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The notification is a request to law enforcement to locate and hold the former head of Nissan, who jumped bail in Japan, where he faces financial misconduct charges.
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cormac Farrell, an environmental scientist who works in bushfire management, about what Australia has learned from past seasons, and how it's coping with the current one.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ariane Tabatabai, an Iran expert at the Rand Corporation, about how this week's events have affected the relationship between the United States and Iran.
The rail strikes in France protesting planned changes to the national retirement system are now the longest in recent memory — and unions are calling for wider disruption.
NPR's Noel King speaks with longtime Middle East reporter Rami Khouri about former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn's arrival in Lebanon as he fled trial in Japan.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Matt Bungard of The Sydney Morning Herald about the deadly wildfire season in Australia, which is causing thousands to flee the country's eastern coast.
As we head into the 2020 elections, we must do a better job of distinguishing between diplomacy and destructive disinformation, writes former diplomat Brett Bruen.