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The Voice of America building, June 15, 2020, in Washington. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the government funded broadcaster, at least temporarily. It’s a dramatic turn in a series of legal cases revolving around the limits of executive power … Read more
Pilgrims arrive in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP VATICAN CITY — Rosa del Carmen Esquivel Telles was supposed to meet the pope today. A tourist from Guadalajara, Mexico, Esquivel Telles, 55, got on a waitlist three months ago, for a group audience … Read more
Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 31, 2025. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Abdel Kareem Hana/AP JERUSALEM — An Israeli investigation into … Read more
In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a ruined city center in Kostyantynivka, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 19, 2025. Iryna Rybakova/Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized brigade hide caption toggle caption Iryna Rybakova/Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized brigade KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian … Read more
Students, researchers and demonstrators rally during a protest against the Trump administration’s funding cuts on research, health and higher education at the University of California Los Angeles on April 8. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images A French university courting U.S.-based academics said it has already received … Read more
President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House this week. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House this week. Win McNamee/Getty Images … Read more
China’s government has openly supported new energy vehicles, an industry it wants to dominate. NPR’s Steve Inskeep visits an electric vehicle factory in Beijing in China. Source link
President Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office on April 14, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said on Monday that he was not inclined to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran … Read more
Displaced Palestinians flee from east to west of Gaza City after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders in the area, Friday April 11, 2025. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — Israel struck a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified. The pre-dawn strike … Read more