With legal recreational pot, Canada leads way into uncharted territory
Canada’s capital city is known for being sleepy, sometimes stodgy. In doing so Canada has moved to the forefront of global drug policy. In open breach of the United Nations conventions on drugs, it has clearly stated that in principle, it does not be…
#MeToo Movement Gathers Force In India
A year after sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein kicked off the #MeToo movement in the U.S., women in India are using Facebook and Twitter to tell their stories.
Secretary Of State Pompeo To Meet With Saudi Leaders Over Disappearance Of Journalist
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Saudi Arabia to visit with the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss accusations that the kingdom killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.
Major Corporations Distance Themselves From Saudi Arabia After Journalist’s Disappearance
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin about his coverage of the Saudi conference losing big name attendees as news of a missing journalist makes headlines.
In Colombia, A New Generation Of Drug Traffickers Means More Farmers Are Growing Coca
Production of coca, the basis for cocaine, is surging in Colombia after years of successful eradication efforts. The resurgence is in part because of a new generation of drug traffickers.
To fight corruption, Kenyans study integrity
Kenya’s official body for fighting corruption conducted a survey last year, and it was shocked at the results. The number of people paying bribes for government services had risen to 62 percent, up from 46 percent two years earlier. The survey found …
Signs mount of a fundamental shift in US-China ties
It began as a trade dispute, but it’s becoming much more: a fundamental shift between the United States and China, the single most important great-power relationship in today’s world. One wild card – the initially warm, now decidedly cooler, relations…
A seat at the table: Wave of Arab women running in local elections in Israel
Examining the remains of a hotel built more than a century ago in this working-class, mixed Jewish and Arab city, Fidaa Shehadeh pauses to admire the engraved decorative detail on the building’s arched doorway. “So much could be done here, this should…
Coffee Rust Threatens Latin American Crop; 150 Years Ago, It Wiped Out An Empire
The fungus, which has no cure, is destroying harvests in Latin America. In the 1800s, it devastated Sri Lanka’s powerhouse coffee industry. And scientists say it’s only a question of time.
U.S. Officials Haven’t Yet Confirmed What Happened To Khashoggi
President Trump dispatched Secretary of State Pompeo to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he’s meeting with the king and crown prince about the disappearance of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
News Brief: Trump Sends Pompeo To Riyadh, New NPR Poll
Weeks after a Saudi journalist went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and never came out, Secretary of State Pompeo wants answers. A NPR poll finds rural Americans worry about addiction and jobs.
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