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What Happened To Mexico's Earthquake Warning System?

8:06am January 07, 2018

by James Fredrick

Mexico has an earthquake early warning system that gives people time to take cover. But that system didn't work when a 7.1 magnitude quake struck Mexico City, killing hundreds of people.

Sisters Raffal, left, and Farah Khaled are first-year students at Mosul University in Iraq. They're standing outside the university library, which was burned down, along with most of its books, by ISIS when it controlled the city.

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Life After ISIS: One Sister Wants To Rebuild. The Other Can't Wait To Leave

7:16am January 07, 2018

by Jane Arraf

The Iraqi city of Mosul is now free from ISIS control. Two sisters who attend Mosul University talk about their goals for the future, and the obstacles that remain.

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People All Over The World Are Late For A Very Important Date. Is That So Bad?

7:00am January 07, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

After reading our story on "Kenya time," readers shared the rules of punctuality in their countries, from Jamaica to Vietnam.

Migrants wait to be rescued from a rubber dinghy by members of the Spanish non-governmental organization Proactiva Open Arms during an operation on the Mediterranean Sea last September.

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More Than 3,100 Migrants Died Crossing Mediterranean In 2017

1:24pm January 06, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

More than 3,000 migrants have died trying to reach European shores via the Mediterranean Sea for the fourth year in a row. The death toll comes amid a drop in the number of people making the journey.

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The U.N.'s Food Aid Shortages

8:21am January 06, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Peter Smerdon of the United Nations World Food Programme about the organization's funding shortages that are making it harder to feed refugees.

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The Female Monks Of Thailand

8:21am January 06, 2018

by Michael Sullivan

There are approximately 200,000 monks in Thailand. None of them are women. Not legally anyway. But there's a growing number of women who are bucking the system.

Responding To The Protests In Iran

8:21am January 06, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Matt Purple of The American Conservative about how the U.S. should respond to the Iran protests.

Russia And Venezuela Plan Cryptocurrencies

8:21am January 06, 2018

Venezuela and Russia announced plans to launch their own cryptocurrencies. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Monica de Bolle of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about why.

A Palestinian man walks near a construction site of a new housing unit in a neighborhood in East Jerusalem known to Jewish settlers as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim. The Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future sta

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Israel Accused Of Revoking Thousands Of Jerusalem Residency Permits From Palestinians

7:01am January 06, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

Human Rights Watch says Israel has revoked the residency papers of at least 14,595 Palestinians in East Jerusalem since Israel captured the territory from Jordan in 1967.

These are some of the books from the study. From left: The Cat That Eats Letters by Ge Jing. The Foolish Old Man Who Removed The Mountain by Cai Feng. The Jar of Happiness by Aisla Burrows.

What's The Difference Between Children's Books In China And The U.S.?

7:00am January 06, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

How much can you tell about a country from its children's books? Some psychology researchers decided to find out.