World News

A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the world’s largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing climate. Read More

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May 18, 2024 • McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are ... Read More

Ask a Financial Pro: The Future Seems Uncertain. What's the Point of Saving for Retirement?

An uncertain future is a major reason to save for retirement ... The amount you save is another element you can control. Sure, your income and ordinary expenses will fluctuate over time ... Read More

NPRWorld

May 17, 2024 • Before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid, Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing "poverty and ... Read More

This is 2024’s new political normal six months from the election

Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee who just falsely accused his opponents of running a “Gestapo” administration, will be back in a New York courtroom on Monday at his criminal trial — ... Read More

Political Issues

Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should ... Just 8% say it is a bad thing, and 22% are unsure. Views are split by political party, but ... Read More

Lede Stories

Private programs can help women access birth control, but can also deprive them of choice. 2 MIN READ Holocaust dramas are everywhere. But they rarely connect with the present A rare total solar ... Read More

Racial Issues News

Sep. 27, 2023 — An ecological theory may help to explain why segregation is so widespread and persistent in US cities, according to a new article. The new way of framing segregation's endurance ... Read More

The US and China Talk Past Each Other on Most Issues, but at Least They’re Still Talking

The US and China Talk Past Each Other on Most Issues, but at Least They’re Still ... in the deeply troubled relationship between the world’s two largest economies that both sides publicly ... Read More

Letters and Politics

Guests: Michael Isikoff is an award-winning Washington investigative journalist and the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story; Hubris: The Inside Story of ... Read More

Netanyahu invokes Passover story, vows increased pressure on Hamas: ‘Let our people go’

Netanyahu’s language referenced the Egyptian pharoah’s biblical refusal to free the enslaved Israelites, a story Jewish people all over the world will retell during holiday meals. Follow along ... Read More

World News

By David Pierson Years of vitriolic rhetoric, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, left Slovakia with bitter political division ... he is now the world’s only professional ... Read More