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Guatemalan Woman's Death Symbolizes Risks Migrants Take To Get To The U.S.

6:50am June 04, 2018

by Maria Martin

A 22-year-old accountant was buried over the weekend in her village in Guatemala. She was trying to enter the U.S. to pursue further education when she was killed by a U.S. border patrol agent.

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Trade Talks In Beijing End With No Deal Between U.S. And China

6:50am June 04, 2018

The U.S. and China concluded a weekend of trade talks in Beijing with tough talk and little more. Noel King talks to William Zarit, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.

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Protesters Demonstrate Against Economic Measures Proposed In Jordan

6:45am June 04, 2018

by Jane Arraf

Protesters were out in cities across Jordan demonstrating against IMF-backed austerity measures that include a new income tax. In the capital Amman, protesters are demanding a new government.

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Ben Lecomte hopes to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean. He leaves on Tuesday from the coast of Japan for a six-month journey.

To Raise Awareness For Climate Change, 50-Year-Old Makes Bid To Swim Across Pacific

6:41pm June 03, 2018

Ben Lecomte is the first person to try to swim across the Pacific Ocean. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to him from Choshi, Japan, before he departs to attempt the 5,500-mile journey.

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A tribute is projected onto the side of London Bridge to mark one year since a deadly vehicle-and-knife attack.

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London Marks 1 Year Since Bridge Attack That Killed 8

5:03pm June 03, 2018

by Wynne Davis

People observed a minute of silence for the eight who were killed a year ago during the deadly vehicle and knife attack. Britain's threat level is expected to remain severe for two years.

Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, listens during a news conference at the closing of the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting.

U.S. Allies Rebuke Trump Administration's Trade Actions At G7 Meeting

12:08pm June 03, 2018

by Wynne Davis

In a joint statement from the six non-U.S. finance ministers, the group expressed "unanimous concern and disappointment" with the latest trade actions from the Trump administration.

Mohammed Saqar, photographed in 2010. "I become very happy when I see that she's happy and she's fine," he says of Dana.

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A Longtime Israeli-Palestinian Friendship Falls Apart

11:03am June 03, 2018

"It's difficult for him to ... not see me as an Israeli who is causing all this pain to him and his family," says Dana Levy, who became friends with Mohammed Saqar of Gaza when they were teens.

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Dozens Killed In Protests In Nicaragua

8:23am June 03, 2018

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Xiomara Diaz, a restaurant owner in Nicaragua, about the country's continued civil unrest and the recent deadly violence there. Protesters want the president to resign.

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The Realities Of MS-13

8:23am June 03, 2018

David Kennedy, a criminal justice professor at John Jay College, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro what we know about the international criminal gang MS-13 compared with President Trump's statements.

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What China Wants On Trade And North Korea

8:14am June 03, 2018

What does China want out of trade negotiations with the U.S. and U.S. negotiations with North Korea? Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Yun Sun of the Stimson Center.