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Changing Korean-American Exclusion From North-South Reunions

9:58am October 25, 2015

Korean Americans are not allowed to partake in the North-South Korean reunions. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Chahee Stanfield of the National Coalition for the Divided Families about their options.

Who's ahead in the baby tally these days — boys or girls? Newborns are ready to be counted in a Florida hospital.

QUIZ: How Much Do You Know About The World's Girls? #15Girls

7:03am October 24, 2015

by Malaka Gharib

Do the world's mothers give birth to more boys than girls — or vice versa? What country has the top percentage of women in political power? Test your knowledge on the state of the world's girls.

Mahafreen Mistry at 16, just after she made her decision to say goodbye to math forever.

I Hated Math! But Should I Have Dropped It When I Was 15? #15Girls

4:51pm October 23, 2015

by Mahafreen H. Mistry

She had to decide: Stick with math — ugh — and keep open career options in the sciences or go for the liberal arts. Looking back, she wishes she didn't have to make that choice.

China Cuts Interest Rates By Quarter Of A Percentage Point

2:24pm October 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Faced with a slowing economy, China's central bank has cut its benchmark rate for deposits and loans by 0.25. It's the sixth time the bank has sliced rates since last November.

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Magna Carta Tour Beset With Last-Minute Venue Changes In China

2:20pm October 22, 2015

The Magna Carta, considered the founding document of modern civil liberties, is touring China where it is getting less than royal treatment.

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The only visible sign of the streetcars' power source is the overhead contact strips at each tram station that charge super capacitors mounted on the trams' roofs.

In D.C. And China, Two Approaches To A Streetcar Unconstrained By Wires

9:51am October 22, 2015

D.C. has struggled to roll out a streetcar line that uses both overheard wires and off-wire, battery power. In southern China, though, a new supercapacitor-powered tramline is already up and running.

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New Delhi Steers Residents To Park Cars So Residents Can Breathe Easier

5:08am October 22, 2015

by Tanya Ballard Brown

The city — one of the world's most polluted — closed a major stretch of road to private cars for a few hours Thursday. Officials hope car-free days will help clean the air.

Her best friend disappeared on the streets of San Salvador. That's when Aby Salas stopped leaving her house except to go to school.

Being 15 Is Tough No Matter Where You Live: #15Girls

5:14pm October 21, 2015

by Malaka Gharib

Inspired by the brave teens profiled in our #15Girls series, our audience shares stories of the hardest thing about being 15.

A Nepali selects a goat to sacrifice for the Hindu festival of Dashain.

It's Nepal's Biggest Holiday And Goats Are Not Happy About It

4:30pm October 21, 2015

by Donatella Lorch

The festival of Dashain brings thousands of goats to Kathmandu — for dinner, sacrificed to honor a Hindu goddess. Despite current unrest and post-earthquake trauma, the holiday will go on.

Arriving at a hospital seven hours' drive from his remote village in the mountains, former gold miner He Quangui is finally put in a ward. The doctors are puncturing his chest cavity with a needle to remove air that had escaped from his damaged lungs. In

What It's Like To Take Photos Of A Dying Man

3:14pm October 21, 2015

by Nadia Whitehead

Like millions of Chinese gold miners, He Quangui was stricken with the lung disease silicosis. At first he didn't want his story to be told, but over time he came to trust the photographer.