Morning news brief
Federal trade court blocks many of Trump’s tariffs, Trump expressing frustration with Putin and Russia’s continued war on Ukraine, Conservative Political Action Conference begins in Hungary.
Rubio says U.S. will ‘aggressively’ revoke visas for many Chinese students
The announcement to revoke visas most drastic move yet to curtail the numbers of international students studying in the U.S.
Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in U.K.
British prosecutors have approved 21 charges against self styled misogynist influencers, brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, assault, and human trafficking.
Children of ISIS fighter find new life in Minnesota
When ISIS was at its height, its ranks included several hundred Americans. They were often young men radicalized online by savvy marketing that promised free housing and the chance to meet a wife.
When the Islamic State collapsed, some of them ended up in huge detention camps in Syria, and the U.S. has been trying to bring them home.
NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer reports on one American family coping with the aftermath of the child they lost, and the children they found.
What happened to the families of the Americans who joined ISIS? Not just the families they left behind in the U.S., but the ones they formed overseas?
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Healthcare System Collapses in Sudan’s Capital
The civil war in Sudan has been ongoing for more than two years causing some fifteen million people to be displaced and the collapse of the country’s healthcare system in many places. In the capital Khartoum, there were once nearly 100 public and priva…
Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant
A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company’s emissions had contributed to glacial melt threatening his Andean hometown.
Greetings from the Galápagos Islands, where the blue-footed booby shows its colors
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.
Netanyahu says Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been killed by Israeli forces
Speaking on Wednesday in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, Netanyahu said that Sinwar was killed in an Israeli airstrike, but did not provide specifics.
In ‘The Party’s Interests Come First,’ Joseph Torigian tries to understand Xi Jinping through his father
In his forthcoming book, The Party’s Interests Come First, American University professor Joseph Torigian writes about Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun, a noted Chinese politician himself.
Change to COVID vaccine guidance. And, dozens hurt in new Gaza aid distribution
The federal government’s latest guidance for COVID-19 vaccines is raising concerns among some independent experts. And, dozens of Palestinians hurt during first day of new Gaza aid distribution plan.
Morning news brief
Rollout of U.S.-backed Gaza aid plan mired in chaos, federal government no longer recommends COVID vaccinations for healthy pregnant women and kids, U.S. works to extract kids held in Syrian camps.
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