Trump Administration Identifies Chinese Tariff Targets
The Trump administration has published a list of Chinese exports it plans to hit with steep tariffs, in response to allegedly unfair treatment of U.S. technological know-how.
U.K. Lab Says It Doesn’t Know Nerve Agent’s ‘Precise Source,’ Drawing Russian Riposte
The lab’s chief added that it only sought to test the chemical used on Sergei Skripal and his daughter, not decide its source. Still, Russia called the remark proof the U.K. is fabricating its claims.
Israel’s Prime Minister Decides Thousands Of African Migrants Must Leave Country
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled plans to let some African migrants stay in Israel and send others elsewhere. His supporters say it would draw more migrants to Israel, where they say migrants aren’t welcome.
Efrain Rios Montt, Former Guatemalan Dictator, Dies At 91
On Sunday, Guatemala’s former dictator Efrain Rios Montt died at 91. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with professor Victoria Sanford of the City University of New York about Rios Montt’s role in the Guatemalan civil war, and the troubled legacy he leave…
Lithuania Foreign Minister Weighs In On Security Of Baltic States
President Trump met with leaders of the Baltic states in a summit focused on security and trade partnerships. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius.
Florida, the ‘Gunshine State,’ tries on new role: gun-control bellwether
Jake Decardenas, a Daytona Beach 20-year-old, may not have had his gun taken away. For Mr. Decardenas, the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland has prompted a personal reconsideration: notably that it is important to him that t…
Yemen’s women as warriors of peace
One way to end a country’s civil war is to start rebuilding its social cohesion even before the war ends. In Yemen, where years of conflict have created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the war’s end is hardly in sight. Yemen’s conflict has res…
Trump Hosts News Conference During Baltic Summit At White House
President Trump is meeting Tuesday with leaders of the three Baltic nations: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. After their meeting, the leaders will take questions from reporters.
Trump Calls For Military Forces On U.S.-Mexico Border
President Trump says he’s been talking with Defense Secretary James Mattis about using military troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.
Families Divided: President Trump’s Travel Ban Strands Some U.S. Citizens Abroad
Trying to flee the war in Yemen, some U.S. passport holders are stuck in Djibouti due to slow immigration processes and the Trump administration’s ban on travel from countries including Yemen.
Winnie Madizikela-Mandela: For many South Africans, ‘She was the movement’
As South African universities erupted in protests over the rising cost of tuition in late 2015, it was hard not to see the echoes of the country’s past in the young demonstrators’ raised fists and fearless clashes with authority. It was people like Ma…
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