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Journalist Natasha Mozgovaya co-anchors Current Time in Washington, D.C., in 2015. It's produced by Radio Free Europe in cooperation with Voice of America, a government-funded news arm.

Voice Of America Vows Independence, As Trump Calls For 'Worldwide Network'

12:16pm December 04, 2018

by Brian Naylor

VOA covers the U.S., warts and all. But is that enough for the president? VOA's director tells NPR it's protected by law, and if it's told to change, she'll respond, "Thank you for your input."

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) on Sunday at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, following talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.

Pompeo: 'We Continue To Make Progress' With North Korea

12:32pm October 07, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

"Together we can achieve the outcome that the world so desperately needs," the secretary of state said. An official called the meeting "better than the last time" but "it's going to be a long haul."

Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the United States, listens during a meeting at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C., in 2015.

World News

Transcript: NPR's Interview With China's Ambassador To The U.S.

6:24pm October 03, 2018

In a rare interview, Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the U.S., talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about trade, better understanding President Trump and China's social credit system.

The planned demonstrations are in response to a riot that resulted in seven deaths in April at Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina.

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Inmates Plan To Hold Weeks-Long Strike At Prisons Across U.S.

3:42pm August 21, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Organizers say the demonstrations, which are expected to include hunger strikes and a refusal to work, are in response to a riot at a South Carolina prison in which seven inmates died.

The U.S. says it may impose more sanctions against Turkey, as the diplomatic rift between the two countries deepens. The lira has lost about a third of its value against the dollar since January.

World News

U.S. Threatens Further Sanctions Against Turkey Over Detained Pastor

10:11am August 17, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Rising tensions between the two countries have caused Turkey's currency, the lira, to plunge by about a third of its value against the U.S. dollar since January, sparking fears of an economic crisis.

Shipping containers sit on a Hong Kong-based container ship at the Port of Oakland in California last month. The cost of the tariffs is likely to ripple through the global supply chains that make up much of the trade between the U.S. and China.

Trump Aims Tariffs At Chinese Companies, But Other Firms Will Also Feel The Pain

5:37am July 06, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

A new round of tariffs began Friday. The cost of the levies is likely to ripple through the complex global supply chains that make up much of the trade between the U.S. and China.

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According to estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nearly a quarter of children growing up in rural America were poor in 2016, compared to slightly more than 20 percent in urban areas.

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Report: Rural Poverty In America Is 'An Emergency'

1:36pm May 31, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

A report by Save the Children finds the U.S. ranks 36 out of 175 nations when it comes to child poverty. Within the U.S., nearly a quarter of children growing up in rural America were poor in 2016.

Enemies in Love, a new book by Alexis Clark, tells the story of an unexpected romance.

Books
Arts

What Happens When Two Enemies Fall In Love?

6:00am May 27, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

A love story between a black Army nurse and a German POW during World War II? You couldn't make that story up — and Alexis Clark, author of the upcoming book, Enemies in Love, didn't.

Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, both senior White House advisers, arrive for the inauguration of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.

World News

U.S. Dedicates New Embassy In Jerusalem

3:04pm May 14, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, praised "the vision, the courage and the moral clarity" of President Trump in making the U.S. the first country to open an embassy in the disputed city.

A medical worker at a Damascus hospital holds a sign protesting a suspected chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital a year ago. The suspected attacks led the U.S. to fire a barrage of missiles at a Syrian air base on April 7, 2017.

5 Questions About Syria And Chemical Weapons

6:47pm April 09, 2018

by David Welna

Syria is a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention and says it neither possesses nor uses chemical weapons. Evidence indicates otherwise.