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Morning News Brief: GOP Health Plan Fails In Senate, Pakistan's Sharif Removed

5:13am July 28, 2017

Sen. John McCain joined two other Republicans in voting against the latest GOP plan to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, dealing a potential death blow to their efforts.

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Life In Yemen's Taiz: A City Under Siege

11:34pm July 27, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, from Sana'a, Yemen. He's visited the besieged city of Taiz, and describes what he saw there.

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This photograph, taken on July 26, 2017, shows the room where a Pakistani teenage girl was raped as an act of revenge ordered by the tribal council in Muzaffarabad, a suburb of the city of Multan.

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Tribal Council Orders 'Revenge Rape' In Pakistan

5:03pm July 27, 2017

A 12-year-old girl was raped in a field. Then, on the orders of the tribal council, the girl's brother sexually violated the sister of the first rapist.

What You Need To Know About Foxconn

4:32pm July 27, 2017

Foxconn hasn't had much presence in the U.S., but it's the largest corporate employer in China. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Brian Merchant, a tech reporter for Vice, about the company.

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U.K. To Send 'Colossal' New Warships To Disputed Asian Waters ... Eventually

12:06pm July 27, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The British Navy only just began rolling out the largest warship it has ever built, but it already has an eventual mission in mind for the aircraft carrier and its sister ship: the South China Sea.

Careem, a ride-sharing app popular in Pakistan, tried a new twist: putting a matchmaker inside your car.

Pakistani Ride Sharing App Puts A Matchmaker In The Car

11:58am July 27, 2017

by Diaa Hadid

The Careem app ran a campaign: Book a car — and a matchmaker will join you. The company thought it was funny. But a lot of women hated it.

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State Control Leaves Investigative Journalists In China Demoralized

9:01am July 27, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

Government censorship and commercial pressures have decimated the ranks of China's investigative journalists. We meet two of China's most successful reporters, who have recently quit the business.

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Tensions Escalate Between India And China In Remote Border Area

7:45am July 27, 2017

by Julie McCarthy

Soldiers from China and India have gathered at a remote area where Bhutan, India and China meet. It's part of a border dispute involving a road.

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What's Next After NATO Allies' Largest Military Exercise Since The Cold War?

10:39pm July 26, 2017

by David Welna

"Peace through strength," popularized by President Reagan, is again vogue, again vis-à-vis Russia. NATO allies launched their largest military exercise since the Cold War. NPR's David Welna reports.

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A worker fogs a neighborhood on the outskirts of Colombo in Sri Lanka in an effort to ward off mosquitoes. The country is facing an outbreak of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease.

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Dengue Fever Cases Top 100,000 In Sri Lanka's Outbreak

4:14pm July 26, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

A dengue fever outbreak has left some hospitals so full that they're turning away patients.