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Trump Appears Confident That His Tariff Tactics Will Work With China

8:13am June 12, 2019

Noel King talks to Amy Celico, a former China trade negotiator, about President Trump's negotiating tactics, and the potential impact on reaching a trade agreement with China.

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Mexico To Handle More Migrant Burdens. Is Trump's Strategy Working?

7:22am June 12, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to John Feeley, who retired as ambassador to Panama last year, about how President Trump's proposed changes to asylum laws might impact migrants.

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Haitian Protests Turn Deadly As Calls Increase For President's Resignation

6:57am June 12, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald about protesters in Haiti calling for the president's resignation after he was implicated in a scandal involving corruption allegations.

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Trump Hopes U.S.-Mexico Deal Will Stem The Flow Of Asylum-Seekers

6:20am June 12, 2019

by Eric Westervelt

The surge of Central American migrants is straining dozens of interior checkpoints along the U.S.-Mexico border — with temporary closures of some posts and the reassignment of agents at others.

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In China, What 's The Attitude On The Street About The U.S.?

6:18am June 12, 2019

by Steve Inskeep

What do people in China think of America? And how do Americans describe China? For answers, we interview people on the street in China and in Baltimore, Md.

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Mediator Says Sudan's Power-Sharing Talks To Get Back On Track Soon

5:52am June 12, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

The Trump administration is sending its top diplomat for Africa to Sudan amid mounting global concern over the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy activists by the country's ruling military council.

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Protests Force Hong Kong's Lawmakers To Delay Vote On Extradition Bill

5:52am June 12, 2019

by Rob Schmitz

Demonstrations block roads around Hong Kong's legislature as lawmakers prepared to debate a bill that would allow people accused of a crime in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China for trial.

News Brief: Hong Kong Protests, Trump V. Biden, Sudan Prisoners

5:52am June 12, 2019

Hong Kong protesters force a delay in a controversial extradition bill. Trump focuses on Biden, in crowded Democratic presidential field. Sudan's military junta agrees to release political prisoners.

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Men, women and children line up for free lunch at a soup kitchen in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The meal consists of a bottle of milk and a few scoops of rice mixed with eggs and vegetables.

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'Lives Are At Risk': Venezuelan Charities Struggle Under Shortages And Intimidation

9:55pm June 11, 2019

by John Otis

Local aid groups play a growing role amid Venezuela's unprecedented humanitarian crisis marked by widespread malnutrition and deaths from preventable diseases.

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Brazil's Star Soccer Player Neymar Denies Rape Allegation

6:18pm June 11, 2019

by Philip Reeves

Brazil football star Neymar is battling a rape allegation which resulted in the suspension of a sponsorship. He denies the allegation, which the accuser claims happened in Paris last month.

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