Global Newsstand: Thailand should not impede those who are seeking asylum, and more
“The fate of a Saudi woman on her way to Australia, where she has a visa and seeks to obtain asylum, teetered in the balance in Bangkok [on Jan. 7]…,” states an editorial. “Amid Thailand’s apparent willingness to deport [Rahaf al-Qunun] back to Saud…
Episode #1904
Our broadcast show for January 18, 2019. I’m Not Dead & the CEO of Kind Bar
Order! Order! Listen To How The Speaker Of Britain’s House Of Commons Became A Meme
The speaker of the British House of Commons, John Bercow, has become a meme in his efforts to keep Brexit negotiations civil.
South Korea’s Sports Prestige Gets Eclipsed By Sexual Abuse Against Female Athletes
Two-time Olympic gold medal speed skater Shim Suk-hee revealed earlier this month she was repeatedly raped by her coach. Now, South Korea’s governing sports body has promised a crackdown on coaches.
White House Says There Will Be Another Summit With North Korea
The U.S. and North Korea are working out the details for a possible second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un.
Who Is North Korean Diplomat Kim Yong-Chol?
A top North Korean Diplomat Kim Yong-chol met with President Trump Friday. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Jean Lee of the Wilson Center about the diplomat’s background.
Low on gas, high on hope, many Mexicans back leader’s war on fuel thieves
Vittoria Romero and her daughter Celia were celebrating with high-fives and big smiles on a bright but chilly morning this week: They’d successfully filled their compact car’s gas tank after less than 30 minutes in line. Across Mexico, people like the…
Employees ‘taken hostage’: the ethics of the US government shutdown
Hector Dias, one of some 400,000 federal employees who are being asked to work without pay, has a blunt message about the government’s partial shutdown. “We should not be taken hostage of the political atmosphere,” says Mr. Dias, a Department of Trans…
From our archives: ‘Desegregation: Economic Weapons’
The Negroes of Montgomery, Alabama, have started something which will not be stopped by the conviction of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the charge of organizing an illegal boycott. The bus boycott is not halted. It is difficult to see how that…
A bolt of integrity in a big African election
How do you unrig a rigged election? The question is now playing out in the heart of Africa after a disputed election in Congo last month. The simple answer, of course, is to insist on integrity in the vote count.
From our archives: ‘Which path for civil rights? Nonviolence was Dr. King’s Plea’
What remains to be seen is whether nonviolent protest as an effective weapon in the civil-rights movement was shattered by that shot which felled the man who so long had been its champion and its symbol. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. symbolized …
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