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Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Heightened scrutiny of Trump’s Russia connection; federal workers hit by the shutdown

Guests: Max Boot, Masha Gessen, Christopher Perks Two big stories digging into President Trump’s alleged connec ...

Air Date: January 15, 2019 10:00 am

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Iran's Simorgh rocket pictured before an attempted satellite launch in 2017. Experts say the rocket's second stage is too small to be used as a missile. (AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Iran is preparing a launch. But is it for a space rocket or a missile?

Iran has said publicly that its motives are peaceful.

8 years ago

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier, left, sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position near the front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. An American military official said Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 that the U.S.-led military coalition has begun the process of withdrawing troops from Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Politics & Policy

U.S. official says withdrawal from Syria has begun

After conflicting statements about a timeline for Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, the process has begun with the removal of some military cargo.

8 years ago

A group of Honduran migrants are detained along the U.S.-Mexico border by Mexican police after attempting to cross the border barrier into the U.S. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Humanitarian experts debate Trump’s use of the term ‘humanitarian crisis’

Some in the global aid community are outraged that Trump used the term "humanitarian" to describe the crisis without pledging any action to alleviate the suffering.

8 years ago

Modern-day scientists who examined the 1,000 year-old remains of a middle-aged woman in Germany discovered the semi-precious stone in the tartar on her teeth. From that, they concluded the woman was an artist involved in creating illuminated manuscripts, a task usually associated with monks. The find is considered the most direct evidence yet of a woman taking part in the making of high-quality illuminated manuscripts, the lavishly illustrated religious and secular texts of the Middle Ages. (Christina Warinner/Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History/AP)
Science

Medieval woman’s hidden art career revealed by blue teeth

Scientists discover more evidence that suggest female artisans 1,000 years ago were not as rare as previously thought.

8 years ago

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Austin Renforth (center) went with his Iraqi counterpart, Lt. Gen. Jalil Jabbar al-Rubaie (center left), for a tour of Baghdad's most crowded neighborhoods on Friday.
(Mootaz Sami/AP Images for NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

A U.S. commander went for a rare stroll in Baghdad. Many Iraqis just shrugged

Sixteen years after the United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq, most Iraqis still blame the U.S. for disbanding the Iraqi army and the civil war that followed.

8 years ago

In this Jan. 3, 2019, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the 116th Congress begins. Senate Republicans’ first bill of the new Congress aims to insert the legislative branch into President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy — but also tries to drive a wedge between centrist and liberal Democrats over attitudes toward Israel. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Dems block Senate bill on Israel boycotts, citing shutdown

Israel sees a growing threat from the BDS movement, which has led to increased boycotts of the Jewish state in support of the Palestinians.

8 years ago

In this Dec. 14, 2018 photo, a mirror tied to a tree reflects a heroin user preparing his dose, in an area popular for people with a drug addiction behind an abandoned home in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Heroin users will often use the mirror to get a better view of themselves when injecting, especially when into their necks. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Health

Growing opioid crisis adds to Puerto Rico’s problems

The opioid crisis in Puerto Rico has not reached the epidemic levels of the U.S. mainland, but officials worry it will catch up soon.

8 years ago

More than two-dozen members of the local Sudanese community showed their support for protestors in Khartoum on Saturday with a demonstration at Philadelphia City Hall to raise awareness and encourage people to write their U.S. representatives. (Darryl C. Murphy/WHYY)
Community

Philly area Sudanese community protests in solidarity with demonstrators in Khartoum

“Our people right now are starving, are dying on the street, are dying in the hospital because there is no medicine,” said Ahmed Ali of Upper Darby.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump tells reporters on the South Lawn of the White House that the U.S. will not withdraw its troops from Syria until the Islamic State has been defeated. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump, Bolton say U.S. withdrawal from Syria is conditional on defeat of ISIS

Bolton is expected to tell Israel's prime minister that troops will remain at a base in Syria to counter Iranian activity, according to a senior U.S. administration official.

8 years ago

Displaced Syrians gather inside a tent in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria on Dec. 8. People fled towns where the U.S.-led coalition is fighting the last remnants of ISIS. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

‘We were eating grass’: Syrians flee as fight pushes on against last ISIS remnants

The al-Hol refugee camp, in northeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, is overwhelmed with new arrivals.

8 years ago

Bartholomew I signs the Tomos of Autocephaly, marking the formal independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul.
(Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially gains independence from Russian church

Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Christians have belonged to a unified church for centuries. Moscow argues it has had legal authority over Ukrainian churches since 1686.

8 years ago

Moscow's Lefortovo prison, where ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan is in custody after being accused of espionage by the Russian government. (Sergey Ponomarev/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

As American sits in Moscow jail, Russia says U.S. has detained one of its citizens

Russia announced on Saturday that the U.S. is holding a Russian national, but a top Russian official quickly dismissed any talk of a detainee exchange.

8 years ago

(#HUNNUROCK via YouTube/Screengrab by NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

How a Mongolian heavy metal band got millions of YouTube views

The Hu — from the Mongolian root word for human being: "Hu." The band spent seven years putting together their first album, which they expect to release this spring.

8 years ago

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, (right), talks with his Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni during a cabinet presentation ceremony at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (Eraldo Peres/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sees threat in Russia, considers hosting U.S. base

Brazil is open to hosting a U.S. military base to counter Russian influence in the region, the South American country's new far-right president said.

8 years ago

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