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U.S. Ambassador To NATO Discusses President Trump And The Alliance

5:59pm July 10, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, about the upcoming NATO summit and President Trump's commitment to the alliance.

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Head Of EU Council Issues A Warning As President Trump Criticizes NATO

4:27pm July 10, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

President Trump arrives in Brussels Tuesday for the NATO summit amid tensions with European allies. Trump has continually pressed allies to pay more for their national defense.

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In a July 2017 photo released by the Shenyang Municipal Information Office, Liu Xia, wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, holds a portrait of him during his funeral at a funeral parlor in Shenyang in northeastern China

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China Allows Widow Of Prominent Dissident To Leave The Country

1:43pm July 10, 2018

Liu Xia left Beijing on Tuesday for Germany, bringing nearly eight years of virtual house arrest to an end. She is the widow of the late Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, U.S. President Trump and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg listen to Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel speak during a NATO summit in Brussels on May 25, 2017.

'No One Wants To Look Like Trump's Poodle': NATO Allies Gear Up For Brussels Summit

1:17pm July 10, 2018

by Alice Fordham

Trump has shown he has no qualms about upending established policies or pacts with global partners, and has explicitly tied security issues to trade and economic ones. That's making allies nervous.

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Cows stand in a pen at the Skyline Dairy farm near Grunthal, Manitoba, Canada, in March.

Why President Trump Hates Canadian Dairy — And Canada Insists On Protecting It

12:50pm July 10, 2018

by Jackie Northam

President Trump has railed against Canada when it comes to trade. A particular point of criticism is the dairy industry. Canada slaps steep tariffs on imports of milk, cheese and butter from the U.S.

New Kids' Books Put A Human Face On The Refugee Crisis

12:42pm July 10, 2018

by Deborah Amos

In classrooms and at home, kids are reading a new genre of books about a timely topic: refugees. They're selling well and providing a sympathetic view of people often portrayed as threats.

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An emergency team rushes to a helicopter believed to be carrying one of the rescued boys from a flooded cave on Tuesday. Divers extracted the last of the 12 boys and their coach who were trapped at Tham Luang Nang Non cave system in the Mae Sai district o

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All 12 Boys And Their Coach Are Rescued From Thai Cave After 2 Weeks

11:23am July 10, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Rescue divers took the last four boys from the cave on Tuesday, along with their soccer coach, as rescuers raced against the possibility of rain and flooding.

A damaged car is seen stuck in the mud in a flood-hit area in Mabi, in Japan's Okayama prefecture, on Tuesday.

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Death Toll In Japan Floods Reaches More Than 155, With Dozens Still Missing

9:52am July 10, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Amid a heat wave with temperatures nearing 90 degrees, officials were also struggling to restore electricity, especially in the hardest hit Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures.

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After 2nd Rescue, 4 Boys And Their Coach Remain Trapped In Cave In Thailand

8:31am July 10, 2018

by Michael Sullivan

Four more boys were rescued after being trapped in a cave in Thailand — bringing the total out of the cave to eight. Four more boys and their soccer coach remain in the cave.

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NATO Worries How Seriously The U.S. Takes The Alliance's Role

8:30am July 10, 2018

by Alice Fordham

On the eve of the NATO summit, European leaders brace for more prodding from President Trump about their level of defense spending and threats to reduce the U.S. military footprint on the continent.

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