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As India's Polls Open, Vendors Are Cashing In With Election-Themed Fashion

4:49pm April 11, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

The world's biggest election is underway in India. Polls opened Thursday, with five weeks of voting. Vendors are cashing in with election-themed fashion, including saris with the prime minister's face.

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Where Relations Stand Between The U.S., South Korea And North Korea

4:49pm April 11, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the Wilson Center's Jean Lee about where denuclearization negotiations stand between the U.S., South Korea and North Korea.

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After Nearly 30 Years In Power, Sudan's Autocratic Leader Is Out In A Military Coup

4:35pm April 11, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

Sudan's military deposed longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir. His ouster comes after months of demonstrations by Sudanese angered by a spike in the cost of living and broad anti-government protests.

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Performers rehearse in January 2018 for the controversial Hungarian State Opera production of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.

White Singers In Hungary Claim To Be African-American, For An Opera

4:29pm April 11, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Gershwin estate stipulates that Porgy and Bess should be performed by an all-black cast. The Hungarian State Opera in Budapest reportedly asked its mostly white cast to say that they are black.

Sodul Amin, 30, is one of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who've gotten chickenpox since December. The highly contagious disease spreads easily in the overcrowded refugee camps.

Chickenpox, The Latest Burden On The Rohingya Refugees

2:03pm April 11, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

At the largest refugee camp in the world, Rohingya refugees and aid agencies face numerous challenges. Now they're also dealing with an outbreak of chickenpox.

Sudanese soldiers stand guard on armored vehicles as demonstrators protest against President Omar al-Bashir's regime near the army headquarters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum Thursday.

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Sudan's Military Says It Has Taken Control And Arrested President Omar Al-Bashir

1:43pm April 11, 2019

by James Doubek

Sudan's defense minister says a transitional military council will rule the country for two years — a plan that doesn't satisfy many of the thousands who demanded a regime change.

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Police In London Arrest Julian Assange After Ecuadorean Embassy Evicts Him

1:40pm April 11, 2019

David Greene talks to NPR's Ryan Lucas, journalist Glenn Greenwald and NPR's David Folkenflik about Justice Department charges against the WikiLeaks co-founder relating to leaks by Chelsea Manning.

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President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a 2018 meeting in the Oval Office. Thursday's meeting is their first since Trump's unsuccessful summit with North Korea in February.

South Korean Leader Looks To Jump-Start U.S.-North Korea Talks After Failed Summit

1:38pm April 11, 2019

by Ayesha Rascoe

It will be the first meeting for Moon Jae-in and President Trump since the failed summit in Hanoi, which ended with no agreement between Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un on denuclearization.

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Netanyahu Has Support To Build A Majority In Israel's Parliament

11:26am April 11, 2019

David Greene talks to David Makovsky of The Washington Institute about what's next for Israel's government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have won a fourth consecutive term.

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The Jankara market in Lagos, Nigeria. A group called Market March Movement is working to end street harassment in shopping districts across the country.

'Stop Touching Us': Women Protest Against Harassment At Nigeria's Street Markets

9:29am April 11, 2019

by Kelechukwu Iruoma

In Lagos, street vendors say that they touch and grab their female customers to drum up sales. A group called Market March Movement has formed to protest against the street harassment.