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International

Protesters with umbrellas use steel barricades to block a road as they march through Sha Tin District in Hong Kong. (Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
The Pulse
Science

Can science offer police a better way to handle protests?

Intimidation and police force enraged protesters in Hong Kong. Is there a different way to manage masses of people?

7 years ago

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Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, arrives on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Washington, as she is scheduled to testify before congressional lawmakers on Friday as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Former U.S. envoy says she was warned she was being targeted

The former envoy, who was recalled from her post by Trump, testified that a senior Ukrainian official told her that "I really need to watch my back."

7 years ago

Noah Nasiali-Kadima, foreground, takes a selfie with members of the Africa Farmers Group during a tour of a member's farm in Machakos County, Kenya.
(Noah Nasiali-Kadim)
NPR
Community

How 75,000 abandoned cabbages inspired a huge online forum for farmers in Africa

Making lemonade out of life's lemons is one thing.

7 years ago

Pope Francis blesses the crowd at the Vatican. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)
Community

Pope declares Vatican’s Secret Archive not so secret anymore

Pope Francis has declared that the Vatican Secret Archive isn't so secret after all.

7 years ago

In the BBC documentary about sexual harassment at universities in Nigeria and Ghana, several sources and reporters wore masks onscreen to preserve their anonymity. (BBC Africa Eye)
NPR
Education

How undercover journalists exposed West Africa’s ‘sex for grades’ scandal

"I'm a 28-year-old who never got to finish school because of one thing," says Kiki Mordi. "It wasn't because I wasn't brilliant, I was a high flyer when I was growing up.

7 years ago

President Trump says that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, has been killed in a U.S. Special Operations mission in northwestern Syria. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump says Islamic State leader was killed in special operations raid

President Trump says that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, has been killed in a U.S. Special Operations mission in northwestern Syria.

7 years ago

Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, members of Amazon indigenous populations walk during a Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession from St. Angelo Castle to the Vatican. In foreground is a wooden statue portraying a naked pregnant woman. (Andrew Medichini/AP Photo)
Lifestyle

Pope’s Amazon synod proposes married priests, female leaders

Catholic bishops from across the Amazon called Saturday for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, an historic proposal.

7 years ago

Safa Al Ahmad speaks with UD's Ralph Begleiter on Wednesday night. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

U.S. drones ‘raining death on people’ in Yemen, Saudi journalist says

Safa Al Ahmad has produced hard-hitting documentaries about unrest in Saudi Arabia and the war in Yemen. She has harsh words for the United States, too.

7 years ago

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No parking, yet retail still thrives. Social interaction is facilitated by human scale infrastructure. (Courtesy of Christopher Puchalsky)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

What Philly can learn from Copenhagen’s response to the climate crisis

City officials from Philadelphia visited Copenhagen for the C40 World Mayors Summit. Here’s what Philly can learn from the city’s design.

7 years ago

Former Ambassador William Taylor leaves a closed door meeting after testifying as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Impeachment probe intensifies

We discuss Ambassador William Taylor's testimony to House lawmakers about the Ukraine scandal.

Air Date: October 24, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
In the forests near the southern Sumatran village of Krui, 48-year-old Marhana climbs up the trees to harvest damar, a resin used in paints and varnishes. These damar trees are part of something called an
NPR
Lifestyle

Could this tree be an eco-friendly way to wean Indonesian farmers off palm oil?

Agriculture experts see damar as a sort of anti-palm oil: a model to combat deforestation and climate change. These damar trees are part of something called an "agroforest."

7 years ago

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to lawmakers inside the House of Commons to update details of his new Brexit deal with EU, in London. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Stephen Barclay, left, and Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom, right. (Jessica Taylor/AP)
Politics & Policy

Parliament vote forces UK to postpone Brexit beyond Oct. 31

A defiant Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday that he would resist attempts to delay Britain’s departure from the European Union beyond the end of the month.

7 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

British family detained in Pa. by ICE: ‘We will be traumatized for the rest of our lives’

The family says the Berks County-run facility is not equipped to care for a baby. Facilities are cold and normal caretaking items have been confiscated.

7 years ago

Listen 1:01
A Juul starter kit sold at a kiosk in a mall in Makati City in the Philippines. (Carlo Gabuco for NPR)
NPR
Health

Juul is behaving differently in the Philippines than in the U.S., say activists

Almost as soon as the e-cigarette maker Juul launched in the Philippines this past June, Maria Encarnita Limpin started noticing the product in shops all over the capital Mani

7 years ago

A lighter moment on a serious day: the presentation of a Global Girls' Bill of Rights at the U.N. Left to right: Six of the young women who helped draft the document: Faith Nwando, 17; Djellza Pulatani, 17; Olivia Lombardo, 16; Angelica Morales, 21; Kanchan Amatya, 22; and Vishakha Agrawal, 20. (Yana Paskova for NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

6 young women went to the U.N. with a Global Girls’ Bill of Rights

The date of the presentation was chosen to connect with today's International Day of the Girl.

7 years ago

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