International
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?
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Listen 12:45Former 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."
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How 75,000 abandoned cabbages inspired a huge online forum for farmers in Africa
Making lemonade out of life's lemons is one thing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Listen 0:50What 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.
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We discuss Ambassador William Taylor's testimony to House lawmakers about the Ukraine scandal.
Air Date: October 24, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Could 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."
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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.
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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 1:01Juul 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
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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.
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