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Updated 2025-07-02 13:46
Venezuela looks to cyber currency to circumvent US financial sanctions
The leftist leader offered few specifics about the currency launch or how the struggling OPEC member would pull off such a feat, but he declared to cheers that "the 21st century has arrived!"
Yemen's former president assassinated after his last 'dance on the heads of snakes'
The assassination of Yemen's former president was unexpected. An investigator who studied — and met — Ali Abdullah Saleh fills in some of the history of Yemen's most powerful man.
Trump cuts federal protection for two national monuments
Trump shrunk the size of Bears Ears National Monument by more than 80 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by roughly 45 percent by signing two presidential proclamations.
Her job at the mill bought her a new, better life
Acree Bell Lassiter was just 17 when she started working in a textile mill in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Now that mill, like all the mills in her town, is gone.
The Takeaway discusses allegations of harassment and bullying against ex-host John Hockenberry
We take a deeper look into the allegations facing former Takeaway host John Hockenberry.
Levittown and the rise of the American suburb
After World War II, many American GIs wanted to settle down and start families. Businessman Bill Levitt saw a huge business opportunity and helped create a new vision of suburbia.
New research finds that heading the soccer ball may be riskier for women than men
They "found that women tended to have damage to a greater part of their brain and to more discrete areas of the brain than the men who headed the ball the same amount."
Why did passenger pigeons go extinct?
New research into pigeon genetics may provide some clues.
Explore the mysteries of the vascular system in Science Friday's newest 'Macroscope' video
“It's literally like going on a discovery mission every day,” M. Scott Echols says.
Environmental lawyers seek legal rights for the natural world
Instead of treating nature as property under the law, the rights-of-nature movement seeks legal recognition that "nature in all its life forms has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles."
Bio shows how Josephine Baker 'shattered notions' of black artistry
Josephine Baker was a superstar on the French stage. But she was also a member of the French resistance in World War II and an American civil rights activist. A new graphic biography chronicles her many identities.
Bad News Bears For Yeti Hunters
No Bones About It: Neolithic Women Were Very, Very Strong
Trapping A Proton, The Speed of A Muscle, And Switching Attention
Super Strong Robot ‘Muscles’ Inspired By Origami
Alan Alda Wants To Know: ‘What Is Climate?’
In The South, Examining An HIV Epidemic
The World's music features this week: Boubacar Traore, Jyotsna Srikanth, and Elkin Robinson
We feature a unique selection of music on The World. And we put together the highlights for you here.
One small Florida city tries to adapt to climate change, mostly alone
In a state facing facing big challenges from climate change, but where few are facing up to the problem, the small city of Satellite Beach stands out for its aggressive moves to stay ahead of rising seas. But the efforts highlight the limits of what one town can do.
Political unrest erupts as Hondurans await results of disputed election
Election officials are expected to announce the presidential election winner on Friday night, six days after the election.
What's it like inside Riyadh's five-star 'prison?'
Some of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest and most prominent figures are being held inside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, as part of what's being dubbed an anti-corruption crackdown by Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The BBC's Lyse Doucet is the first journalist allowed inside the hotel.
NYC lawyers protest after ICE agents arrest immigrant at Brooklyn courthouse
On Tuesday, ICE agents apprehended 30-year-old Genaro Rojas-Hernandez from inside a courthouse. There have been 40 courthouse arrests across New York City so far this year.
For one immigrant in Florida, a DACA fix would mean 'peace of mind'
Magali Torres, who lives in Florida and is originally from Mexico, is closely watching whether Congress and the White House can agree on a path that will allow her to continue to work legally in the US and worry less about deportation.
What it's like to be an undocumented Hollywood star
Bambadjan Bamba worked hard for years to become a star in Hollywood. Now he's putting it all at risk, because he says he can no longer afford to be silent.
At the epicenter of the Russian election manipulation story, reporters can't report
The continuing investigation into Russian manipulation of the US election has helped fuel a media spat between the two countries.
Since the 2016 campaign, there’s been at least one other person behind the @realDonaldTrump handle
President Donald Trump has tweeted controversial, inflammatory and false information for years. Since 2016, someone else has helped him do it.
Singing in Choctaw, Samantha Crain aims to create new traditions
By singing and writing a song in Choctaw, singer-songwriter Samantha Crain is trying to push the culture past its colonial influence.
