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Japan's New Emperor Naruhito Ascends Throne, But His Wife Wasn't Allowed In The Room

6:57pm May 01, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Motoko Rich, Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times, about why Japan's Empress Masako wasn't allowed in the room when her husband was enthroned as emperor.

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Guaidó Has The Majority Of Venezuela On His Side, His Political Adviser Says

6:57pm May 01, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Francisco Marquez, a political adviser of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, about the country's uprising as clashes continue.

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May Day Marches Turn Violent As Yellow Vest Protesters Join Demonstrators

6:57pm May 01, 2019

by Eleanor Beardsley

Wednesday's May Day demonstrations in Paris turned violent as Yellow Vest protesters upended the traditional trade union march.

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Venezuela Clashes Continue As Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó Calls For Uprising

6:57pm May 01, 2019

by Philip Reeves

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó urged Venezuelans to take the streets in an effort to oust President Nicolás Maduro. This comes after one person was killed and scores were wounded in Tuesday's violence.

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South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya (center) and her lawyer, Gregory Nott (right), arrive for a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland in February.

Court Rules Against Caster Semenya, Says She Must Lower Testosterone To Compete

6:36pm May 01, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The South African track star had sought to have new regulations about permissible testosterone levels in female athletes declared invalid. But Semenya says she "will once again rise above."

The WikiLeaks founder, who had lived in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012, delayed justice, the judge said.

British Judge Sentences Julian Assange To 50 Weeks In Prison

6:02pm May 01, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The WikiLeaks founder, who had lived in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012, delayed justice, the judge said. He faces a hearing Thursday on an extradition request from the U.S. government.

A group of Afghan National Army soldiers watch others participate in a live fire exercise at the Afghan Military Academy last October in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The U.S. Public Will No Longer Have A Key Data Point About Afghanistan War

4:40pm May 01, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

A watchdog report says the U.S. military is no longer collecting — and therefore no longer releasing — one of the most concrete measures of the war's progress.

Government military police officers confront pro-Guaidó demonstrators at Altamira Square on Tuesday in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Amid Violence In Venezuela, Maduro Digs In And Protests Continue

3:29pm May 01, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets Tuesday in the "final phase" of the uprising. Venezuelan officials said they had quelled what they called a coup attempt.

'Moneyland' Reveals How Oligarchs, Kleptocrats And Crooks Stash Fortunes

1:31pm May 01, 2019

by Terry Gross

Journalist Oliver Bullough runs kleptocracy tours in London, in which he points out mansions bought by corrupt foreign leaders and oligarchs. Moneyland describes their secretive transnational world.

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Iraq War veteran Peter Farley (center), with his former translator Wisam al-Baidhani (left) with another Iraqi translator in Baghdad in 2009.

Trump Administration Has Drastically Dropped Visas For Afghan And Iraqi Interpreters

1:30pm May 01, 2019

by Quil Lawrence

Veterans and dozens of lawmakers say they're afraid the promise they made to protect families who assisted U.S. forces is being broken.

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