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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sits for an interview with NPR on Wednesday.

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  • Middle East

U.S. Ambassador Huckabee is 'outraged' at European leaders for condemning Israel

In an interview with NPR, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.K., Canada and France were "blaming the wrong perpetrator," and that Hamas is responsible for the suffering in Gaza.

May 21, 2025
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Afrikaner refugees from South Africa arrive, Monday, May 12, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va.

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  • Religion

Why Baptists in North Carolina agreed to resettle Afrikaners as refugees

Despite controversy over Afrikaners' refugee status, a Baptist ministry says they have a religious duty to help settle them in the U.S.

May 21, 2025
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  • Yonat Shimron
Norway's chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gestures during a game in the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata on Nov. 17, 2024.

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  • Series: Join The Game

Team World manages a draw in marathon chess showdown against grandmaster Magnus Carlsen

Carlsen squared off against 143,000 players from around the world — but the chess grandmaster was unable to clinch a victory over Team World.

May 21, 2025
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  • Alana Wise

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  • World

Greetings from Afrin, Syria, where Kurds danced their hearts out to celebrate spring

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

May 21, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) (R), departs a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump joined conservative House lawmakers to help push through their budget bill after it advanced through the House Budget Committee on Sunday evening.

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  • News

South African president visits the U.S. And, GOP divided over Trump's tax bill

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet President Trump today in an attempt to reset relations between the two countries. And, House Republicans are divided over Trump's massive bill.

May 21, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to journalists during the eighth EU-South Africa summit in Cape Town, South Africa, in March.

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  • Africa

South Africa's president heads to the White House. Can he charm Trump?

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa heads to the White House today for conciliatory talks with one of his country's most persistent critics: President Trump.

May 21, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
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
Crime scene investigators work at the site where the personal secretary and an advisor to Mexico City's mayor were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Tristan Velazquez)

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  • Latin America

The personal secretary and adviser to Mexico City's mayor are shot dead

Mexico's president condemned the killings and said there would not be impunity. She said she was not aware of any threats against the mayor.

May 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a reception following the UK-EU summit, in London on Monday.

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  • Europe

U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions

Pressure from close allies is mounting on Israel following a nearly three-month blockade of supplies into Gaza. Even the United States has voiced concerns over the hunger crisis.

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
Author Banu Mushtaq (left) and translator Deepa Bhasthi won this year's International Booker Prize, for the book <em>Heart Lamp.</em><strong> </strong>

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  • Books

'Heart Lamp' wins International Booker, with stories of India's Muslim women and girls

The major writing prize awards the best fiction translated into English. Judges called Banu Mushtaq's short story collection "something genuinely new for English readers."

May 20, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

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  • World

Marco Rubio defends foreign affairs cuts and Trump's Russia talks in Senate hearing

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending major cuts in the foreign affairs budget as he testifies on Tuesday before the Senate committee where he used to serve.

May 20, 2025
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  • Michele Kelemen
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone with 9th-grader Arina Porkhal from Gorlovka, Donetsk region, a participant in the charity event "Yolka Zhelaniy" ('Christmas Tree Wish'), fulfilling children's Christmas wishes, in Moscow on Jan. 7, 2025.

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  • News

Tornado outbreak concerns grow in U.S. And, Hamas-Israel talks hit impasse

Many Kentucky residents are bracing for storms as they recover from deadly weather over the weekend. And, the latest on negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

May 20, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the center-right Social Democratic Party Luis Montenegro gestures while addressing his supporters following Portugal's general election, in Lisbon on Monday.

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  • Europe

Portugal's election falls short of ending political instability. Here's what to know

Sunday's vote delivered another minority government for the center-right party. The significant rise in support for the hard-right populist party adds uncertainty.

May 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A Honduran migrant who returned voluntarily from the United States walks after arriving at Ramon Villeda Morales Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Monday.

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  • World

U.S. sends 68 migrants back to Honduras and Colombia in first voluntary deportation

Experts believe the self-deportation offer will only appeal to a small portion of migrants already considering return, but unlikely to spur high demand.

May 20, 2025
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