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Philly gets first Arabic newspaper in 118 years thanks to ‘Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary’
The collaborators behind the Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary Journal distributed 2,500 copies of the paper’s first quarterly across Philadelphia in May.
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Russian bounties for US troops in Afghanistan
How should the U.S. respond to reports that Russia paid bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan?
Air Date: July 1, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:00EU reopens its borders to 14 nations, but not to U.S. tourists
Most Americans have been refused entry into the European Union for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S.
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AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019
The assessment was included in at least one of President Donald Trump’s written daily intelligence briefings at the time, according to the officials.
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Congress unites to demand answers from Trump on Russian bounties in Afghanistan
The game of Who Knew What When is an old one in Washington which is further complicated now by Trump's longstanding antipathy with the intelligence community.
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EU finalizing coronavirus ‘safe list,’ U.S. unlikely to make the cut
More than 15 million Americans are estimated to travel to Europe annually, and any delay would be a further blow to virus-ravaged economies on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Trump denies briefing on reported bounties against U.S. troops
Per a NYT report, American intelligence officials concluded months ago that Russian officials offered rewards for successful attacks on American service-members last year.
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Supreme Court rules some asylum seekers cannot challenge removal
The high court's 7-2 ruling applies to people who fail their initial asylum screenings, making them eligible for quick deportation, or expedited removal.
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EU could bar U.S. travelers due to ongoing rise in COVID-19 cases
The U.S. has the most cases of any country in the world, and many states are reporting sharp rises in new cases as they ease shutdown orders.
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Bolton: Trump and China’s Xi talked ‘frequently’ about Trump’s reelection
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton tells NPR he thought Trump’s “back and forth with authoritarian leaders did not reflect well” on Trump and the U.S.
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Trump told China to ‘go ahead’ with prison camps, Bolton alleges in new book
"According to our interpreter, Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which he thought was exactly the right thing to do," Bolton writes.
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Nuclear security and Chris Wallace on “Countdown 1945”
As U.S./ Russia nuclear weapons talks begin next week, we look at the state of nuclear proliferation and speak with Fox News' Chris Wallace about his book on the atomic bomb.
Air Date: June 16, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:13Released from Iranian prison, U.S. student Xiyue Wang says he was held as a ‘hostage’
Wang, a naturalized U.S. citizen and graduate student at Princeton University, was released in a prisoner exchange between the two countries.
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In the battle against COVID-19, a risk of ‘vaccine nationalism’
The race to defeat the coronavirus is generating competition among nations and multinational companies that's being described as "vaccine nationalism."
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Pandemic disrupts illegal drug trade, upending both product and profits
One researcher says small-scale disruptions are common in the illegal drug trade, but the chaos seen in recent months is nearly unprecedented.
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