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A prominent Hong Kong democracy activist, Joshua Wong, has pleaded guilty to a charge of colluding with foreign interests under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
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In the new movie It Ends, four twentysomethings find themselves stuck on an endless road — literally. Filmmaker Alex Ullom says his sensibilities were shaped by growing up online.
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A leading Palestinian writer has secretly moved his archives from the Israeli-occupied West Bank to Scotland, to save it from the risk of destruction in Israeli military operations.
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South Korea's government is trying to keep religious groups from interfering in politics. The case of one Korean pastor has attracted attention at the highest levels of the U.S. government.
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Chief Justice John Roberts says he's thinking about how to dial back extra-long oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
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As momentum builds to recover artworks stolen during World War Two by the Nazis, researchers have created an AI chatbot that aims to trace the ownership and location history of works of art.
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Chevron is expanding its current operations in Venezuela. The deal expands the company's footprint at a time of political and economic uncertainty in Venezuela.
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NPR's "It's Been a Minute" podcast explores the complexities of adults who wind up having to care for aging parents with whom they may have had a fraught or even abusive child relationship.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Pastor Carl Ruby of Central Chistian Church in Springfield, Ohio about the death of 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel, who died after being struck by a truck on the interstate.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with economist Justin Wolfers of the University of Michigan about what's going on with the bond market — and why it matters to everyday people.