Trump Adviser On China Offers Grim Assessment Of Escalating Tariffs
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Pillsbury, informal adviser to Trump on China, and the author of The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America As the Global Superpower.
Stopping Key Tech Exports To China Could Backfire, Researchers And Firms Say
Some tech firms and researchers say plans to impose export restrictions on “emerging and foundational technology” would make it hard to thwart cyber threats and to cooperate globally in science.
News Brief: Trade Talks, Russia Meeting, ‘White Lies’ Preview
The U.S.-China trade war begins to cause collateral damage. Secretary of State Pompeo is in Russian to meet President Putin and others. And, a new NPR podcast examines the 1965 murder of James Reeb.
American Business People In China React To Latest Tariff War
NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Jake Parker of the U.S.-China Business Council in Beijing about China’s retaliatory tariffs after the Trump administration last week increased tariffs on Chinese goods.
Canadian Government Won’t Repatriate Toronto Man Who Joined ISIS
Kurdish-Syrian forces hold hundreds of Westerners in camps in northeast Syria, pleading for their countries to take them back and put them on trial. But most countries are washing their hands of them.
Pompeo To Confer With Putin And Other Russian Leaders In Sochi
NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner for a preview of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s meeting with Russian President Putin and others in Sochi.
Trump Greets Hungary’s Hard-Right Leader In Oval Office
Critics say Trump’s hosting of Viktor Orban fits a pattern of his preference for authoritarian leaders in Turkey, Brazil, the Philippines, Russia and Egypt.
Why It’s So Hard To Stop Women From Sleeping In A Menstrual Shed
In western Nepal, women often sleep in a hut outside the house during menstruation because of beliefs about impurity — and sometimes die. The government is trying to end the practice.
How Viktor Orbán Has Quelled Liberalism As Hungary’s Prime Minister
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Franklin Foer, staff writer for The Atlantic, about what Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has done to quell liberalism in his country.
Trump Welcomes Hungary’s Authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán At The White House
Viktor Orbán did not get a White House invite when Barack Obama was president, but President Trump welcomed Hungary’s authoritarian prime minister on Monday.
As abortion battles intensify in states, misperceptions abound
Now take this question: Do you think a woman should be able to walk into an abortion clinic and have an abortion in the first trimester for any reason? This highlights one challenge in talking about abortion in the United States. “A minority of Ameri…
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