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UN report says China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang

4:53am September 01, 2022

by Emily Feng

A crackdown in the Chinese region of Xinjiang (sheen-jang) may constitute crimes against humanity. That's according to a long-delayed United Nations human rights report.

Could Pakistan's flooding be indicative of a permanent climate disaster?

4:53am September 01, 2022

Steve Inskeep talks with Pakistan's minister for climate change, Senator Sherry Rehman, about deadly floods and whether disasters have become a new normal in the time of climate change.

World Bank senior mission chief Peter Breuer, right, speaks with Masahiro Nozaki, mission chief for Sri Lanka, by his side during a media conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022.

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IMF set to provide $2.9 billion to help crisis-hit Sri Lanka

4:08am September 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

The International Monetary Fund will provide Sri Lanka $2.9 billion over four years to help salvage the country from its worst economic crisis under a preliminary agreement the agency announced

This photo taken on May 31, 2019 shows a watchtower on a high-security facility near what is believed to be a re-education camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, on the outskirts of Hotan, in China's northwestern Xinjiang region. As many

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The United Nations says crimes against humanity may have happened in China's Xinjiang

8:02pm August 31, 2022

The United Nations human rights chief has released a long-delayed report, concluding that "serious" human rights violations have been committed against Uyghurs and other minorities in the region.

A doctor in Punjab province describes relief efforts for Pakistan's floods

7:37am August 31, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Imran Lodhi (IM-ron LOH-dhee), who joined the relief effort for 33 million Pakistani flood survivors. More than 1,000 people have died since mid-June.

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Hanoi brings back neighborhood loudspeakers

5:06am August 31, 2022

by Michael Sullivan

The government in Vietnam's capital Hanoi is bringing back archaic neighborhood loudspeakers to deliver information to the people. Few of them seem to want it.

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Millions are displaced from flooding in Pakistan, but one city has avoided the worst

4:05pm August 30, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

A third of Pakistan is under water from catastrophic flooding. Nowshera, in northwestern Pakistan, has managed to avoid the worst losses — thanks in part to the efforts of a local official.

A man walks over his collapsed mud house after heavy monsoon rains in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, on Aug. 28.

PHOTOS: A third of Pakistan is under water in catastrophic floods

2:56pm August 30, 2022

Some 33 million people are affected by this summer's floods — the result of what U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls a "monsoon on steroids." He calls the flooding a "climate catastrophe."

5 translated books from Japan to soothe battered souls this fall

9:06am August 30, 2022

by Yurina Yoshikawa

A growing number of translated Japanese books have been released in the U.S. in recent years. There there are more than a dozen coming out this fall alone — including titles by emerging writers.

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Early monsoon rains have wrought devastating flooding throughout Pakistan

4:20pm August 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Farah Naureen, Mercy Corps' country director for Pakistan, about relief efforts in the region after catastrophic flooding.

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