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Usain Bolt from Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 200-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Usain Bolt's Final 100-Meter Race: 'There He Goes'

4:16pm August 05, 2017

by Tom Goldman

Track and field's greatest sprinter is expected to run his last individual race Saturday in London. Jamaican Usain Bolt says he will retire after dominating his sport for a decade.

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Nearly 1 Million South Sudanese Refugees In Uganda

8:11am August 05, 2017

Uganda is dealing with nearly 1 million refugees from South Sudan who have flooded into the country. Noah Gottschalk of Oxfam America talks with Scott Simon about the situation.

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An Overview Of Venezuela's Descent

8:11am August 05, 2017

In her three years as a reporter for The Associated Press in Venezuela, Hannah Dreier saw the country go from being wealthy to being a country in crisis. She joins NPR's Scott Simon to explain.

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Parisians Go For A Swim

8:11am August 05, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

A canal in Paris has been opened for public swimming for the first time in recent memory, to the delight of families stuck in the city this summer.

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Democracy Advocate Executed In Syria

8:11am August 05, 2017

by Scott Simon

It was reported this week that one of Syria's leading activists for democracy and free speech, Bassel Khartabil Sadafi, was executed by the Syrian government almost two years ago.

Rep. John Duncan On Opposing New Russia Sanctions

8:11am August 05, 2017

All except three members of the House voted for new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea. Rep. John Duncan was one of them. He talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his vote.

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We Miss You: Europol Writes Postcards To Its Most Wanted Fugitives

6:18pm August 04, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

"Don't you miss the taste of real Italian cuisine, prepared with love by someone who really loves you?" Italian police write to a fugitive accused of murder, drug trafficking and robbery.

Donald Tusk, president of the European Council and a former Polish prime minister, arrives at the prosecutor's office in Warsaw to deliver testimony Thursday on the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski.

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'There Is A Question Mark Over Poland's European Future Today'

4:45pm August 04, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

That's how European Council President Donald Tusk casts the bad blood between the country and the European Union, which have been sparring over a host of issues — both political and personal.

Men look at computers in an Internet bar in Beijing in 2015. Even as the government finds new methods to block virtual private networks, providers find ways to go around the blocks.

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Behind China's VPN Crackdown, A 'Game Of Cat And Mouse' Continues

3:26pm August 04, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

Savvy Internet users in China can tunnel under the "Great Firewall" using virtual private networks. Even as the government finds new methods to block VPNs, providers find ways to go around the blocks.

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This composite photo shows former Blackwater guards Dustin Heard (from left), Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough. A federal appeals court has thrown out a murder conviction against Slatten and ordered resentencing of the other three men.

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U.S. Appeals Court Tosses Ex-Blackwater Guard's Conviction In 2007 Baghdad Massacre

3:16pm August 04, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Nicholas Slatten was convicted of murder in connection with the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians and sentenced to life in prison. The court also ordered that three other former guards be resentenced.