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Pompeo Likely To Announce U.S. Intentions To Withdraw From INF Treaty

10:26am February 01, 2019

by Lucian Kim

The Trump administration is expected to announce that the U.S. will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty — a center point of superpower arms control since the Cold War.

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U.S.-Taliban Talks May Be Proceeding Too Quickly, Retired U.S. Commander Says

9:35am February 01, 2019

Steve Inskeep talks to retired Lt. Gen. David Barno, ex-commander of U.S. ground forces in Afghanistan, for his thoughts about the way forward in Afghanistan, and the risks of removing U.S. troops.

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Latest U.S.-China Trade Talks End As March Deadline Nears

6:55am February 01, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, about the latest in trade talks between the U.S. and China.

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GOP-Led Senate Rebukes President Trump Over Syria Policy

6:55am February 01, 2019

by Tim Mak

The Senate rebukes Trump on foreign policy by voting for a measure opposing efforts to withdraw troops from Syria. Foreign policy is one area where Republicans aren't afraid to stand up to him.

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Philippine Authorities Urge Calm After Attacks In The Country's South

6:37am February 01, 2019

by Michael Sullivan

Days after voters in the southern Philippines approved an autonomous region aimed at quelling a Muslim insurgency, a long-dormant extremist group is being blamed for two attacks on places of worship.

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Members Of Nicaragua's Opposition Consider Going Into Exile

6:34am February 01, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

As Nicaragua's economy declines and repression increases against the opposition, many people are deciding whether it's time to go. Those who stay are either in hiding or severely restricted.

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News Brief: Senate Rebuke, Opioid Lawsuit, Gene-Editing Embryos

6:26am February 01, 2019

Senate rebukes Trump's Syria decision. Legal documents allegedly detail allegations of years of deceptive opioid practices. A new experiment in the U.S. aimes at creating gene-edited human embryos.

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Chart: China Is A Top Borrower From The World Bank

Flush With Cash, China Continues to Borrow Billions From The World Bank

8:00pm January 31, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

From an economic standpoint, China does not need World Bank loans. So why is it still a top borrower?

Muneer Subaihani at the airport in Baghdad on Tuesday, waiting to board the first of his flights back to the United States.

Iraqi Has Returned To U.S. After ICE Deported Him Against Court Orders

7:13pm January 31, 2019

Muneer Subaihani says immigration agents told him he would be in jail for life if he didn't agree to be deported to Iraq. On Tuesday, in a rare event, he was admitted back into the U.S.

Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian journalist and asylum-seeker, won two prestigious Australian literary prizes for his debut, a book composed in text messages sent from a detention center on Manus Island.

Asylum-Seeker Barred From Entering Australia Wins Its Richest Literary Prize

6:08pm January 31, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Behrouz Boochani, who has been detained offshore since 2013, had to compose his debut using WhatsApp messages. Now, that book has earned him the Victorian Prize for Literature