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Onlookers watch and cheer as ambulances deliver boys rescued from a cave in northern Thailand to a hospital in Chiang Rai on Sunday.
NPR
Community

First boys are rescued from cave in Thailand

Four members of the trapped soccer team have been rescued from the flooded cave in Thailand where they had been holed up for more than two weeks.

8 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following two days of meetings with a North Korean senior ruling party official, before departing Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday. Pompeo did not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

North Korea slams U.S. talks as ‘regrettable’ after Pompeo called them ‘productive’

Defense Department officials will meet with North Korean officials on July 12 to discuss the repatriation of remains.

8 years ago

Members of a U.S. congressional delegation meet with members of the Russian Federation Council in Moscow on Tuesday. Republican senators met with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a rare visit to Moscow ahead of a summit between the countries' presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

GOP lawmakers hope Russia visit sets stage for ‘new day’ ahead of Trump-Putin summit

In April, Trump tweeted that relations between the U.S. and Russia were at their worst ever. What has changed since then is unclear.

8 years ago

A shipping container is offloaded from the Hong Kong-based ship in Oakland, Calif., last month.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

China says U.S. has begun ‘largest trade war’ in history, retaliates with tariffs

The tariffs threatened against billions of dollars in Chinese goods took effect at midnight ET while many Americans were sleeping — but Beijing was ready with a wake-up call.

8 years ago

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in Mexico City, Sunday, June 3, 2018. Mexico will hold general elections on July 1. (AP Photo/Anthony Vazquez)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Who is Mexico’s new president?

Guest: Christy Thornton Mexico just elected a new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, more commonly referre ...

Air Date: July 5, 2018 10:00 am

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The sky surrounding the Statue of Liberty in New York is lit red by a firework in 2005. Nearly all the fireworks consumers will purchase this year — and 70 percent of those used by professionals — are manufactured in China. (Mel Evans/AP)
NPR
Money

For Independence Day fireworks, U.S. depends on China

Those of us who want to celebrate Independence Day with a bang are almost totally dependent on China for supplies.

8 years ago

Syrian refugees gather in their vehicles as they get ready to cross into Syria from the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal on Thursday. More than 400 Syrians were registered to make the crossing on Thursday, after having requested permission from the Lebanese and Syrian governments. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘I hope to God we will be safe’: Refugees in Lebanon start returning to Syria

As the Syrian government wins back more control over swaths of central Syria, officials in Lebanon have called for refugees to return to areas where the fighting has calmed.

8 years ago

A worker sorts plastic bottles at a recycling center in China. (Jie Zhao/Corbis via Getty Images)
NPR
Science

China has refused to recycle the West’s plastics. What now?

In 2017, China passed the National Sword policy banning plastic waste from being imported — for the protection of the environment — starting in January 2018.

8 years ago

Qieer Wang for NPR
NPR
Politics & Policy

The ‘rules of war’ are being broken. What exactly are they?

It's a timely question in the wake of attacks on civilians, aid workers and hospitals in conflict zones around the world.

8 years ago

Obed Arango says presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the best choice for change in Mexico.
Community

Philadelphia-area voters could play a role in Mexico election

On Sunday, Mexicans will cast their ballots in the presidential elections.

8 years ago

Shorebirds take flight along the Delware Bay in Cape May County, New Jersey.
Science

Bird flu hot spot: Scientists track virus in huge migration through Delaware Bay

These humble beaches turn into a mixing bowl for influenza between mid-May and early June.

8 years ago



President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. The two leaders are expected to meet again over the summer. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

President Trump set to meet with Russia’s Putin on July 16

The meeting will follow a NATO summit in Brussels on July 11.

8 years ago

Veterans and dignitaries, including political consul Yoon Jung Kim of the Republic of Korea, place a wreath in front of the Korean War Memorial at Penn's Landing during a ceremony held annuallly on the anniversary of the start of the war.
Community

Korean War vets gather in Philadelphia to remember ‘Forgotten War’

More than 5 million soldiers and civilians died during the conflict, including more than 600 from the Philadelphia region.

8 years ago

Janet Kamara, from Liberia, sits during an interview conducted in an International Organization for Migration transit center in Arlit, Niger on Saturday, June 2, 2018. Kamara was expelled from Algeria, and left stranded in the Sahara while pregnant.
Politics & Policy

‘Women were lying dead, men…’ Migrants expelled in Sahara

In the Sahara, Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in the past 14 months, stranding them without food or water, forcing them to walk in the deadly heat.

8 years ago

Gelmy, 9, and sister Alexa, 4, climbing trees in the backyard of their family home in the Yucatan Peninsula. (Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR)
NPR
Community

A lost secret: How to get kids to pay attention

Maya kids are encouraged very early on to pay attention to what their family is doing so they can learn how to do chores and work collaboratively with their family.

8 years ago

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