China's Economy Falters; Slowest Growth In Nearly 3 Decades
The pace of growth in the second quarter was its slowest since 1992. The National Bureau of Statistics attributed the change to a complicated international environment.
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Found: Message In A Bottle From Manchester Bombing Victim's Mother
A message in a bottle from the mother of a teenager killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena terrorism attack washed up on a beach in southern Italy. The bottle made a 2,500 mile journey.
Judge Orders Madrid To Continue, For Now, With Car Pollution Measures
An attempt by the new conservative mayor of Madrid to roll back the city's innovative vehicle pollution controls has Spanish environmentalists fuming, and heading for the courts.
Syria Update
Marwa Awad of the U.N. World Food Programme tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the conditions in Syria and about her tenure there.
New Zealand Starts Gun Buyback Program In Response To Christchurch Mosque Shootings
In response to the March shootings that left 51 people dead, the nation's gun buyback program asks owners of now-banned weapons to turn them into police departments for cash.
How Mexico Beefs Up Immigration Enforcement To Meet Trump's Terms
Threatened with U.S. tariffs, Mexico agreed to step up migrant control, deploying a new security force, and catching and deporting more migrants. Here's how it's going.
A Look At Mexico's New National Guard
Mexico says it has deployed thousands of National Guard forces along its northern border with the U.S. and 6,000 along the southern border with Guatemala. It says they are there to stop migrants.
U.S. Trying To Get The Taliban And Afghan Government To Start Negotiations
The Trump administration's top envoy on Afghanistan says he's making progress in talks with the Taliban while trying to reassure Afghans that the U.S. won't leave until there's a foundation for peace.
Turkey Receives First Delivery Of Russian Missile System
Turkey accepted a delivery of the first components of Russia's advanced S-400 missile system, putting into question its acquisition of a U.S. F-35 jet fighter.
Turkey Accepts Russian S-400 Missile System, Rankling U.S. And NATO
In response, the Pentagon is expected to announce that Turkey will be barred from receiving the new F-35 fighter.