Obama On Russian Hacking: 'We Need To Take Action. And We Will'
President Obama tells NPR in a new interview that the U.S. response to Russia's attempted interference in the 2016 election may be both "explicit" and not.
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'RT America': The One News Outlet For Which Trump Retains An Unexpected Affinity
During the election, Donald Trump gave interviews to 'RT' — an English language network owned by the Russian government. NPR looks at the Trump Camp relationship with the Russian propaganda channel.
U.K. Fertility Clinics Can Now Apply For Licenses To Create 3-Parent Babies
Last year, lawmakers legalized a medical procedure that combines DNA from three people. Now, fertility clinics can apply for a license to practice the technique "in certain, specific cases."
Evacuations Underway In Besieged Eastern Aleppo As Cease-Fire Holds
Wounded fighters, their families and civilians boarded buses for evacuation from the besieged city of Aleppo, Syria. The shaky cease-fire appeared to be holding as the buses began the trip to Idlib
International Rescue Committee Chief Discusses The Latest On Aleppo
Audie Cornish talks with David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, about what his team in Syria is seeing as Aleppo refugees come into Idlib and about his humanitarian concerns.
How Will Rex Tillerson Explain Exxon Mobil's 'Foreign Policy'?
The secretary of state nominee has headed a global oil giant that has sometimes taken positions on Russia and other countries that were at odds with the U.S. government.
A Gang Killed A Guy With Ebola. Will They Agree To Be Quarantined?
In 2015, health workers in Liberia faced a challenge. They had to figure out how to quarantine a street gang that could be spreading Ebola at the height of the epidemic.
No Bitterness Here: Craft Beer Boom Boosts Spain's Hops Growers
When Germany halted exports in WWII, Spanish brewers asked farmers in a town in northern Spain to plant hops. Now, the town produces 99 percent of the country's hops used by the craft beer industry.
In South China Sea Islands, Anti-Aircraft And Radar Systems Emerge In Full Color
Satellite photos show what analysts say is an array of anti-aircraft guns, cruise missile defenses, in nearly identical emplacements on islands created around large reefs.
Powerful Roman Catholic Group Opus Dei Faces Transition After Leader's Death
Bishop Javier Echevarría, who served as a personal secretary to Opus Dei's founder for more than 20 years, was the last link to the first generation of Opus Dei's leadership. He died Monday at age 84.