Budgets are tight, wait times have grown and drugs are being rationed. But most of the U.K. believes the advantages of their taxpayer-funded coverage outweigh the frustrations.
The effort involves tech leaders such as Alibaba, Baidu, eBay, Facebook and Instagram who have pledged to try to reduce trafficking across their platforms by 80 percent by 2020.
The violence, which began on Sunday, was reportedly triggered by a road-rage incident in which a Sinhalese Buddhist driver was beaten to death by a Muslim youth.
The colorful, crowded vehicles are a cheap and popular form of public transport. But they also pollute the air. Jeepney drivers have been pushing back against government plans to phase them out.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Africa and into some political crises in Ethiopia and Kenya. Security and counterterrorism will be high on his agenda in Djibouti, Chad and Nigeria.
South Korea says the North is open to discussing denuclearization with the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to Joel Wit, a former State Department official who has experience negotiating with North Korea.
President Trump targeted the European Union in threatening to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports to the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to David O'Sullivan, the EU ambassador to Washington.