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Chances For A U.S.-North Korea Summit Are Less Than 50 Percent, Hill Says

10:26am May 23, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Christopher Hill about the chances of the June 12 meeting between President Trump and North Korea's leader holding.

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In Taiwan, Debate Over History And Censorship As WWII TV Drama Is Canceled

8:44am May 23, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Jiachang's Heart, inspired by the story of a 17-year-old Taiwanese girl who volunteers as a nurse for the Japanese army, is taken off the air after criticism about its historical portrayal.

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What The Inside Of One Of China's Re-Education Camps Looks Like

5:46pm May 22, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Associated Press reporter Gerry Shih about China's re-education camps in Xinjiang.

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President Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump Warns Summit With North Korea May Not Happen On Schedule

4:53pm May 22, 2018

by Scott Horsley

"There's a chance, there's a very substantial chance that it won't work out," President Trump said of the June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un. Trump met with South Korea's president Tuesday.

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Flowers representing the 53 countries in the Commonwealth adorn the veil worn by Meghan Markle.

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Not Everybody Was A Fan Of Meghan Markle's Wedding Veil

4:35pm May 22, 2018

by Kamala Thiagarajan

The veil depicted 53 flowers representing the nations of the Commonwealth. And that has prompted a backlash in India.

Customers look at Tesla cars at a showroom in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on April 4. The cut in Chinese auto import tariffs could help Tesla, which has been looking to break into the Chinese market.

China Cuts Tariffs On Autos, Possibly Easing Trade Tensions With U.S.

3:19pm May 22, 2018

by Dustin Dwyer

China is cutting tariffs on vehicles from the U.S. and other countries after President Trump railed against the imbalance in trade tariffs. The cuts could help German automakers as well as Tesla.

Indians standing in a line outside a hospital wear masks as a precautionary measure against the Nipah virus at the Government Medical College hospital in Kozhikode, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on Monday.

10 Dead From Nipah Virus In Southern India

7:09am May 22, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The disease, first seen in 1998 in Malaysia, has a particularly high mortality rate. Bats are suspected to have transmitted the virus in the most recent outbreak in India's southern state of Kerala.

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Trump And South Korea's President To Hold Talks At The White House

6:36am May 22, 2018

David Greene talks to Victor Cha, President George W. Bush's top adviser on North Korea and served on the National Security Council, about South Korea's president visiting the White House Tuesday.

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Were Trade Negotiations With China A Success For The U.S.?

6:20am May 22, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Asia economics expert Matthew Goodman, of the Center for Strategic and International studies, about a new trade framework between the United States and China.

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St. Peters Cathedral, North Adelaide, South Australia, SA, Australia. Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson was found guilty on Tuesday of covering up child sex abuse in the 1970s.

Australian Archbishop Found Guilty In Cover-Up Of Child Sex Abuse

2:17am May 22, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson faces up to two years in prison for concealing abuse after two altar boys approached him in the 1970s with allegations against a fellow priest.