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Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chairperson Park Sun Young (right) comforts adoptee Yooree Kim during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, March 26.

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  • Asia

South Korea halted its adoption fraud investigation. Adoptees still demand the truth

The suspension of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission raises questions about future efforts to investigate the country's foreign adoption program.

May 06, 2025
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  • Se Eun Gong
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.

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  • Latin America

El Salvador president orders arrest of bus company heads for defying free ride policy

Bukele had announced that all bus fares for a week would be completely free due to construction the government was carrying out on one of the main highways running through San Salvador.

May 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves after high-level talks on Ukraine and its security, at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris Thursday, April 17.

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  • Politics

Trump diminishing 'own scope of control' with Rubio in dual roles, says John Bolton

Marco Rubio serving as both Secretary of State and national security adviser could be "ultimately disadvantageous" to President Trump, says former adviser John Bolton.

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Obed Manuel
Palestinians receive bags of flour and other humanitarian aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.

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  • News

Why Israel plans to limit life-saving aid into Gaza. And, Diddy's trial begins today

Israel's cabinet approved a plan to limit the way life-saving aid is distributed in Gaza. And, Diddy's trial begins today wth jury selection.

May 05, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers conduct a search and rescue operation at one of the two passenger boats capsized in Qianxi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province on Monday, May 5, 2025.

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  • Asia

Tourist boats capsize in sudden storm in southwest China, leaving 10 dead

More than 80 people fell into a river when strong winds hit the scenic area in Guizhou province late Sunday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV said.

May 05, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Ivan Sarancha, 18, who left Luhansk after 11 years of living under occupation, stands in front of a memorial for the fallen at Maidan Square — where the pro-Europe uprising known as the "Revolution of Dignity" took place in February 2014 — in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 26.

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  • Europe

How this teen fled Russian occupation and became a hero in Ukraine

An 18-year-old from Russian-occupied Luhansk tells NPR how and why he escaped to Kyiv.

May 04, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Kateryna Malofieieva
Lady Gaga performs during a massive free show at Copacabana Beach on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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  • World

Brazilian police say they prevented a bomb attack at the free Lady Gaga concert

Police say they arrested two people involved. The target was a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, which drew more than 2 million people to Copacabana Beach on Saturday night.

May 04, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
FILE - An employee watches an electronic signboard displaying the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at the lounge of Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 21, 2024.

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  • Europe

Kidnappers in France target cryptocurrency entrepreneurs for ransom

French police say they rescued the father of a wealthy crypto entrepreneur, the second ransom case linked to the crypto world this year.

May 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli security forces inspect the site where the Israeli military said a projectile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels landed in the area of Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday, May 4, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Houthi missile strike at Israel airport halts flights ahead of key vote on Gaza war

Israel said it would retaliate after four people were injured and flights temporarily suspended.

May 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attends her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, April 2, 2025.

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  • World

Mexico's president says she rejected Trump's plan to send US troops across the border

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but she rejected it.

May 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Workers have completed the installation of the chimney on top of the Vatican building in Rome, Italy. The color of the chimney smoke will give hints to the public about how the papal selection process is going.

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  • Europe

The Vatican installs chimney to signal the selection of the next pope

Ahead of the election of the next pope, a chimney was installed atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday, which will help notify the public of the 267th pope.

May 03, 2025
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  • Clare Marie Schneider
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (center), his partner Jodie Haydon and son Nathan react as they meet the party faithful after winning a second term following the general election in Sydney on Saturday.

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  • World

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heads to a second 3-year term

Albanese was the first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years. He suggested his government had boosted its majority by not modeling itself on the Trump administration.

May 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
An axolotl, also known as a Mexican salamander, is pictured at a shop in Paris.

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  • Science

Captive-bred axolotls thrive in Mexican wetlands, researchers find

The cartoonish-looking salamanders have faced an uncertain future in the wild. But researchers hope that breeding axolotls in captivity and releasing them in the wild can help their numbers.

May 03, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Tim Friede, pictured here with a water cobra, exposed himself to snake venom over decades. Scientists say they have now made a broadly effective antivenom with the help of his antibodies.

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  • Global Health

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.

May 02, 2025
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  • Ari Daniel
The receptionist desk sits empty at Radio Free Asia, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

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  • News

Radio Free Asia announces mass layoffs amid funding fight with Trump administration

Radio Free Asia is laying off about 90 percent of its staff. It says it can no longer pay people after its funding was cut off by the Trump administration.

May 02, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
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