Happy Birthday! Louise Brown, First IVF Baby, Turns 40
Four decades ago in England, Louise Brown became the first baby born via invitro fertilization. Her doctor, Robert Edwards, won a Nobel Prize for developing human invitro fertilization therapy.
European Commission Head Jean-Claude Juncker To Talk Tariffs With Trump
President Trump meets with EU leaders, Wednesday to discuss lifting tariffs. Noel King talks to former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills about what to expect.
Meet Mexico City’s First Elected Woman Mayor
The Mexican capital’s incoming leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, is an environmental engineer who worked on a U.N. climate panel that shared a Nobel Prize with Al Gore. Can she stabilize the city?
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.
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