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Health

U.S. government beefs up presence near Congo’s Ebola epicenter

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has had a light presence when it comes to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak. But now that is changing.

7 years ago

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, (center), speaks at a gathering for diplomats in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday. (Eric Talmadge/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

North Korea considers whether to resume nuclear, missile tests amid impasse with U.S.

Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said that Kim Jong Un would soon decide whether to end his country's voluntary moratorium on testing missiles and nuclear weapons.

7 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, March 15, 2019 in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

U.S. bars entry to International Criminal Court investigators

The Hague-based court, the first global tribunal for war crimes, said it would continue to operate "undeterred" by the U.S. action.

7 years ago

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the media on March 16 in Wellington, New Zealand. Ardern said she would seek a change in her country's gun laws after after at least one man opened fire during afternoon prayers Friday and killed at least 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch. (Mark Tantrum/Getty Image)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘Our gun laws will change’ after 49 die in shootings at mosques, New Zealand PM says

The violent attack struck at the very heart of New Zealand, a country that prides itself on being both peaceful and diverse.

7 years ago

Indian Muslims hold placards during a condolence meeting and protest against Fridays mass shootings in New Zealand in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 15, 2019. Dozens of people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called
Community

New Zealand mosque attacks spark outrage, fuel concern over Islamophobia

Muslim leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide of violent Islamophobia.

7 years ago

Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday. Multiple people are in custody after shootings at two mosques there. (Mark Baker/AP)
NPR
Community

49 dead in ‘terrorist attack’ at 2 mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand

Forty-nine people are dead and at least 20 are seriously injured in what New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says "can now only be described as a terrorist attack."

7 years ago

At Toyota's LFA Works factory in Japan, workers install hydrogen fuel tanks in a new Mirai. (Hiroo Saso)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Japan looks past electric, bets on hydrogen powered cars

Japan has ambitious goals to become the “hydrogen society,” and right now, the focus is on its automakers.

7 years ago

There was an uproar in 2018 when a scientist in China, He Jiankui, announced that he had successfully used CRISPR to edit the genes of twin girls when they were embryos. Prominent scientists hope to stop further attempts at germline editing, at least for now. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
NPR
Science

Call for global moratorium on creating gene-edited babies

A group of prominent scientists and bioethicists is calling for a global moratorium on any new attempts to bring gene-edited babies into the world.

7 years ago

The U.S. used to ship about 7 million tons of plastic trash to China a year, where much of it was recycled into raw materials. Then came the Chinese crackdown of 2018. (Olivia Sun/NPR)
NPR
Science

Where will your plastic trash go now that China doesn’t want it?

Last year, China drastically cut back its imports of plastic waste to recycle. Now the U.S. and other wealthy nations must figure out what to do with their discards.

7 years ago

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during Prime Minister's Questions inside the House of Commons in London, Wednesday March 13, 2019. (House of Commons/PA via AP)
Politics & Policy

UK lawmakers vote against no-deal Brexit, now aim for delay

British lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the country from leaving the European Union without a divorce agreement and will next decide whether to try to delay that departure.

7 years ago

Matt Vecere, 43, was flying from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya to attend to the UN Environment Assembly. (Image courtesy of IQAir)
Down the Shore
Community

Jersey Shore native killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash remembered as ‘selfless’

A Jersey Shore native who died when an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed last Sunday is being remembered as a compassionate man who devoted his life to helping those in need.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian Airliner. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

U.S., Canada ground Boeing 737 Max 8s after Ethiopia crash

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian Airliner.

7 years ago

A view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Did a massage parlor owner sell access to Trump?

A massage parlor owner in Florida has allegedly sold access to the President to Chinese businessmen with ties to the Chinese communist party.

7 years ago

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Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Heading toward the Brexit cliff

Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union later this month, and no deal has been reached on how this will happen. What's next?

7 years ago

Listen 23:48
Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Brexit update / Massage parlor selling access to Trump

We begin by discussing this hectic week in Brexit negotiations. Then, we'll hear about the massage parlor in Florida that allegedly sold access to President Trump.

Air Date: March 13, 2019

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