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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tokyo Thursday for New York, for talks with Donald Trump. He is the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect, whose campaign pledges have prompted concerns over U.S. foreign policy.

Trump In Contact With Foreign Leaders, But State Department Phones Quiet

8:26pm November 17, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

Trump's first meeting with a foreign leader, Japan's Shinzo Abe, comes during a week when he's been taking calls from leaders around the world — but hasn't asked for input from the State Department.

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In 'Judas,' Amos Oz Explores Different Roads For Israel

6:19pm November 14, 2016

by NPR Staff

Oz's latest is set in Jerusalem in 1959, and centers on three people with vastly different views of Israel, life and the world — who gradually argue themselves into friendship, and even love.

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Thousands of Nicaraguans protested last weekend against Daniel Ortega, who is running for a third term as president in Sunday's election. Critics say he has effectively eliminated all serious opposition. The banner reads, "Ortega Sells the Homeland."

Nicaragua's Ortega Headed For Re-Election — With His Wife As VP

4:45am November 05, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

Daniel Ortega is poised to extend his lengthy rule and has elevated his wife to his vice presidential running mate. Critics say he has eliminated all serious opposition.

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For Foreign Journalists, A Rare Invitation To Damascus

3:36pm October 31, 2016

Foreign reporters' access to Syria is severely restricted, but this week, a group of Western journalists has been invited to hear the Assad regime's point of view. NPR's Peter Kenyon is among them.

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President Zuma Is In A Power Struggle With South Africa's Finance Minister

7:25am October 27, 2016

by Peter Granitz

South Africa's ruling African National Congress is fracturing over questions regarding President Jacob Zuma's leadership, and fraud charges the state has made against his finance minister.

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Subway passengers receive whistles at the Pantitlan Metro Station in Mexico City in July as part of a campaign aimed at preventing sexual assaults against women on public transportation.

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Mexico City's Plan To Fight Sexual Assault: Whistles On The Subway

7:39am October 21, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

The mayor is handing out a half-million whistles to women in hopes of combating sexual harassment on public transportation. But critics say this only addresses a small part of the problem.

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Wounded rebel fighters sit in the back of an ambulance in Aleppo on Thursday. The Syrian government and its Russian allies declared a pause in the fighting and urged rebels to leave the eastern part of the city, but clashes broke out Thursday.

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The Stark Choice In Aleppo: Flee Or Face More Attacks

6:07pm October 20, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

Syria and Russia have paused the bombing of the Syrian city and told fighters to leave. But it's seen as part of a brutal strategy used elsewhere in Syria.

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Chickens at a poultry farm in Hefei, eastern China. Antibiotics are often used to keep them healthy in densely packed quarters.

U.N. Pledges To Fight Antibiotic Resistance In Historic Agreement

2:36pm September 22, 2016

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Drug resistance is no longer a matter of health. It could have massive implications for the world's economy and food supply.

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Despite Cease-Fire, Syrians Await Badly Needed Humanitarian Aid

6:35pm September 15, 2016

by Alice Fordham

A ceasefire that began Monday in Syria is seeing only partial success. The guns have calmed in some areas but not much in others and badly needed humanitarian aid still hasn't arrived.

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Maudeline Orelien, 22, with her son, Wilguens Pierre, who was born in July with microcephaly.

Why The Low Zika Numbers In Haiti Might Be Wrong

10:43pm September 07, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

There are signs that the virus is spreading. And the health system is ill-equipped to detect or care for babies born with microcephaly.

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