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Centenarian marathon runner Fauja Singh. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Yu/AP In London in the winter of 1999, running coach Harmandar Singh took on a new student who was older than his father. Fauja Singh was 89, thin as a reed, and had a scraggy beard that nearly reached his chest. For their … Read more
NPR’s Adrian Ma talks to former top defense official Jim Townsend about the significance of President Trump’s new agreement to send weapons to Ukraine. Source link
Voters fill in their ballots in the upper house election at a polling station Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption toggle caption Eugene Hoshiko/AP TOKYO — Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan’s two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his … Read more
M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. Moses Sawasawa/AP hide caption toggle caption Moses Sawasawa/AP DAKAR, Senegal — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decades-long fighting in eastern Congo that commits them to a … Read more
No country can come close to the amount of money Americans spend at the box office… until China came along. The U.S. and Chinese film industries have a long history, with shifting power dynamics. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Right now, the U.S. and China might not have the best geopolitical relationship, but when it comes to … Read more
Executive director of the NGO Cristosal, Noah Bullock (C) speaks next to director of research Rene Valiente (L), Abraham Abrego (2nd R), director of the strategic litigation and Guatemalan lawyer Rafael Cruz (R) during a press conference in Guatemala City on July 17, 2025. JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP hide caption toggle caption JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP PANAMA CITY, Panama … Read more
Palestinian Christians wait to pray at the midnight Christmas Eve Mass out side the Deir Al Latin Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, 2021. Adel Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Adel Hana/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on … Read more
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a copy of a letter to Japan, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, announcing 25% tariffs beginning on August 1st. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a copy of a letter to Japan, signed by … Read more
Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom in Southern Africa, has just declared a two-year state of disaster after being threatened with the highest U.S. tariffs in the world. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The Trump administration’s tariffs loom large over consumers here in the U.S. But in other countries, the tariff threats are having immediate impacts. Lesotho, the … Read more
A military vehicle drives by Patriot air defense systems installed at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport, a logistics hub for U.S. and European military aid to Ukraine, in southeastern Poland on March 6. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images The Pentagon and U.S. military officials in Europe are working … Read more