy to lock up ethnic minorities even before they commit a crime.

7 years ago

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