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Who's Who In The Texts Between Government Officials Working On U.S.-Ukraine Relations

4:59pm October 04, 2019

by Michele Kelemen

Who's who in the recently-released texts between government officials working on the U.S.-Ukraine relationship? And what do they mean for the impeachment inquiry?

What To Know About The Ukrainian Company At The Heart Of Trump's Biden Allegations

4:45pm October 04, 2019

by Lucian Kim

Burisma Group, the company where former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter served on the board of directors, keeps a low profile even as it promotes itself as a major natural gas producer.

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Protests In Iraq Continue Despite Curfew, Internet Blackout And Deaths

4:27pm October 04, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Al Jazeera reporter Imran Khan about the protests in Baghdad. Despite a curfew, an Internet blackout and mounting deaths, demonstrators are taking to the streets.

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Bahamian Business Owners Debate Whether To Rebuild After Hurricane Dorian

4:27pm October 04, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

When Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas a month ago, it shattered lives and ripped apart a delicate economy. Now, business owners are debating how to rebuild and whether it even makes sense.

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Mounted police in Quito advance on demonstrators protesting Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno's move to scrap fuel subsidies, in a clash near the government palace late Thursday.

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Ecuador In State Of Emergency: End Of Fuel Subsidies Sparks Mass Protests

4:18pm October 04, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno says he won't budge on his plan to end "a perverse subsidy that was causing harm to the country."

The End Of Guinea Worm Was Just Around the Corner. Not Anymore

1:20pm October 04, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

The World Health Organization had hoped to eradicate the painful parasite by 2020. That deadline just got moved a decade into the future. And dogs are part of the problem.

Kurt Volker, former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, arrives for a closed-door interview with House investigators on Thursday. House Democrats are proceeding with the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

Texts Detail Top U.S. Diplomat's Concerns About Possible Trump-Ukraine Quid Pro Quo

10:13am October 04, 2019

In texts released by House Democrats, a career diplomat worries that Washington is tying military aid and a White House visit for the president of Ukraine to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden.

A woman wearing a face mask with the characters meaning "conscience" takes part in a protest against a government ban on protesters wearing face masks in Hong Kong on Friday.

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Hong Kong Bans Face Masks At Public Assemblies

8:13am October 04, 2019

by Emily Feng

The decision by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is intended to make it more difficult for protesters to hide their identities and thereby discourage further protests.

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Hong Kong Billionaire On Why He Supports The Protests

7:07am October 04, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a vocal pro-democracy activist, about the future of Hong Kong's popular protest movement.

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Former Ambassador On Kurt Volker And Ukraine

7:07am October 04, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Estonia James Melville about his friend Kurt Volker, who gave a closed-door deposition to lawmakers on Thursday.

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