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Trump Orders Syria Strikes In Change Of Policy

11:10am April 07, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump ordered a missile strike on a Syrian airfield where the U.S. says planes used in a chemical weapons attack originated. It's a change in policy after espousing nonintervention abroad.

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U.S. Launches Airstrikes At Syrian Air Base

11:10am April 07, 2017

by Tom Bowman

The U.S. launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian military air base in what President Trump called a response to a chemical attack on civilians by the regime of Bashar Assad.

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Dr. Tonatiuh Barrientos Gutierrez, an epidemiologist in Mexico City, jogs near his home in the southern part of the capital. He says it's hard to run on the city's streets.

In Diabetes Fight, Lifestyle Changes Prove Hard To Come By In Mexico

11:10am April 07, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

To curb diabetes, Mexico is trying to get people to cut down on soda, eat more healthful foods and exercise. But changing people's habits is easier said than done.

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Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff Responds To Syria Airstrikes

9:11am April 07, 2017

Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff about the airstrikes on Syria and about the House investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

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Esra'a: Would You Speak Up ... Even If It's Dangerous?

8:59am April 07, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Esra'a is an activist who lives in Bahrain and identifies as queer — which puts her at great risk. Despite that, she's speaking out to build community and empathy within the LGBTQ community.

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Morning News Brief: Trump Orders Syria Airstrikes, Hosts Chinese President

8:11am April 07, 2017

President Trump says he ordered strikes against a Syrian air base in response to a chemical weapons attack ordered by Bashar Assad. Also, Trump met with China's President Xi Jinping.

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Russia Responds To U.S. Airstrikes In Syria

8:11am April 07, 2017

Russians are viewing the U.S. airstrikes in Syria through a completely different lens. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Wall Street Journal Moscow bureau chief Nathan Hodge.

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How The Syria Strikes Affect Relations With Russia

6:44am April 07, 2017

by Tom Bowman

President Trump ordered airstrikes against an air base in Syria Thursday. It could alter relations with Bashar Assad's backer, Russia.

A bakery worker grabs a bags of bread in Caracas, Venezuela, last month. Venezuelan bakeries are the latest industry to find themselves in the cross-hairs of President Nicolas Maduros administration, as bread lines grow in the capital Caracas. The governm

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Venezuela's Bread Wars: With Food Scarce, Government Accuses Bakers Of Hoarding

5:42am April 07, 2017

by John Otis

Authorities control flour, and bakers say there isn't enough. But officials say bakers are diverting flour to more profitable brownies and trying to bring down the government.

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Hungary Forces Asylum Seekers To Border Camp

5:07am April 07, 2017

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Hungary is sending all people seeking asylum to a camp on its border with Serbia to temporarily live in converted shipping containers. Hungary's government says it's to keep out terrorists.