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Concern Is High Over Facebook's Role In Fanning Violence In Myanmar

7:03am June 14, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

U.N. investigators say Facebook has provided a platform for hate speech that may have facilitated genocide in Myanmar. Civil society groups in Myanmar are pressing Facebook to clean up its act.

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Fighting In Yemen Port City Threatens Aid Shipments

5:47am June 14, 2018

The fighting in a Yemeni port city is reportedly increasing, threatening aid shipments. David Greene talks with U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen Lise Grande.

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A screenshot of a video shared on White House social media accounts. The video — a fake movie trailer encouraging cooperation between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — was shown to Kim by Trump himself on an iPad toward the end of

'Shaking The Hand Of Peace': Unpacking Trump's North Korea Movie Trailer

8:15pm June 13, 2018

A four-minute fake movie trailer created by the Trump administration for Kim Jong Un is decidedly odd. Culture critic Glen Weldon asks National Security Correspondent David Welna what it all means.

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A patient talks with a nurse at a traveling contraception clinic in Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group Marie Stopes International. The organization is one of many that has decided to give up U.S. funding because it deems Trump's ban on providin

Trump's Ban On Funding For Overseas Abortions Has Some Little-Known Exceptions

6:45pm June 13, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

These exceptions could allow a huge number of groups to provide abortion referrals without losing U.S. aid.. Now critics of the ban are trying to spread the word.

Crevasses near the grounding line of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica.

Antarctica Has Lost More Than 3 Trillion Tons Of Ice In 25 Years

4:59pm June 13, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Antarctica's ice is melting faster than was thought, say scientists who recently completed the most exhaustive assessment of the ice sheet to date.

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Military Offensive That Aid Groups Had Feared In Yemen's Civil War Has Begun

4:48pm June 13, 2018

by Jane Arraf

The battle that the United Nations and aid agencies have feared in the Yemen civil war has begun. A Saudi-led coalition began its attack on a major port city with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants.

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'Radio Dodo' Creates Bedtime Stories For Syrian Refugees

4:48pm June 13, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Brigitte Alepin, the creator of "Radio Dodo," or Sleepytime Radio, a program that creates bedtime stories for Syrian refugees.

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Not everyone in Moscow welcomes the crowds and spectacle 2018 World Cup will bring.

Russia Welcomes 2018 World Cup, Clamping Down On Dissent And Hooligans

4:45pm June 13, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Russian law enforcement has taken "preventative measures" and will work to prevent "bad ideas" from being put into action, officials say.

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Former Weapons Inspector Weighs In On What It Would Take To Denuclearize North Korea

4:27pm June 13, 2018

What would it take to denuclearize North Korea? NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Olli Heinonen, former deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who has made more than 20 trips to North Korea as an inspector.

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Louboutin Wins Case To Trademark Signature Red-Soled Shoes

4:27pm June 13, 2018

The European Union's highest court has ruled that designer Christian Louboutin can trademark his company's signature red-soled shoes.

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