International
Acupuncture: real relief or theatrical placebo?
Alan Yu heads home to Hong Kong to investigate the ways acupuncture is used in the medical system there.
8 years ago
Listen 13:20At hospitals in India, waiting family become health care helpers
Visitors line the hallways — even sleep on the floor — anxious for loved ones to recover. Noora Health trains overflow family to care for patients once they return home.
8 years ago
Listen 5:58Uber pays $148M over yearlong cover-up of data breach
Instead of reporting the stolen data as required by law, Uber paid the hackers $100,000.
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Trump backs 2-state solution for Mideast, raises peace hopes
President Donald Trump waded into thorny Middle East politics while at the United Nations on Wednesday, endorsing the two-state solution.
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World War I battle devastated U.S. forces, broke hearts at home
On Sept. 26, 1918, the soldiers of the 28th Division, many of them from Philadelphia, nervously glanced at their watches as dawn approach ...
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At UN this year, it’s Trump versus the world
A gaping ideological divide cuts through this year's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.
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Trump address to UN overshadowed by messy domestic politics
White House aides had cast Trump's visit to New York in triumphal terms: an opportunity to assert American sovereignty before the multinational body.
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Kavanaugh, Ford will testify in open hearing Thursday
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who says he sexually assaulted her.
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China fires back against U.S. sanctions for purchases of Russian weapons
China and Russia's increasing military and economic ties come as a trade war escalates between China and the U.S.
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101 ways to thwart a reporter in Pyongyang
NPR is visiting North Korea on the government's terms.
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Russia’s 2016 Twitter campaign was strongly pro-gun, with echoes of the NRA
On every issue, accounts associated with the "Internet Research Agency" sought to amplify controversy by playing up conflict.
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Scientists create immature human eggs from stem cells
A team of Japanese scientists turned human blood cells into stem cells, which they then transformed into very immature human eggs.
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Have a cool idea to help end world hunger? Pitch it to the U.N.
Let's figure out how to end hunger forever. And do it fast.
8 years ago
UAE-based Gulftainer signs 50-year lease for Port of Wilmington
As part of the deal, Gulftainer will upgrade facilities and expand the Port of Wilmington, potentially creating hundreds of jobs along the way.
8 years ago
Listen 1:15Kim hosts South Korea’s Moon for Summit talks in Pyongyang
It's the third meeting between Moon and Kim – and the first to take place outside of the "truce village" of Panmunjom, on the border.
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