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What a Long Lost Typewriter Says About Chinese Culture
A typewriter recently discovered in a basement in upstate New York holds important clues about the origins of Chinese computing. And brings up questi…
9 months ago
Nigeria's Farmers Face Rising Attacks Amid Land Disputes
In the fertile central region, the fights between herders and farmers for land access has become violent. We go to one village where over 160 people…
9 months ago
China Works to Dominate in AI and EV
The reality of China's efforts to lead in two important tech sectors. In artificial intelligence, control of the data needed to train new models coul…
9 months, 1 week ago
A Dangerous Quest for Food in Gaza
An NPR journalist in Gaza describes his harrowing experience seeking food from a distribution site run by private American contractors. He found hims…
9 months, 1 week ago
A Crackdown Inside Iran
With a shaky truce between Israel and Iran holding, activists say the Iranian government is hunting for people it suspects of collaborating with Isra…
9 months, 1 week ago
Russia's Largest Bombardment of Ukraine
Russia attacked Ukraine with over 500 drones and missiles over the weekend, it was the largest air assault since the Russia's full-scale invasion of …
9 months, 1 week ago
How Russia Sees Itself in the World
Ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the majority of western countries have been working to marginalize Russia by imposing …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Evita Sings for the People in London; Gangs in Peru Target Schools
As part of a broader crime wave in Peru that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, gangs have begun targeting private schools in poorer neighborhoods f…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Germany Rearms
NATO is wrapping up it's meeting and most members are pledging to increase defense spending to counter threats posed by Russia. Among the countries e…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
A Possible Iran-Israel Ceasefire and Why China is Watching the War Closely
President Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on social media and the agreement was immediately tested. We'll hear the latest. And Ch…
9 months, 2 weeks ago