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What to know about President Trump’s Board of Peace
In the past year, President Trump has often threatened or turned to military force. Yet he likes to present himself as a peacemaker, and that include…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
What have U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats accomplished?
Despite dozens of lethal U.S. strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, figures show drug flows to the U.S. continue to…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
A thorny ethical question: should sperm samples taken from fallen soldiers be used?
In Israel, families whose sons have died in the war in Gaza have the option of having sperm samples retrieved for future offspring. Many have agreed…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Oil, dollars and daily survival: the strange state of Venezuela’s economy
Dollars are trickling back into Venezuela, they’re the proceeds from the oil seized and by the U.S. That is helping to stabilize runaway prices in V…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The promise and frustration of a future economic powerhouse on Africa’s west coast
The booming population along coastal corridor from the cities Lagos to Abidjan has the potential to be a bustling West African economic engine, tied …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
India’s black market for human eggs
We meet a woman in India who estimates she has dozens of biological children. And she says there are many more women like her, because India has a t…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
How have global relationships with the U.S. changed in the last year?
It has been a year since President Donald Trump took office for his second term. And in that year many relationships between the United States and c…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The unfinished story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain
In 1955, Ruth Ellis was hanged for killing her abusive partner, a scandal that gripped the nation. But the murder investigation was flawed and incom…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
What is the path forward for Venezuela?
About two weeks ago, the United States military captured Venezuela’s president, Nicholas Maduro. Since then President Trump has spoken to Venezuela’…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The ceasefire in Gaza enters the next phase. What does that mean?
President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, says the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is beginning. He said “phase…
6 months ago