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Global Ripples as U.S. Tariffs Hit a Small Creature: the Shrimp
U.S. import tariffs have had a noticeable impact on the shrimp industry in India, which until recently was a success story. Our correspondent goes t…
8 months, 1 week ago
Medical Innovations on the Battlefield
Along with the terrible cost in human lives, wars often bring rapid technological innovation and the war in Gaza is no different. More Israeli soldi…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Evolving Relationship Between the U.S. and the U.N.
The United Nation is holding its annual General Assembly this month as the organization marks 80 years since its founding. But the body created in t…
8 months, 1 week ago
Israel’s Ground Invasion of Gaza City
Israel says a new phase of the war in Gaza has begun as troops make a push to takeover and occupy Gaza City. We get an update on the offensive. And…
8 months, 1 week ago
Donald Trump’s Roots in Scotland
Ahead of a Presidential visit to the United Kingdom this week, we learn about the heritage of Donald Trump’s mother, who was born and raised in one o…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
India's Honk-Happy Drivers Switch To Even Louder Horns
Indian cities are noisy – very noisy. And now drivers are buying louder horns so they can be heard above the din. But that’s adding to noise pollutio…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Looking Back at the Man Who Helped Shape the U.N.
In the early 1960s, U Thant, a practicing Buddhist from a remote town in Burma, became the first non-Western secretary-general of the United Nations.…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
NATO Shoots Down Russian Drones Over Poland
More than a dozen Russian drones entered the airspace of Poland, triggering NATO to scramble fighter jets to shoot them down. The drones came as part…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Israel Attacks Hamas Leadership in Qatar
For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership. Israel says the target…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Boy Known as “God’s Influencer” Becomes the First Millennial Saint
An Italian boy who died at age fifteen in 2006 becomes the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. He was canonized over the weekend. This saint …
8 months, 3 weeks ago