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Trump Officials Calm Allies' Worries About U.S. Commitment To Europe

8:17am March 03, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to former NATO commander General Philip Breedlove, who says Europeans seem to have gotten the administration's message that they need to spend more on their own defense.

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Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak arrives before President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

Sessions Revelations Put 'Quiet, Behind-The-Scenes' Russian Envoy In Spotlight

7:14pm March 02, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Jeff Sessions, now attorney general, met twice last year with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's U.S. ambassador. This has raised more questions about contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

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Ousted former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters last year from his hospital room in Cairo, Egypt.

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Egypt's Longtime Dictator Acquitted Over 2011 Protester Deaths

6:40pm March 02, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

It was once called the "trial of the century" in Egyptian media. But during the six years since it started, Egypt has seen a dramatic shift in its political landscape.

Lilianne Ploumen is a government minister in the Netherlands. "I was in a position to do something," she says of her decision to start the "She Decides" initiative.

$190 Million Raised To Fill Aid Gap Left By Trump's Abortion Rule

5:23pm March 02, 2017

by Nurith Aizenman

When the president took action to block U.S. foreign aid funding of groups linked to abortion, a Dutch government official started fundraising.

Old Penicillin Mold Auctioned For More Than $14,000

5:22pm March 02, 2017

An auction house in London has sold a dish containing a sample of the original mold that made Penicillin for over $14,000.

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The Capitol of Puerto Rico, Capitolio de Puerto Rico, in San Juan. Puerto Rico is under federal control, but isn't allowed voting representation in Congress, and residents can't vote for president.

Puerto Ricans Reflect On A Century Of (Limited) Citizenship

5:04pm March 02, 2017

by Greg Allen

People born in Puerto Rico have been counted as U.S. citizens since 1917, but residents of the island can't vote for president and don't have voting representation in Congress.

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The Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing in 2016. The Chinese government has released its first paper on cyber policy, which defends state control of Internet access in the country.

China Describes Its Vision Of Government-Controlled Internet

4:42pm March 02, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

In its first cyber policy paper, the Chinese government emphasize the idea that each country should govern the Internet as it sees fit, and insisted that the Internet in China is "fully open."

Abraham Poincheval waves Wednesday as he exits the two halves of the rock in which he was entombed in Paris for a week.

'I'm A Little Dazed, Which ... Is Totally Normal After One Week Living In A Rock'

4:38pm March 02, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Those are the words uttered by French performance artist Abraham Poincheval upon leaving the boulder in which he'd entombed himself for seven days. It was Poincheval's latest artwork of endurance.

Puerto Rico Celebrates 100 Years Of U.S. Citizenship

4:35pm March 02, 2017

by Greg Allen

It's been 100 years since President Woodrow Wilson signed a law making Puerto Ricans U.S. citizens. But it's a limited form of citizenship. Island residents can't cast ballots for president and don't have voting representation in Washington, D.C. A referendum to change Puerto Rico's political status is set for June.

Puerto Rican Migrants Search For Identity In Massachusetts

4:35pm March 02, 2017

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

For Puerto Ricans, the question of statehood and their status as American citizens makes identity a complicated topic. One Puerto Rico woman living in western Massachusetts talks about this tension.