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North Korea Reassembles Rocket Test Site, Satellite Images Show

7:30am March 06, 2019

David Greene talks to Joel Wit, an ex-State Department official who now directs 38 North, a website reporting on North Korea, about images that show the country is rebuilding a rocket test site.

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President Maduro Is Unaware Of Venezuelans' Desperation, Briscoe Says

7:26am March 06, 2019

Senior government officials remain loyal to President Nicolas Maduro. Steve Inskeep talks to Ivan Briscoe of the International Crisis Group about the internal politics of Maduro's government.

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Extradition Hearing For Huawei CFO Comes During U.S.-China Trade Talks

7:26am March 06, 2019

by Jackie Northam

An extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei gets underway in Vancouver. The U.S. requested the extradition of Meng Wanzhou for violating U.S. sanction against Iran.

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Satellite Images Show North Korea Is Reassembling Rocket Test Site

7:26am March 06, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

Just days after the U.S.-North Korea summit ended in a stalemate, satellite images show workers have been active at a partially disassembled missile test facility.

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News Brief: North Korea, Sacramento Shooting, Depression Drug

7:26am March 06, 2019

Is North Korean working to put a rocket test site back on line? California's attorney general declines to prosecute officers who killed an unarmed black man. FDA approves new drug to treat depression.

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A worker helps load steel rods April 6, 2016, at a plant in Tangshan, in China's Hebei province. China's government plays a powerful role in how its businesses operate — giving them preferential treatment over their rivals.

China's Close Government-Business Ties Are A Key Challenge In U.S. Trade Talks

7:26am March 06, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

China's government plays a large, powerful role in how its businesses operate — giving them preferential treatment over their rivals. That's a big sticking point in U.S.-China trade talks.

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The Food and Drug Administration suggests consumers who get prescription drugs mailed to them via CanaRx are at risk of getting mislabeled or counterfeit drugs. But consumer watchdog groups say the FDA has supplied no evidence that's happened.

U.S. Cities Skeptical Of FDA Warnings Against Medicine Imports From Canadian Firm

5:00am March 06, 2019

by Phil Galewitz

Critics question claims by federal officials that CanaRX jeopardizes patient safety. Many U.S. companies, cities, counties and school districts rely on the firm to help employees get cheaper medicine.

Air India's flight crews have been directed to end all in-flight announcements by saying, "Jai Hind!" The slogan translates to "Hail the Motherland."

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Air India Crews Directed To 'Hail The Motherland' After Every Announcement

1:08am March 06, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The order instructs cabin staff to exclaim the slogan "after a slight pause and with much fervour." It has drawn ridicule on social media where users are attacking the company's flaws.

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Automakers In The U.K. Warn A No-Deal Brexit Could Cause Huge Production Declines

8:24pm March 05, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Britain's auto industry is facing huge pressures as the U.K. works to negotiate its exit agreement with the E.U. BMW and Toyota are warning the future of their U.K. operations are under threat.

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The Nara Centennial Hall in Japan, built in the late 1990s, went up in the prefecture of Nara as the municipality celebrated a century of existence.

Arata Isozaki, Whose Hybrid Style Forged 'New Paths,' Wins Pritzker Prize

8:24pm March 05, 2019

Growing up in the shadow of World War II, the Japanese architect became fascinated with how people rebuild. Now, after decades of restless reinvention, he has won architecture's highest honor.

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