Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó Faces A Corruption Scandal Of His Own
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is under scrutiny over allegations that two of his representatives in neighboring Colombia misappropriated money meant to support Venezuelan security forces.
U.N. Report Calls For International Investigation Of Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Agnes Callamard, U.N. Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions at the human rights office, about her report on Jamal Khashoggi’s death.
U.N. Report Implicates Saudi Crown Prince In Killing Of Jamal Khashoggi
After a five-month probe of Khashoggi’s death, a special U.N. investigator concluded it was “inconceivable that an operation of this scale could be implemented without the Crown Prince being aware.”
For Hong Kong’s leader, pressure isn’t just from protesters
When prop-maker Terry Yim joined up with throngs of marchers in Hong Kong on Sunday, he brought a homemade accessory: a pumpkin-sized likeness of Carrie Lam, the city’s unpopular chief executive, complete with tidy short hair and spectacles. For weeks…
5 Years After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Was Shot Down, Charges Have Been Filed
Dutch prosecutors have charged three Russians and a Ukrainian with the murder of nearly 300 passengers and crew, who died when Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014.
Robert Menasse Looks At The People Who Make the European Union Run In ‘The Capital’
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Austrian novelist Robert Menasse about his new book, an absurdist comic tragedy called The Capital, for which he embedded with European Union civil servants in Brussels.
As Trump Show heads into Season Two, will we still want to watch?
At his reelection kickoff rally last night in Orlando, Florida, President Donald Trump criticized the “Fake News” media and the “witch hunt” Mueller investigation. “Trump rallies are in some ways like going to hear the Grateful Dead. You get to hear …
U.N. Refugee Agency Says Nearly 71 Million People Were Displaced In 2018
The United Nations refugee agency says nearly 71 million people were officially displaced in 2018, the highest number since World War II. Ethiopia topped the list with 1.5 million people.
Pelosi on impeachment: ‘This isn’t about politics’
The last time Rep. Nancy Pelosi appeared at a Monitor Breakfast, in March 2017, she made news: She said she would have retired to California if Hillary Clinton had won the election. “I have grandchildren to love,” said the then-leader of the minority …
A global moment for the #MeToo movement
The #MeToo movement may finally have found its global moment. On Thursday, world leaders at the International Labor Organization in Geneva will vote on a proposed agreement aimed at ending sexual harassment in the workplace. One in three countries st…
Dollars today for enslavement long ago? Georgetown students say yes
Buttons bearing these names were worn by “vote yes” students as they campaigned at Georgetown University this spring. The funds would benefit descendants of people enslaved by Maryland Jesuits, including the “GU272” – a group sold in 1838 to help keep…
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