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Chinese React To 'Unconventional' Rhetoric In U.S. Election

4:27pm August 01, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Zhang Yuanan, a reporter for a Caixan Media, a Chinese news organization. She is covering the U.S. presidential elections for a Chinese audience and she explains how citizens abroad view Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Zika Virus Spreads More Rapidly In Puerto Rico

4:27pm August 01, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with New York Times science and health reporter Donald McNeil Jr. about the status of the Zika epidemic in Puerto Rico. McNeil Jr. reports that while there are around 5,500 confirmed infections, the actual numbers are far greater, and many residents are highly skeptical of the government's actions to combat the virus.

Pope Francis told reporters Sunday that there are violent people in every religion and that if speaking of

Pope Francis Says It Is Wrong To Identify Islam With Violence

3:26pm August 01, 2016

by Jason Slotkin

"I believe that in pretty much every religion there is always a small group of fundamentalists," the pope said during a flight from Poland to Italy.

A photo from 2011 shows buildings ravaged by fighting in Sirte, Libya. Islamic State militants have controlled the city since August 2015. The U.S. military has announced ongoing airstrikes against targets in Sirte.

U.S. Launches Airstrikes Against Islamic State Targets In Libya

2:33pm August 01, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The Pentagon announced it had attacked targets around the ISIS-occupied city of Sirte at the request of the U.N.-backed Libyan Government of National Accord.

University students who belong to indigenous tribes prepare for a ceremony to affirm their ethnic identity. Taiwan's aboriginal tribes arrived thousands of years before Chinese immigrants, but now account for only 2 percent of the population.

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Taiwanese President Issues Country's First Apology To Indigenous People

2:26pm August 01, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

"We have to face the truth," Tsai Ing-wen said to representatives of the native tribes of Taiwan. She said her government offered its "fullest apology" for the treatment of aboriginal Taiwanese.

Quiosque de Refresco do Largo da Sé, in Alfama, Lisbon. More than a century and a half ago, these ornate little kiosks began cropping up in the city's parks and plazas, becoming the heart of public life. But they fell into disrepair and all but disappear

History, Horchata And Hope: How Classic Kiosks Are Boosting Lisbon's Public Life

10:58am August 01, 2016

by The Kitchen Sisters

Ornate refreshment kiosks were once the heart of Lisbon's parks and plazas. They faded away under a dictatorship that discouraged public gatherings. Now they're back to help revitalize the city.

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Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone walks with his wife, Fabiana Flosi, in Singapore in 2014. Flosi's mother was kidnapped in Brazil and held for ransom last month; she's now been freed, police say.

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Brazilian Police Say They've Rescued Mother-In-Law Of Formula 1 Boss

9:46am August 01, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Aparecida Schunck, whose daughter is married to billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, had been kidnapped and held for ransom. Police said Sunday that Schunck had been found unharmed in Sao Paulo.

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Police In Paraguay Find Blinged-Out Prison Cell, Occupied By Drug Lord

9:41am August 01, 2016

The prison cell had been upgraded to a luxury three-room pad with plasma screen TV, library and kitchen.

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Photos reveal Brazilian drug trafficker Jarvis Chimenes Pavao's cell at Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, last week.

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Locked Up In The Lap Of Luxury: One Drug Lord's Decked-Out Cell

9:31am August 01, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Brazilian drug trafficker Jarvis Chimenes Pavao is serving an eight-year sentence in Paraguay. AFP reports that police, investigating an alleged escape plan, found a stylish three-room suite of cells.

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Norway Considers Making Finland Taller For Its Birthday

6:58am August 01, 2016

Finland's highest mountain is Mount Haalti, but the peak is actually in Norway. So, Norway is considering giving the summit over to its relatively flat neighbor. Finland is turning 100.

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