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It's Morning Edition from NPR News, I'm Steven Skip, and I'm Rena Mountain, good morning. The fate of a 21-year-old ban on commercial whaling is at stake. That ban is on the agenda of this week's annual meeting of the International Whaling Commissio
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's continue our series on how China is trying to influence the world. This is being felt across the globe today in many ways. But what China's leaders really want is to shape how the world perceives their country. They've devot
AZUZ: One challenge ahead of President Trump and Xi is their disagreement over how to pressure North Korea, and they'll have more than that to talk about. They're the leaders of the two largest economies on the planet. Their nations are both regional
South Korea is demanding that North Korea return a fishing boat and its crew that crossed into the North's waters in a possible case of mistaken navigation. The demand has not yet received a response. South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Chun
Over the past few years, the global community has dealt severe, even debilitating defeats to some of the most high-profile terrorist organizations around the globe. Nonetheless, terrorism still poses an existential threat to many states around the wo
A somber crowd gathered in Washington to remember the life and legacy of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Speaking via video from London his fiancee Hatice Cengiz had a message for President Trump Mr. Trump, I would like him to Turkeys legal efforts
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Mass protests may become a fixture of Donald Trump's presidency. Yesterday, activists marched in cities across America to pressure the president to release his tax returns and highlight potential Trump family conflicts o
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There are many issues on the ballot this Tuesday. And in Louisiana, voters will decide whether to require a unanimous jury verdict for criminal convictions. A proposed state constitutional amendment would repeal a Jim Crow-
Air Force Tracks Final Frontier 未来太空三种战略趋势 Theres three strategic trends that I see in space. 我在太空中看到了三种战略趋势。 General Jay Raymond, Commander of Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs. He recently
By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 July 2006 S. Korean protesters shout slogans as they hold N. Korea's flags and pictures leader Kim Jong Il next to North's mock missile during an anti- N. Korea rally, July 12, 2006 South Korea has taken its firmest stand to d
In Shutdown, House Speaker is Man in the Middle 政府关门后聚焦议长约翰博纳 As the partial shutdown of the U.S. government pushes into its second week, the spotlight continues to find itself focused on House Speaker John Boehner. The lead
By Kari Barber Dakar 12 May 2007 Guinea's President Lansana Conte has dismissed several top military officials, including the minister of defense, after a week of protests by soldiers angry over back pay and military leadership. Kari Barber reports f
By Margaret Besheer New York 10 March 2008 For decades, sanctions have been used as a diplomatic tool to pressure governments to change their bad behavior. VOA's Margaret Besheer takes a look at how sanctions are imposed and enforced. When a country
For many, this weekend's nuclear compromise between the United States and North Korea brought a sigh of relief that a six nation diplomatic process could be salvaged. But the deal has critics, both in the United States and Japan. VOA's Kurt Achin ha
By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 March 2007 As tensions in Guinea subside following weeks of deadly anti-government protests, the nation's newly appointed prime minister faces the arduous task of forming a new government, improving basic services, working
Iraqi officials say a truck bomb has killed at least 20 people and wounded 27 others in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq. An Iraqi man sits in the ruins of a Kurdish village after a predawn suicide truck bombing in Wardek, southeast of Mosul in no
A human rights group has accused Western oil firms of whitewashing abuses connected with a gas pipeline in Burma. The group also says Burma's military government has siphoned billions of dollars from the project, helping to keep them in power. Worke
White House officials say President Bush will go to the Beijing Olympics as a sports fan, and will raise U.S. concerns with Chinese leaders in private. The president's chief national security advisor says a boycott might do more harm than good. 白宫官
By David Gollust Washington 13 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday condemned implicit threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin against Ukraine, if the Kyiv government upgrades its relationship with NATO. Mr. Putin sug
Analysts also say economic leverage should be used to help end corruption in the Afghan government Meredith Buel | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 In his speech at the U.S. Military Academy, President Obama was specific in setting a benchmark for a m