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Brush Fires In Australia Force Emergency Declarations, Evacuations

6:45am January 03, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mick Holton, president of the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association in Australia, about the people who are battling the massive brush fires in the country.

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In Canada, Gun Violence Is A Growing Problem For Toronto

5:42am January 03, 2020

by David McGuffin

Toronto had its worst year for gun violence with more than 760 people shot. Addressing the upsurge is complicated by the fact that 75 percent of the weapons used are smuggled in from the U.S.

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News Brief: Iran's Top General Killed In Trump-Ordered Strike

5:30am January 03, 2020

A powerful Iranian general and an Iraqi militia leader were killed by a U.S. strike ordered by President Trump. It's the latest move in an escalation of tensions between Iran and the U.S.

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Top Iranian Military Leader Killed In Airstrike In Baghdad

10:34pm January 02, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Norman Roule, a former top Iran analyst, about the killing Gen. Qassim Soleimani, a powerful Iranian military leader, in an airstrike in Baghdad.

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Grim And Hopeful Global Trends To Watch In 2020 (And Fold Into A Zine)

8:37pm January 02, 2020

by NPR Staff

There's cause for pessimism and optimism in the year ahead as our expert sources share their predictions. Plus: Print and fold your own global trends zine.

This house in Beirut is referred to in court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan where he faced criminal charges and ended up in Lebanon.

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Interpol Sends Lebanon Notice About Fugitive Auto Exec Carlos Ghosn

6:04pm January 02, 2020

by David Welna

The notification is a request to law enforcement to locate and hold the former head of Nissan, who jumped bail in Japan, where he faces financial misconduct charges.

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The State Of Wildfires Raging Across Australia

4:29pm January 02, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cormac Farrell, an environmental scientist who works in bushfire management, about what Australia has learned from past seasons, and how it's coping with the current one.

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Where U.S.-Iran Relations Stand After Airstrikes And Embassy Security Breach

4:29pm January 02, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ariane Tabatabai, an Iran expert at the Rand Corporation, about how this week's events have affected the relationship between the United States and Iran.

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Transit Strikes Continue In France As Unions Look To Put More Pressure On Government

4:29pm January 02, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

The rail strikes in France protesting planned changes to the national retirement system are now the longest in recent memory — and unions are calling for wider disruption.

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Pakistan And China Hope To Transform Karakoram Highway Into Key Trade Corridor

4:11pm January 02, 2020

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistan and China are hoping to transform the Karakoram Highway into a vital trade link that connects China to the Arabian Sea and beyond.