1. State Dept. cuts China experts as administration says countering Beijing top priority

   NPR » 1 week ago

   The State Department has shuttered the team involved in South China Sea security, getting rid of top experts on the subject at a time when the administration says security in the region is a priority....

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1. Thai and Cambodian soldiers clash in disputed border area

   NPR » 1 week ago

   Thailand says at least 9 are dead following fighting that broke out with Cambodian soldiers along the border. The fighting is triggered by a border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries....

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1. The U.N.'s highest court will decide on the climate obligations of countries

   NPR » 1 week ago

   After years of lobbying by vulnerable island nations, the U.N. asked the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion, a non-binding but important basis for international obligations....

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1. Syrian forces who fought Druze militias leave Sweida province under a ceasefire

   NPR » 2 weeks ago

   The conflict had drawn airstrikes against Syrian forces by neighboring Israel in defense of the Druze before a truce halted most of the fighting....

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1. Assad is gone. But can Syrians go home?

   NPR » 1 week ago

   After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what does home look like today?...

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1. A look at President Trump's foreign policy 6 months into his second administration

   NPR » 1 week ago

   As a candidate, President Trump promised to change America's foreign policy. Six months into his second administration, NPR examines where things stand....

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1. Israel strikes Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to late pope

   NPR » 2 weeks ago

   Until his final days, the late Pope Francis had regularly spoken to the priest at Gaza's Catholic church about the situation in the war-ravaged territory....

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1. China's Stranglehold on Coveted Rare Earth Minerals

   NPR » 2 weeks ago

   The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth minerals, sought after for the production of cell phones, computers, electric and hybrid vehicles, and more. But in the last few decades, China has cornered that market and surpassed the US. We explore how....

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1. How China created a chokehold on the rare earths industry

   NPR » 2 weeks ago

   China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such a stranglehold on an industry the U.S. once controlled?...

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1. Six months of 'shock and awe' on immigration enforcement

   NPR » 1 week ago

   Since returning to office, President Trump has moved swiftly to upend decades of federal policy—from education to healthcare to vaccines...but nowhere more aggressively than immigration. Congress just passed tens of billions in funding for immigration enforcement...It's the ...

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