How Did Chickpea Flour, A Staple Of Indian Cuisine, Become A Health Food Sensation?
Indians, along with the Nepalese, Pakistanis and many others, have been cooking with it for centuries. As Americans now embrace this ingredient with gusto, will its culinary heritage get blurred?
In Largely Catholic Philippines, A Muslim Woman Shakes Up Senate Campaign
Samira Gutoc, an outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is fighting an uphill battle in Monday’s election. But she has already won a loyal following.
South Africa’s President Ramaphosa, ANC Hold On To Power In National Elections
President Cyril Ramaphosa will argue he’s got a mandate to unify the country and struggling economy. South Africa’s stagnant unemployment rate is hovering at 27%.
Trade Talks End With No Agreement
Trade talks between the U.S. and China ended Friday with no agreement. But both sides said the negotiations were constructive. The U.S. imposed higher tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports.
Former Trump Adviser Dan DiMicco On China Tariffs
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Dan DiMicco, a former senior trade adviser to Donald Trump in 2016, about the president’s trade policies, including his use of tariffs.
Europe And The Iran Deal
NPR’s Scott Simon asks Pierre Vimont of Carnegie Europe about how European countries should approach Iran’s latest announcement that it would resume some nuclear activities it had halted earlier.
French Telecom Executives On Trial Over ‘Moral Harassment’
Prosecutors have charged executives at the biggest telecom company in France with “moral harassment.” Labor advocates say the work environment was so hostile, it was the reason for worker suicides.
Readers write: Feathered friends, nuclear news, and poetry reflection
I live in Redondo Beach, a suburban town on Santa Monica Bay. Thus, my little murder of crows is not as grand as the one in Murr Brewster’s April 1 Home Forum essay, “We are observed.” Nevertheless, the “neighbors” make themselves known.
Ahead of elections, Guatemala’s strides and setbacks in justice
Guatemala has been held up as a model in the region for fighting corruption. The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is a United Nations-backed investigative body that launched more than a decade ago to root out some of the …
Sanctions, threats, deadlines: How the Iran nuclear deal is faring
The Trump White House, hardening a “maximum pressure” campaign of increased sanctions and hostile rhetoric, is now portraying the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group as a “clear and unmistakable warning” to Iran. The optics would seem to su…
Exclusive: NPR Talks To Sentenced Russian Operative Maria Butina
Maria Butina claims she was never recruited as a Russian spy. Then why did the FBI turn up evidence that a Russian security service had offered her employment? NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly finds out.
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