Threatened Bluefin Tuna Sells For $3 Million In Tokyo Market
Sushi chain owner Kiyoshi Kimura purchased the 612-pound Pacific bluefin tuna at auction. Conservationists are alarmed about the fate of the species.
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How A Mongolian Heavy Metal Band Got Millions Of YouTube Views
All it took for The Hu to have an Internet breakthrough was a dramatic video and screaming guitars — plus a horsehead fiddle and throat singing.
Women Entering A Sacred Temple Spark Protests In India
Protests erupted across south India after women sneaked into a temple that banned females old enough to menstruate. The temple is part of a debate between gender equality and religious freedom.
Millions Of Women In India Join Hands To Form A 385-Mile Wall Of Protest
Their cause is gender equality. For many of them, the motivation to take part was highly personal.
3rd Woman Enters Sacred Hindu Temple In Southern India Amid Protests
A Sri Lankan becomes the third woman this week to enter the Sabarimala temple, which doesn't allow women of menstruating age, in India's Kerala state. The Supreme Court calls the ban discriminatory.
Chinese Spacecraft Lands On Far Side Of The Moon
Chinese scientists have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. Rachel Martin speaks with Brown University planetary scientist James Head about whether it is a big milestone.
Insurgents Kill 7 Myanmar Security Forces In Independence Day Attack
Buddhist militants attacked four police posts in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on the day the country celebrates its 1948 independence from Britain.
U.S. Officials View China As America's Primary Long-Term Threat To Power
Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference gets a lot of attention, but U.S. Justice Department and other security officials say the real espionage threat comes from China.
How China's Space Ambitions Fit Into Its Larger Geopolitical Strategy
China's astronomical ambitions are not purely scientific. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Naval War College Professor Joan Johnson-Freese about China's larger geopolitical strategy.
What's At Stake As The U.S. Tries To Settle Its Trade Dispute With China
A profit warning from Apple shows how China's economic slowdown can have ripple effects here in the U.S.