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The MeToo Movement In India Picks Up Steam

5:54am October 22, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

A Bollywood actress pilloried 10 years ago for complaining about sexual harassment is now reviving her complaint against a famous actor — and finding support from India's new #MeToo movement.

Taiwan's Foxconn And Wisconsin Farmers Bond Over Ginseng

5:12am October 22, 2018

by Maayan Silver

While Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn builds a factory in Wisconsin, it's also looking to use its resources to modernize the state's ginseng crop, which Wisconsin farmers sell to Asian markets.

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Morning News Brief

5:09am October 22, 2018

Thousands of mostly Honduran migrants trek toward the U.S. Trump says the U.S. will withdraw from a nuclear treaty with Russia. And, why Georgia purges more than half a million voters from its rolls.

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U.S. To Pull Out Of International Arms Control Agreement

1:47pm October 21, 2018

President Trump says he will pull the U.S. out of a 1987 arms control treaty with Russia. It was a treaty signed by President Reagan designed to reduce the dangers of nuclear war.

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In this photo taken Friday, Oct 5, Congolese Soldiers patrol in an area civilians were killed by The Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Eastern Congo. Congo' military said Sunday, Oct. 21, that rebels attacked an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, leaving ov

Congo Rebels Kill 15, Threaten Ebola Containment Efforts Again

11:40am October 21, 2018

by Noor Wazwaz

The rebels also abducted a dozen children, Congo's military said. The attack comes after two medical workers were killed Saturday while manning a port of entry to try to control the spread of Ebola.

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What Happened To Mexico's Missing 43 Students In 'A Massacre In Mexico'

8:12am October 21, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to journalist Anabel Hernandez about her new book, A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-Three Students.

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Afghans Vote Despite Attacks On Polling Stations

8:12am October 21, 2018

by Jennifer Glasse

We have an update on Afghanistan's parliamentary elections, which have seen deadly attacks.

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The Consequences Of Threatening Foreign Aid Cuts Over Immigration Enforcement

8:12am October 21, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Andrew Natsios, former USAID administrator, about President Trump's threat to cut aid because of a migrant caravan that reached Mexico.

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How The Khashoggi Story Is Playing In The Middle East

8:12am October 21, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks University of Waterloo political scientist Bessma Momani about the regional reaction to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Migrant Caravan Reaches Mexico

8:12am October 21, 2018

by James Fredrick

Hundreds of migrants from Central America have crossed into Mexico and want to reach the United States.