How to help China’s Muslims
One of the best opportunities for Islamic extremists to gain recruits is to point to the persecution of peaceful Muslims, whether by non-Muslims or other Muslims. When Myanmar’s military forced 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country a year ago, f…
How ‘heritage players’ are helping Vietnam build a basketball culture
One day in 1980, a teenager named Nelson Nguyen left home in Da Nang, Vietnam. From Hong Kong he went to Washington, D.C., and then to southern California, where he raised a son who loved basketball. Horace Nguyen grew up watching Kobe Bryant lead th…
As news of China’s camps for Uyghurs spreads, it meets with muted criticism
Eighteen months after the first reports of a major security crackdown in China’s frontier province of Xinjiang, the world is beginning to wake up to evidence that Beijing is forcing an unprecedented detention and indoctrination program on the Muslim Uy…
In a distressed part of Ohio, one way people are finding work – and purpose
Mike Oates’s life was tracing the same downward trajectory of so many ensnared in the opioid crisis. One person who does understand that is Jeffrey Magada, a Youngstown, Ohio, native who says he, too, could have ended up on the wrong track if he hadn’…
Australia’s Prime Minister Is Ousted By His Own Party
Malcolm Turnbull was booted from his seat by conservatives in his party. It’s the 4th time in the past decade that the country has removed its prime minister. Scott Morrison is the new prime minister.
Pope Francis Visits Ireland Amid Latest Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals
Ireland has been plagued by sexual abuse scandals involving priests. The pope’s visit comes as the Catholic Church faces multiple sexual abuse scandals across the world.
Pope Francis To Meet With Irish Victims Of Clergy Sex Abuse
David Greene talks to Colm O’Gorman, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland, who was raped as a teen by a priest. The pope will meet with Irish victims during his visit to Dublin.
Scott Morrison Is Australia’s New Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull has been ousted as Australia’s prime minister — the fourth to be booted in a decade. Noel King talks to Louise Yaxley of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Morning News Brief
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a rebuke to President Trump, vows the Justice Department won’t be swayed by politics. Hurricane Lane dumps torrents of rain on Hawaii. Pope Francis visits Ireland.
Zimbabwe Electoral Court Ruling To Decide Presidential Victor
The electoral court is scheduled to rule Friday on an opposition challenge to last month’s presidential results. The decision will determine who will be inaugurated as the country’s second president.
‘I Would Rather Die Than Go Back’: Rohingya Refugees Settle Into Life In Bangladesh
A year ago, Myanmar soldiers launched what the U.S. and the U.N. say was a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims. “I would rather drink poison than go back to Myanmar,” says a refugee.
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