Asia

Kazakhstan Promises 'Real Winter Wonderland' In Bid To Host 2022 Games

6:24pm July 30, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

The International Olympic Committee will decide Friday whether to accept the bid by Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, to stage the 2022 Winter Games, or instead offer it to rival contender Beijing.

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U.N. Envoy: Solution To Syrian Conflict Must Be A 'Political One'

6:24pm July 30, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura about creating a peace process in Syria. He says there is a new "sense of urgency" by many parties to end the conflict.

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Experts: Flight MH370 Debris Could Have Reached Western Indian Ocean

4:00pm July 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

A scientist who studies ocean circulation patterns tells NPR that it's "highly likely" that floating wreckage from the airliner could have reached the island of Reunion near Madagascar.

South Koreans Bristle At Growing Dominance Of Family-Run Conglomerates

1:57pm July 30, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

A small number of family-run conglomerates dominate South Korea's economy. The biggest started as a village store in 1938. It's controlled by the same family, and is now a household name: Samsung.

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Taliban Acknowledge Death Of Leader, Select Successor

1:19pm July 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Sources within the extremist organization confirmed the death of Mullah Omar, who reportedly died in 2013. A gathering of the group's leaders has chosen Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as his successor.

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who just turned 75, thinks of credit as a human right.

Nobel Prize Winner Thinks No One Should Ever Retire

12:53pm July 30, 2015

by Marc Silver

Muhammad Yunus — honored for loaning millions to poor women — just turned 75. And he's thrilled to keep on working: "The word 'retirement' is very harmful."

Residents stand at the entrance of Aung Mingalar, a Rohingya quarter of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in western Myanmar. All but 4,000 of the neighborhood's 15,000 mostly Rohingya residents either fled or were forced to move to internment camps af

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Barricaded In, Myanmar's Rohingya Struggle To Survive In Ghettos And Camps

8:25pm July 29, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

Habibullah considers himself lucky. His movements are restricted but he and his family live in their longtime house in a police-guarded ghetto. Many of his neighbors were forced into internment camps.

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Google Brings Internet Service To Sri Lanka Through, Balloons?

7:56pm July 29, 2015

Google has successfully launched its "Project Loon" in Sri Lanka. The goal of the program is to use a series of high-altitude balloons to bring 3G service to underserved areas.

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At a camp for overweight children in Beijing, students stretch after taking a swim.

Some Chinese Grandparents Are Making Their Grandkids Fat

6:36pm July 29, 2015

by Linda Poon

A new study shows that children in China who are mainly cared for by grandparents instead of Mom and Dad are twice as likely to be overweight — contributing to the country's obesity epidemic.

China's Stock Market Unnerves Investors With Another Nosedive

2:07pm July 28, 2015

China's stock market continues to fall on the heels of a big drop in June. Steve Inskeep talks to Patrick Chovanec, chief strategist with Silvercrest Asset Management, about China's stock market woes.

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