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What Parliamentary Elections Could Mean For The Future Of The EU

7:27am May 27, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who discusses the EU parliamentary elections that concluded Sunday. Bildt is now co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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Trump's Visit To Japan Is Overshadowed By Trade Tensions

7:16am May 27, 2019

President Trump and his Japanese counterpart held a news conference Monday after the two met to talk about trade. Trump wants Japan to even out the trade imbalance with the U.S.

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Army Surprised By Answers To Its Question: How Has Serving Impacted You?

7:16am May 27, 2019

by Quil Lawrence

As part of a Memorial Day tribute, the U.S. Army asked service members to tweet the answer to the question: How has serving impacted you? The answers Army officials got were not what they expected.

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High Voter Turn Out For European Parliamentary Elections

7:16am May 27, 2019

Centrists in Europe have lost their majority. After Europe's parliamentary elections over the weekend, nationalist and far-right parties got a boost in their share of power.

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News Brief: Trump Visits Japan, European Parliament Elections, Opioid Case

6:36am May 27, 2019

President Trump meets with Japan's prime minister. It appears populists and nationalists are gaining more seats in Europe's Parliament. And, Teva Pharmaceuticals agrees to settle Oklahoma opioid case.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is pictured under a national flag during a gathering with supporters on April 30, 2019. Delegates for both Guaidó and Nicolás Maduro are slated to hold direct talks in Norway this week aimed at ending the crisis

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Delegates For Maduro, Guaidó To Meet For Talks On Ending Venezuela's Political Crisis

8:46pm May 26, 2019

by John Otis

Representatives for President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó are slated to hold direct talks in Norway this week aimed at breaking months of political gridlock.

Taiwanese same-sex couples cheer with supporters at a mass wedding banquet in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Taiwan Celebrates Same-Sex Marriage With A Mass Wedding Banquet

6:21pm May 26, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

More than 1,000 people participated in the banquet, where 20 couples were married. Taiwan passed legislation this month recognizing same-sex marriages on the island.

Women sit on the floor as they wait in a clinic at the al-Hol detention camp.

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Misery Grows At Syrian Camp Holding ISIS Family Members

5:30pm May 26, 2019

by Jane Arraf

In recent visits to the camp, NPR was told of babies dying of malnutrition, and found women collapsed by roadsides. "There's a lack of supplies and the numbers of patients are huge," a doctor says.

President Donald Trump presents the "President's Cup" to the Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament winner Asanoyama, at Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium on Sunday.

PHOTOS: From Sumo Wrestling To Grand Parades, How World Leaders Try To Impress Trump

1:46pm May 26, 2019

by Ayesha Rascoe

President Trump is in Japan this weekend, the latest country to try to get in his good graces with a good show.

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Bindu Sampath, 52, shows photos of her daughter Nimisha Sampath, now 29, who left India three years ago, after converting to Islam. She and her husband, a fellow Muslim convert, are wanted by Indian authorities for allegedly joining ISIS. They're believed

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'God, Please Help Her': Indian Parents Agonize Over Radicalization Of Their Children

8:37am May 26, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

ISIS has radicalized people around the world. But even with one of the world's largest Muslim populations, India has had very few cases of radicalization — until recently. Most cases are in the south.

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