Oldest-Known Message In A Bottle Found In Australia
In 1866, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle with a message into waters hundreds of miles off the Australia. It’s just been uncovered on Australia’s Wedge Island.
Commander Of U.S. Forces In Africa Testifies Before House Armed Services Committee
The commander of the U.S. Africa Military Command, or AFRICOM, Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, testified to the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, saying that the great majority of Africa’s problems do not have military solutions.
After North Korea Agrees To Meet, The U.S. Has A Possible Opening For Diplomacy
North and South Korea have agreed to a summit meeting next month. President Trump says it may be a false hope, but that the U.S. is willing to go.
What Could Result From A Summit Meeting Between The Koreas And The U.S.
NPR’s Ari Shaprio speaks with Sue Mi Terry of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the likelihood of cooperation between South Korea and North Korea, and the nuclear disarmament of the North.
Ex-Russian Spy Found Ill In British Shopping Center
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera about the former Russian spy who was found unconscious with a woman at a British shopping center. He had been convicted in Russia for spying for the U.K., and was resettled in…
How People In Crimea View The Union With Russia
When Russia annexed Crimea, it set relations with Western societies on a confrontation course. Four years after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brazen gamble, NPR looks at how people in Crimea view the union with Russia.
Will NRA follow the path of Big Tobacco?
Twenty years ago, a historic settlement between tobacco firms and 46 states shackled the smoking trade in the United States. Tobacco dollars funded a new national anti-smoking advocacy campaign. Some activists are now renewing calls for national gun-…
Trump To Take Questions In Joint Press Conference With Swedish Prime Minister
President Trump is holding a press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, where Trump could get questions on North Korea, tariffs, gun control and potential White House staff shakeups.
France To Make 15 Legal Age Of Consent For Sex
The decision to establish a first-ever age of consent in the country follows two separate cases involving men who escaped rape charges despite intercourse with 11-year-old girls.
Did North Korea just make a try for trust?
For 27 years, five American presidents have tried to denuclearize North Korea. Three times the regime appeared to have suspended its nuclear program. Kim Jong-un, the current leader in Pyongyang, has launched more missiles than his father and grandfa…
Sierra Leone’s elections may look like a party – but pride in the polls is serious
The crowd making its way down the windy stone streets at the center of Freetown could easily be mistaken for a carnival. “1996 was the first time many Sierra Leoneans voted, and they took pride in doing it,” says Joseph Bangura, a historian and direct…
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