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Trump To Meet Colombian President Santos At The White House

8:36am May 18, 2017

by John Otis

Amid a huge boom in cocaine production, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos meets with President Trump. Santos will try to convince the U.S. to maintain its support for Colombia's peace process.

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Evaluating India's Radical Experiment In Eliminating High-Value Currency

8:36am May 18, 2017

by Stacey Vanek Smith

India abolished its highest-value currency notes last November, in an effort to rein in hoarders of big bills who evade tax. Six months later, how is it working?

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday speaks to the media following meetings with President Trump at the White House. Hours later, protests at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., would turn violent with his security team accused of brutal

Video Appears To Show Erdogan's Guards Clashing With D.C. Protesters

7:23am May 18, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Video taken outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., shows what looks like President Erdogan's security forces pushing past police and violently breaking up a protest.

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Italian Police Bust Mafia Ring In Large Refugee Center

9:31pm May 17, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Fabrizio Gatti, an investigative reporter for L'Espresso, about the bust of mafia infiltrators of an Italian refugee center supported by a Catholic charity.

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CIA Director Mike Pompeo departs the Capitol on Tuesday after briefing members of the House Intelligence Committee following reports that President Trump shared classified information with two Russian diplomats during a meeting in the Oval Office.

Commentary: How Trump's Information-Sharing Hurts The Intelligence Community

9:11pm May 17, 2017

by Aki Peritz

The U.S. needs friends to fight terrorism, writes former CIA analyst Aki Peritz, and President Trump's actions are making it harder for the intelligence community to do its job.

Rare snail Jeremy with the offspring of its two former suitors.

Tragic Love Triangle Is Sad For Lonely Rare Snail, Still Good For Science

5:12pm May 17, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

A garden snail with a rare genetic condition can't mate with normal snails; scientists launch an international search for a mate; two possible mates are found. But they mate with each other instead.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers a a statement on Iran last month at the State Department.

Trump Administration Upholds Iran Sanctions Waiver, Keeping Nuclear Deal Alive

4:57pm May 17, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.S. will continue to waive some sanctions against Iran, a key aspect of the agreement negotiated by the Obama administration and other world powers.

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Hard Line Challenger Puts Spotlight On Economy In Iranian Presidential Election

4:37pm May 17, 2017

by Peter Kenyon

On Friday, Iran's centrist President Hassan Rouhani stands for a second term in office, facing a hard line cleric most Iranians know little about. Ebrahim Raisi has highlighted economic, not religious, arguments to garner support.

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Erdogan's Security Team Violently Clashes With Kurdish Protesters In Washington

4:37pm May 17, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Ishaan Tharoor, a foreign affairs writer for The Washington Post, about Turkish President Erdogan's visit to Washington, D.C. His bodyguards violently clashed with Kurdish protesters outside of the Turkish Embassy.

Russian President Putin Claims Trump Did Not Reveal Secrets To Officials

4:37pm May 17, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Russian President Vladimir Putin says President Trump didn't reveal any secrets during last week's meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, and Putin said he could provide a record of the conversation to prove it.

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