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Vendors hawking food and flotation devices wait for visitors at Lido beach in Mogadishu on Nov. 10, 2025. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — This week, after saying he was cutting down on immigration from "third world countries" in the wake of the

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk prior to an informal dinner at Modi's residence in New Delhi on Thursday, the first day of the Russian leader's two-day state visit to India. ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/POOL / AFP via Getty Images hide

Women breastfeed their babies while waiting to have them vaccinated against malaria in a district in Ivory Coast. Malaria is a major cause of death for children under 5. Sia Kambou/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sia Kambou/AFP/via Getty Images One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone.

Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris (left) and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox (right) were fired by President Trump early this year. A panel of judges at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals says the firings were lawful. Mike Scarcella/Reuters; FM Archive / Alamy Stock Photo hide caption toggle caption Mike Scarcella/Reuters;

The fines were for violations including what the EU calls a misleading use of the blue check mark on users' profiles. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images The European Union has announced a fine of $140 million against Elon Musk's X, the social media platform formerly known

President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth look on. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration has set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as

Members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are seen during a meeting at CDC headquarters on December 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Ga. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images In a historic vote, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisers recommended narrowing the agency's hepatitis B immunization

A voter casts an in-person early ballot for the 2024 general election at the Northwest Activities Center on October 29, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images As we approach the end of 2025 and the one-year-mark of President Trump's second term, NPR wants

Relations have soured between former allies Afghanistan and Pakistan since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Afghanistan and Pakistan’s forces have exchanged heavy fire along their border as tensions between the South Asian neighbours escalate after peace talks in Saudi Arabia failed to produce a breakthrough. Officials from both sides said the skirmishes broke

New York Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks after pleading not guilty outside the United States District Court, on Oct. 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. John Clark/AP hide caption toggle caption John Clark/AP The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous