Pompeo To Face Lawmakers After Trump Summits With Foreign Leaders Raise Questions
Pompeo will testify Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Russia, North Korea and other issues.
Dozens Thought Dead, Hundreds Missing In Laos Dam Collapse
A dam that is part of the unfinished Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower project — being built with the help of a South Korea firm — collapsed on Monday, sending a wall of water downstream.
French President’s Bodyguard Faces Charges Of Assaulting Protesters
Video of Emmanuel Macron’s top security aide beating demonstrators has sparked controversy. The incident occurred during May Day protests over reforms to France’s labor laws.
What To Expect From Pakistan’s General Elections
Voters in Pakistan head to the polls Wednesday, and will transfer power from one civilian government to another for only the second time in the country’s history.
Former Diplomat Discusses Importance Of North Korea’s Nuclear Dismantlement Progress
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Joel Wit of 38 North, and a former State Department negotiator with North Korea. He says satellite images suggest North Korea may be dismantling missile facilities.
Reports Suggest Children Throughout China Likely Injected With Faulty Vaccines
In China, parents are angry after reports that hundreds of thousands of children throughout the country have likely been injected with faulty vaccines.
Does new law tilt Israel away from its democratic values?
The reaction to Israel’s defining new law, akin to a constitutional amendment, could not have been more starkly divided. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who heads a coalition government considered to be the most right-wing in Israel’s history, call…
Former Iran Nuclear Deal Negotiator Weighs In On Current U.S.-Iran Tensions
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Philip Gordon, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and an Iran nuclear deal negotiator under the Obama administration, about current tensions with Iran.
As Pakistan votes, military tightens its leash on the media
Journalist Gul Bukhari was on her way to a television talk show one night in early June when the channel’s van was suddenly stopped in a military zone in Lahore. News of Ms. Bukhari’s abduction first emerged on social media, drawing widespread outrage…
U.S. Refugee Program ‘In Danger’ Amid Steep Drop In Refugee Arrivals, Advocates Warn
Just 49 Syrian refugees have been admitted in fiscal year 2018, compared with more than 12,000 in 2016. “The refugee program is in danger,” says the head of a resettlement organization in Connecticut.
Prepping US workers for new skills
Amid the controversies swirling around the White House, you might have missed President Trump’s launch of an initiative on workforce development. The United States and most other countries are poorly prepared to handle the waves of new technology, wh…
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