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Saudi Arabia Ends Its Widely Criticized Ban On Female Drivers

6:37am June 25, 2018

Over the weekend in Saudi Arabia, a ban was lifted and woman are allowed to drive. There are only a few driver's ed courses for women in the country, so many Saudi women still have to go to school.

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Opposition Disputes Turkish President Erdogan's Victory Claims

5:53am June 25, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey's incumbent president won re-election in snap elections that he had called for more than a year ahead of schedule. Critics say it's part of a blatant power grab.

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Why International Adoption Cases In The U.S. Have Plummeted

5:53am June 25, 2018

by Ashley Westerman

Between the 1950s and mid-2000s international adoptions in the U.S. climbed. But after 2004, there was a sudden drop off. We explore the history of American families adopting children from abroad.

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News Brief: President Trump's Immigration Approach

5:24am June 25, 2018

Trump's ramped up rhetoric occurs as agencies scramble to implement his executive order. The focus on immigration may be diverting resources from addressing Trump's core concerns about drug smuggling.

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Hessah al-Ajaji drives down the busy Tahlia Street after midnight for the first time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, June 24, 2018.

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Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On Women Drivers

7:20pm June 24, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The country allowed women to drive for the first time on Sunday, ending its widely-criticized ban on women drivers.

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Saudi Women Can Finally Drive, As Ban Is Lifted

5:29pm June 24, 2018

Saudi Arabia has lifted its ban on women driving. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Time magazine's Aryn Baker who's been out on a ride with some of the first women drivers.

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In the Sochi Olympic Park, the Bolshoy Ice Dome is seen behind the Olympic flame cauldron, which now has a singing fountain that performs for tourists after sunset. The 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, was the most expensive Olympics in history.

#Sochifornia: Locals Say 2014 Olympics Helped Sochi Shed Its Soviet Sheen

5:29pm June 24, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

One of the World Cup hosts, Sochi is known for the 2014 Games, the most expensive Olympics in history. Now Instagram culture has dubbed it #Sochifornia — as in, Russia's answer to California.

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Turkey Elections: Erdogan And Rival Ince Face Off

5:29pm June 24, 2018

Turkey votes Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections that could indicate what path the contentious U.S. ally takes for the future.

Mohamed Coulibaly, watches France's World Cup match against Peru at the Sarcelles A.A.S. complex on June 21. Coulibaly is the director of the soccer program at the club.

France's World Cup Team Brings Positive Attention To Suburban Fans

1:01pm June 24, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Eight of France's World Cup team come from the suburbs of big cities — non-white areas known for poverty. France won in 1998 with a multi-ethnic team, bringing hope, but not much has changed since.

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The train known as "The Beast" passes by the Sagrada Familia shelter in Apizaco, Mexico. For many migrants, the train is the next step in their journey north.

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Migrants Are Stuck In Mexico With Violence Back Home And 'Zero Tolerance' In The U.S.

12:47pm June 24, 2018

A Honduran mother of two, who is pregnant with a third, remains in a Mexico City shelter after hearing of the U.S. family separation policy.