Morning news brief
President Biden is rolling out the red carpet for India's prime minister. The search continues for missing submersible in the North Atlantic. The NTSB is holding hearings on the Ohio train derailment.
Asia
Cooking gas explosion kills 31 people at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China
The blast tore through the restaurant Wednesday night on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Blinken visited China. Then Biden called Xi a dictator. So what comes next?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to China was considered a success by government officials. In such a complicated relationship, what does that even look like?
U.S. ambassador to China on future of the countries' complicated relationship
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about next steps in the U.S.-China relationship following Secretary of State Antony Blinken's talk with President Xi Jinping.
The United States' concerns over China's activities in Cuba
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has raised concerns about China's military and intelligence activities in Cuba, where it allegedly has spy bases and a possible military training bass.
Hundreds of scientists protest the Indian government's changes made to textbooks
Hundreds of scientists in India have expressed concern over the removal of topics like theory of evolution and periodic table from tenth-grade textbooks.
Issues such as tariffs and alleged spying contribute to rising U.S.-China tensions
NPR's Juana Summers, host of All Things Considered, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about the next steps in the U.S.-China relationship.
Biden to host India's Narendra Modi at the White House despite strained relations
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Daniel Markey of the U.S. Institute of Peace about the prime minister's visit. Ties are strained by India's position on the war in Ukraine and human rights concerns.
Cuba to host a Chinese spy base focusing on U.S., 'Wall Street Journal' reports
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Warren Strobel of The Wall Street Journal, about his reporting that revealed China plans to build a facility in Cuba which is capable of spying on the United States.
New report details the current state of U.S.-Taiwan relations
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with co-chairs of the Council on Foreign Relations' Independent Taiwan Task Force, Adm. Mike Mullen and Sue Gordon, about the new report on the state of U.S.-Taiwan relations.