U.S. Diplomats In China Exhibiting Signs Of Minor Brain Injury After Hearing Strange Sounds
American diplomats in Guangzhou, China are reporting strange symptoms that the State Department says are similar to what would follow a concussion or minor traumatic brain injury. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks to New York Times Steven Lee Myers about …
Controversial Trump-Russia ‘dossier’ sparks legal battle over press freedom
The series of confidential memos were compiled by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer. Although a few news reports about the former spy’s work appeared prior to the November 2016 election, no news organization was able to verify …
The riddle of Hamas’s new Gaza leader: extremist or pragmatist?
Yahya Sinwar, the Hebrew-speaking leader of Hamas in Gaza who spent 22 years in Israeli prison, is known more for stealth military action than speech-making. When Palestinians launched the still-running series of Friday protests along the Gaza-Israel …
Advice from the ants about grass-hopper companies
In a June 7 statement, nearly 200 chief executives of major American firms put out a special plea through a group called the Business Roundtable. In essence, these titans of industry and finance gave their support to companies that are patient in grow…
Briefing: Why violence has flared in Nicaragua
For years, as neighbors like Honduras and Guatemala experienced political unrest and violence, Nicaragua was a bastion of calm. In April, President Daniel Ortega proposed a social security reform that would have increased employee payments but decreas…
Will Trump Raise North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses At Summit With Kim Jong Un?
“No regime has oppressed its own citizens more totally or brutally than the cruel dictatorship of North Korea,” the president said in January. Human rights experts fear the issue may be ignored now.
How one woman in East Boston shares climate know-how with coastal neighbors
On a sunny day in early May, Magdalena Ayed leans over the fence above a pebbly beach in East Boston. It looks much better than it did just weeks before, says Ms. Ayed, when she and a group of volunteers cleaned the area of trash. “If we didn’t advoc…
Trump Meets With Japanese Prime Minister Ahead Of North Korea Summit
President Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House Thursday. It was chance for Abe to urge Trump to keep insisting that North Korea dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
Push to enshrine consent in rape laws encounters obstacles in Europe
The case went public just as the sex assault claims came showering down on Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, and France, like much of the West, was in the throes of the #MeToo movement. Many in France were outraged. President Emmanuel Macron promised…
Guatemala Volcano Toll Reaches 99, As Officials Point Fingers Over Evacuation
Rescue workers faced toxic gases as they tried to recover bodies. Meanwhile, opposition politicians accused government agencies of not doing enough to warn about Sunday’s eruption.
U.S. Evacuates Multiple Employees From Chinese Consulate Over Mysterious Illness
The State Department would not say how many employees were sent home from the consulate in Guangzhou. In May, one employee was confirmed as having symptoms similar to the mysterious attacks in Cuba.
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