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The screens show the foreign exchange rates at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday.

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World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs

Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.

May 29, 2025
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shown testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Asia

Rubio says U.S. will 'aggressively' revoke visas for many Chinese students

The announcement to revoke visas is the most drastic move yet to curtail the numbers of international students studying in the U.S.

May 29, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
Mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record after climbing Mount Everest for the 31st time. He's seen here last year, acknowledging a crowd that celebrated his then-record 30th summit of Everest.

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55-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record: climbing Mount Everest 31 times

Kami Rita Sherpa first climbed to the top of the world's highest mountain in 1994. He has climbed Everest nearly every year since the 1990s — sometimes more than once in a single season.

May 28, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
Xi Jinping, left, with his father Xi Zhongxun in 1958.

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In 'The Party's Interests Come First,' Joseph Torigian tries to understand Xi Jinping through his father

In his forthcoming book, The Party's Interests Come First, American University professor Joseph Torigian writes about Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongxun, a noted Chinese politician himself.

May 28, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in southern China's Guangdong province on April 17.

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  • Asia

Despite the pause on high tariffs, Chinese factories still face high uncertainty

A 90-day pause on triple-digit U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods has left exporters and importers in a high state of uncertainty. Factory owners in China tell NPR that orders are down overall.

May 27, 2025
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  • Emily Feng and
  • Aowen Cao
The flag of Japan (right) hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange on May 5, 2008, in honor of Ryozo Kato, the ambassador of Japan to the United States at the time, ringing the opening bell.

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  • Opinion

Why Japan sees President Trump's tariffs as a 'national crisis'

Although largely paused, President Trump's tariffs present a major threat to Japan's already flagging economy.

May 27, 2025
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  • Robert Ward
Women walk past a damaged house in Bandipora, India, on April 27. Following the April 22 attack that killed at least 26 people, India ordered Pakistani nationals to leave the country and Indian security forces demolished houses linked to active militants across Kashmir, according to officials.

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  • World

A family in Indian-administered Kashmir fears being split apart after militant attack

The husband is from India. The wife is from Pakistan. Their son is Indian and daughters are Pakistani. India blames Pakistan for an April militant attack in Kashmir and ordered Pakistanis to leave.

May 22, 2025
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  • Bilal Kuchay and
  • Omkar Khandekar
Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto, center, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

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  • Asia

Japan's agriculture minister resigns after his remark about not having to buy rice

Japan's agriculture minister resigned because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice." The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of rice.

May 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician examines overseas parcels after they were scanned at the agency's overseas mail inspection facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Feb. 23, 2024.

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  • Economy

Trump has imposed a lot of tariffs. But here's why collecting them can be hard

Collecting Trump's tariffs could be tricky. The agencies that screen imports say they're frequently overwhelmed and understaffed, and experts say exporters are becoming cannier at evading taxes.

May 20, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
The Chamatkarik Shree Hanumanji Mandir in the old city of Ahmedabad, in western India, is seen by worshippers as a place where prayers to obtain visas to Western countries are answered.

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  • Asia

Indians still pray at 'visa temples' after the U.S. deported migrants in chains

Hindu temples offer prayers for a path to the U.S. But some in India were stunned by the way the U.S. deported Indians despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's friendship with President Trump.

May 19, 2025
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Omkar Khandekar
Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co arrives on a wheelchair at Bang Sue Police Station in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday to surrender to police on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake.

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  • Asia

Construction magnate surrenders to police over Bangkok tower collapse in earthquake

Ninety-two people were confirmed dead in the rubble of the building. The building was the only one in Thailand to collapse in the earthquake that was centered in neighboring Myanmar.

May 16, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific genetic adaptations connected to cold tolerance and blood pressure.

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  • Science

The all-female free divers of Jeju Island have a 'superpower' in their genes

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like they have a superpower," says one of the researchers.

May 15, 2025
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  • Ari Daniel

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  • World

Greetings from Dharamshala, India, where these Tibetan kids were having the best time

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots capturing moments from their lives and work in places around the world.

May 14, 2025
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  • Diaa Hadid
In this file photo, Rodrigo Duterte (left) takes his oath as president of the Philippines before Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes during inauguration ceremony in Malacanang Palace, June 30, 2016 in Manila. Holding the bible is Duterte's daughter Veronica, while his other children look on.

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  • Asia

Detained Philippines ex-President Duterte wins mayoral race in his home city

Duterte's youngest son, Sebastian, the incumbent mayor of Davao, was declared Davao vice mayor. His eldest son, Paolo, was reelected as a member of the House of Representatives, and two grandsons won in local races, an indication of the family's continued influence.

May 14, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A vendor pushes his cart across a road in Srinagar on Monday. The frontier between India and Pakistan had the "first calm night in recent days," the Indian army said on May 12, after a weekend ceasefire.

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  • World

India-Pakistan ceasefire holds for a 2nd day

The ceasefire has halted what some analysts say was the most serious fighting between the two countries since a 1971 war. But India's recent suspension of a key water-sharing treaty remains in place.

May 12, 2025
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  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Bilal Kuchay
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