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Fantasy And Childlike Wonder Are Among Common Themes In Places People Long For

4:47pm April 17, 2018

The German word "fernweh" translates to "farsickness": a longing for a place you've never been. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Eric Grundhauser of Atlas Obscura about fernweh and the common threads of our desires for far-flung places.

A mosquito's antenna responds to odors. Scientists are trying to figure out how the malaria parasite might trigger a change in body odor that draws in mosquitoes that carry the disease, like the Anopheles skeeter pictured above.

What You Learn When You Put Smelly Socks In Front Of Mosquitoes

4:46pm April 17, 2018

by Rina Shaikh-Lesko

Researchers are trying to figure out what makes a mosquito more likely to bite people infected with malaria.

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China Says It Will Follow Through With Promises To Open Up Market To Foreign Automakers

4:25pm April 17, 2018

by Sonari Glinton

China has announced it will take steps to make good on promises to open up to foreign automakers. In coming years, it will ease longstanding rules that were barriers for car companies like Tesla, Volkswagen and GM seeking a foot-hold in China.

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Syrian authorities distribute bread, vegetables and pasta to residents on Monday in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria.

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Syria Says Chemical Weapons Watchdog Group Has Entered Douma

3:47pm April 17, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons would not confirm whether its inspectors have entered Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this month.

Motal cheese is a fresh goat's milk cheese made primarily in remote mountain areas in Armenia.

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Armenia's Ancient Motal Cheese Makes Its Way Into The Modern Age

3:19pm April 17, 2018

by Laura Kiniry

A college student gives a commercially extinct cheese from Armenia a shot at new life, and tourists in a remote mountainous region of the tiny country get a taste of something unique and regional.

A man confronts Armenian riot police officers during an opposition rally Monday in the capital, Yerevan. Thousands of people gathered to protest a move by the ex-president to maintain his hold on power.

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Amid Protests, Armenian Lawmakers Preserve Ex-President's Place In Power

3:19pm April 17, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The parliament overwhelmingly elected Serzh Sargsyan prime minister Tuesday. But demonstrators are rejecting the move as a de facto third term for a man who has already governed for a decade.

South African comic Loyiso Madinga in Newtown, Johannesburg.

How Funny Is The New Africa Correspondent for Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show'?

12:26pm April 17, 2018

by Shoks Mnisi Mzolo

Comedian Loyiso Madinga delivers politics with a punchline in his segments for the Africa version of the Comedy Central program.

A field of recently-sprouted grain sorghum in Lyford, Texas, shown in a photograph from May 2013. In the latest salvo of a growing trade war, China announced a temporary 179 percent tariff on the U.S. crop.

In Latest Trade Salvo, China Imposes 179 Percent Tariff On U.S. Sorghum

8:05am April 17, 2018

China's Commerce Ministry says the preliminary finding of a two-month anti-dumping investigation found that imports of the U.S. cereal grain have been unfairly subsidized.

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Japan's Shinzo Abe Travels To U.S. Amid Scandals At Home

8:05am April 17, 2018

by Elise Hu

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is traveling to the U.S. to meet with President Trump. Beyond tensions between the two allies, Abe faces scandals back home.

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The Challenges Of Weapons Inspections In Syria

8:05am April 17, 2018

Inspectors haven't yet been to Douma, where the Syrian regime allegedly carried out a chemical attack. Noel King talks with former weapons inspector Jerry Smith, who worked in Syria in 2013.

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