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Friday, April 19, 2024
- The story of an American man whose wife is being detained by China's secret police
China's feared state security ministry has been more public and more powerful in its quest to suppress internal dissent and monitor foreign activity.
- This Nigerian chess master aims to raise money by playing the longest continuous game
Under the glare of the lights in New York's Time Square, a Nigerian chess master makes his bid to break the world record for the longest continuous chess game to raise money for children back home.
- Now a poet, a boy in Jamaica could barely read until a teacher-in-training came along
Juleus Ghunta is a published children's author and award-winning poet. But growing up in rural Jamaica, he could barely read. When he was about 12, a young teacher-in-training arrived at his school.
- India's six-week long elections started today
Nearly a billion people start going to the polls in India Friday, as the worlds largest democracy starts its mammoth election.
- What's next with Israel and Iran
Arch-foes Israel and Iran are firing missiles at each other. But the unprecedented attacks on each other's territory appear — for now — not to have sparked an all-out war.
- Israel Strikes Back at Iran, Will This Calm or Inflame Tensions?
Israel and Iran have been trading attacks on each other for a week including, for the first time, attacks on each other's territory. Will Israel's latest retaliation be the end of this wave of hostilities, or will Iranian response bring the long-standing enemies closer to all-out war? We hear from NPR's national security correspondent and our correspondent in Israel.
For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates
- What we know so far about Israel's strike on Iran — and what could happen next
Israel and Iran seem to be downplaying the attack, the latest in a series of retaliatory strikes between the two. Analysts say that could be a sign of the de-escalation world leaders are calling for.
- Amsterdam was flooded with tourists in 2023, so it won't allow any more hotels
Twenty-six hotels that already have permits can move forward, but after that a hotel can only be built if one shuts down. Tourists spent about 20.7 million nights in Amsterdam hotels last year.
- Israel strikes Iran, U.S. official says; Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets' is here
Israel has launched a strike against Iran, a U.S. official tells NPR. Taylor Swift's highly anticipated "Tortured Poets Department" is here.
- Which scientists get mentioned in the news? Mostly ones with Anglo names, says study
A new study finds that in news stories about scientific research, U.S. media were less likely to mention a scientist if they had an East Asian or African name, as compared to one with an Anglo name.
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