Food Fight: Trump Administration Levels Tariffs On Mexican Tomatoes
Under pressure from Florida lawmakers, the Trump administration is taking steps to protect domestic tomato growers from Mexican competition.
Pompeo Makes Unscheduled Visit To Baghdad Amid Rising Tensions With Iran
The secretary of state met with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi. In recent days, the Trump administration has been warning of threats to U.S. forces in the region by Iran.
Trump’s Efforts To Develop Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Energy Program Has Some Concerned
There is bipartisan concern about the Trump administration’s efforts to assist Saudi Arabia in developing nuclear energy, and whether it could lead to a weapons program.
Myanmar Releases Two Reuters Reporters Jailed For Rohingya Crackdown Coverage
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Linda Lakhdhir of Human Rights Watch, about the significance of Myanmar’s release of the two Reuters reporters who had been sentenced to 7 years in prison.
U.S. Continues Trade Talks With China Despite Trump’s Tariff Threat
A Chinese delegation arrives in Washington, D.C., for trade negotiations on Thursday after the Trump administration accused Beijing of reneging on previous promises and threatened to increase tariffs.
China Continues To Abduct Uighur Muslims, Sending Them To Internment Camps
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Rushan Abbas, director of Campaign for Uyghurs, about campaigning for the rights of Uighur Muslims living in China. Many have been detained by the Chinese government.
War without end in Gaza: Why Israeli army is battling the government
It’s being described now as Israel’s longest war of attrition. Israel and Hamas, the militant Islamic group that has controlled Gaza since 2007, have been locked in conflict, punctuated with outbursts of violence, for more than a decade now. Within 4…
Russia’s Venezuela motives: It’s about the US, not Maduro
Many of the hallmarks of a classic great power rivalry between Russia and the United States are on display in Venezuela’s ongoing crisis: competing proxy forces on the ground, diplomatic finger-pointing, and starkly divergent visions of world order. I…
China is awash in dinosaur fossils. But who will dig them up?
China’s most famous paleontologists were accidental scholars. The year Wang Min entered college, in 2005, China was still finding its way onto the dinosaur map. Competition on the national college entrance exam was fierce, Dr. Wang says, and choices …
Myanmar’s surprise turn toward rule of law
After more than 500 days behind bars, two reporters from Reuters news agency who exposed a military massacre in Myanmar in 2017 were given a surprise pardon Tuesday. The two also won a Pulitzer Prize. During their long confinement, Wa Lone and Kyaw S…
Stock Markets In Turmoil Amid Uncertainty Over U.S.-China Trade Talks
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes plunged Tuesday after Trump administration officials accused Beijing of reneging on commitments it had already made in the talks.
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