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Education

International students can study in the U.S. this fall — if they can get here

Many international students won’t be able to make it to their U.S. college campuses for the fall semester because of travel restrictions and closed U.S. consulate offices.

6 years ago

A masked woman walks past a mural of former President  Nelson Mandela in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday July 18, 2020 as the country celebrates International Mandela Day. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
Politics & Policy

UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities

“It is exposing fallacies and falsehoods everywhere: The lie that free markets can deliver health care for all, the fiction that unpaid care work is not work."

6 years ago

A patient receives a shot in a clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine. U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hackers are attempting to break into U.S. health care organizations working on a vaccine.
NPR
Health

U.S. says Russian hackers are trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research

The hackers have been linked to Russian intelligence and were blamed for hacking Democratic Party emails in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

6 years ago

Medical staff in Mumbai, India, last week. A U.N. report warns that the coronavirus pandemic is interfering with children getting vaccinated. (Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

U.N. points to ‘alarming decline’ in child vaccinations

It warned of the first drop in 28 years for vaccinations against diptheria, tetanus and pertussis based on preliminary data from the first four months of 2020.

6 years ago

An employee sews a miniature dress in Dior's sewing workshop in Paris on July 4. This year Dior created a miniature collection for its haute couture show and presented it as a film. (Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Lifestyle

You may be in sweatpants, but COVID-19 hasn’t stopped haute couture

In a fashion first, this season's collections were presented digitally, rather than in-person, in-Paris. It was an opportunity for designers to experiment in an online space.

6 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Pool)
Politics & Policy

US notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization

The pullout won’t take effect until next year, meaning it could be rescinded under a new administration or if circumstances change.

6 years ago

Members of the public are seen at a bar on Canal Street
Health

Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge coronavirus can spread in air

WHO has been criticized in recent weeks and months for its seeming divergence from the scientific community.

6 years ago

Nora Elmarzouky (left) and Yaroub Al-Obaidi (right) are the editors of the Friends, Peace, Sanctuary Journal, the first Arabic newspaper in Philadelphia in over 100 years. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

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.

6 years ago

In this Aug. 27, 2017 file photo, a U.S. Marine takes part during a training session for Afghan army commandos in Shorab military camp in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

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

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Community

EU 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.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers trained in Afghanistan in 2009. Members of Congress want answers about alleged Russian bounties paid to target American troops.
NPR
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

The Trevi Fountain in Rome
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, early Monday, June 15, 2020.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts & Law

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.

6 years ago

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