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Family Of Pakistani Exchange Student Killed In Shooting Says She Wanted To Be A Diplomat

4:20pm May 21, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

One of the victims of the school shooting last Friday was a Pakistani exchange student. She came from a country where militants have attacked schools and killed students. And so her killing in the U.S. shocked many people in Pakistan.

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Doctors Without Borders staff enter an Ebola security zone at the entrance of the Wangata Reference Hospital in Mbandaka, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Experimental Ebola Vaccinations, Considered 'Paradigm Shift,' Begin In Congo

4:04pm May 21, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The vaccine is still unlicensed but has passed drug trials with flying colors. Authorities have begun administering thousands of doses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to fight the outbreak.

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Accused Of Sorcery And Murdered In Public: Papua New Guinea Grapples With Violence

2:14pm May 21, 2018

by Durrie Bouscaren

The South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea is grappling with a spate of attacks on people accused of sorcery. The government is trying to deal with the problem. But traditions die hard.

Hate crimes are on the rise in Poland. In response, a new YouTube video aspires to foster tolerance by having people from marginalized groups bake and sell bread to customers at a Warsaw bakery. Above, some of the loaves baked and handed out as part of th

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Video Campaign Aims To Unify Poland Through The Power Of Bread

1:04pm May 21, 2018

by Olga Mecking

Hate crimes are on the rise in Poland. In response, a new YouTube video aspires to foster tolerance by having people from marginalized groups bake and sell bread to customers at a Warsaw bakery.

Pompeo Threatens 'Strongest Sanctions In History' Against Iran

12:01pm May 21, 2018

In a speech on Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. will impose strong sanctions against Iran if a long list of demands is not met.

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Is Sleeping With Your Baby As Dangerous As Doctors Say?

11:59am May 21, 2018

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Many doctors in the U.S. say the practice puts an infant at risk of sleep-related death. A close look at the research reveals a different picture.

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Sessions Intervenes In Salvadoran Woman's Asylum Case

11:57am May 21, 2018

by Joel Rose

Trump's administration is moving to limit who can get asylum in the U.S. Attorney General Sessions has intervened in a Carolina woman's case, questioning whether she and others deserve protection.

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In this photo released by the National Electoral Institute (INE), presidential candidates ( from left) independent Jaime Rodriguez, known as "El Bronco," Ricardo Anaya of the Forward for Mexico Coalition, Jose Antonio Meade, of the Institutional Revolutio

Mexican Presidential Hopefuls Debate Relations With Trump And U.S.

10:49am May 21, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In the second of three debates ahead of July 1 elections, four candidates vying for the presidency talked about relations with Washington and how to deal with the U.S. president.

This is one of the last pictures taken of Adolf Hitler in his bunker in Berlin in 1945 as he shakes hands with General Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner.

French Researchers: Hitler Really Did Die In The Bunker In 1945

10:12am May 21, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Conspiracy theories have abounded for years about the fate of the Fuhrer, ranging from his escape to Argentina aboard a German U-boat to living out his days at a secret Nazi moon base.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, wave to supporters at the presidential palace in Caracas on Sunday after election officials declared his victory.

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Venezuela's Maduro Wins Boycotted Elections Amid Charges Of Fraud

9:14am May 21, 2018

by Scott Neuman

NPR's Philip Reeves, reporting from Caracas, says many voting stations around the capital were nearly empty despite the government's claim of a nearly 50 percent turnout.