To combat the spread of Zika, a nonprofit is using drones and sterile mosquitoes
In partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Insect Pest Control Lab in Vienna, Austria, WeRobotics is testing out the technology and hopes to put it to use in Zika hotspots in Latin America.
'The Palestinian Table' is as much a memoir as a cookbook
Reem Kassis left her Palestinian family behind in Jerusalem, but she's captured their culture and cuisine in her new cookbook.
Britain plays down row with Trump over anti-Muslim tweets
US President Donald Trump after he castigated Prime Minister Theresa May for rebuking him over anti-Muslim tweets, even as individual politicians expressed outrage.
3 key questions about North Korea's new missile capability
Laicie Heeley, host of new PRI podcast Things That Go Boom, answers big questions looming after North Korea successfully launched an ICBM with range to strike the United States.
A lack of clean and safe toilets leaves women vulnerable to rape and attacks
Access to basic sanitation is something we take for granted here in the United States. We usually have access clean and safe facilities when we need it. But in other parts of the world, access to clean and safe toilets is more difficult. And for some women and girls, not having access to private toilets exposes them to attacks and harassment.
Could a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Kim cool tensions between the US and North Korea?
President Nixon's unexpected visit to communist China in 1971 changed its relationship with the US.
Howard Dean says it’s time for his generation of the Democratic Party to move over
Howard Dean believes that the future of the Democratic Party lies in turning out more millennial voters.
Who gets to decide what 'assimilation' means?
Where does Mexican-ness or Haitian-ness end, and American-ness begin?
A year after South Korea passed an anti-corruption law, some businesses say it goes too far
South Korea’s sweeping anti-graft law is meant to eliminate corruption, but some Koreans say it's cutting into the country's gift-giving tradition.
Convicted war criminal drinks 'poison' in court, dies
A Bosnian Croat wartime commander has died after ingesting 'poison' after a verdict was upheld at The Hague.
Trump retweets bigoted, anti-Muslim videos from far-right UK group
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the far-right group,"Britain First is a vile, hate-fueled organization whose views should be condemned."
An Israeli woman traveled to the West Bank so she could be sure she’d have a boy
An Arab Israeli woman with three daughters decided to make sure her next pregnancy would be a boy. So she traveled to the West Bank for a sex selection procedure that is highly regulated in Israel.
Don’t take being American for granted
There is a reason why Western Europe’s loud acceptance of equality hasn't yet made a significant difference in much of the world: because of the US. Like civil rights and the women’s suffrage movement, it is only when America declares the debate closed that it will finally be closed in much of the world. If not legally, then at least culturally.
Trump's first international hotel wants to ditch his name
Owners of the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City are trying to get rid of the Trump name on their property, according to a report by the Associated Press.
So, what is the problem with Apu?
Comedian Hari Kondabolu explains that his new documentary "The Problem with Apu" is not just about a cartoon.
Jamaica wants in on the booming marijuana market. But will farmers be able to cash in?
Jamaica legalized medical marijuana and created a new licensing system to allow farmers to legally grow cannabis for medical, scientific or therapeutic purposes. But the fees are expensive and small farmers say they’re being left by the wayside.
Trump pushes natural gas deal between China and Alaska, but obstacles remain
Alaska has the largest oil field in North America, with an 800-mile pipeline that moves the oil from the far North Slope to Valdez. A proposed deal with China would build a new pipeline to transport natural gas.
The pope may not use the term ‘Rohingya’ during his trip to Myanmar. Here's why.
Pope Francis arrived in Yangon, Myanmar on Monday. The UN and the US have accused the country of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, and the question on many peoples' minds is whether the pope will use the term "Rohingya" to describe the group.
Migrants desperate to flee Libya's detention camps are being turned back at sea
Refugees crammed onto rickety boats for the trip from Libya to Italy are increasingly being intercepted and sent back to Libya.
Understanding Sufi Islam in the wake of the Egypt mosque massacre
The target of the massacre in Egypt on Friday was a Sufi mosque. But just what is a Sufi? And why are they being targeted by apparent ISIS sympathizers?
How a NAFTA repeal would affect Mexican business depends on who you ask
If the US leaves NAFTA, “we might have to go straight to Canada for our supplies,” says a Tijuana brewer.
The US Department of the Interior’s new four-year strategic plan calls for maximizing fossil fuel extraction from public lands
Remember "Drill, baby, drill"? Well, it's back — and this time it's likely to become a reality.
Most bees are solitary animals, and 4 other surprising bee facts
Bee researcher Shalene Jha dishes on the secret life of bees.
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