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People react after hearing the news that President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 4, 2025.

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  • Asia

South Korea's president removed from office over ill-fated declaration of martial law

South Korea's Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up an election to replace him.

April 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Russian and US flags are seen at the US Embassy in central Moscow on November 5, 2024, on the day of US Presidential election.

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  • Analysis

Russia escapes Trump Tariffs, as envoy pushes deals with Washington

A visit by a senior Kremlin envoy to the White House this week may help explain why Russia is not on President Trump's tariffs list - and determine for just how long Russia can stay off the list.

April 03, 2025
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  • Charles Maynes
Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump's father-in-law, sits for a portrait at a hotel in New York on Sep 4, 2024.

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  • Africa

Mineral-rich, war-torn DRC first stop for Trump's new Africa czar

Massad Boulos, Trumps new Senior Advisor for Africa and father-in-law to daughter Tiffany Trump, kicks starts his first official trip on the continent, with a visit to the mineral rich and war wracked Democratic Republic of Congo.

April 03, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
Vehicles for export are parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea on Wednesday.

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  • World

Trump tariffs spark ire and dismay from international leaders

Traditional allies, including the European Union, South Korea and Japan, face tariffs as high as 20%, while China confronts a 34% tariff on top of an existing 20% tax on imports to the U.S..

April 03, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
Penguins stand on the shores of Corinthian Bay in the Australian territory of Heard Island, one of the targets of the Trump administration's sweeping set of tariffs.

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  • World

Trump's tariffs are so far-reaching they include several remote, uninhabited islands

The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean that don't actually have human populations. Here's what to know about them.

April 03, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, talk after a welcoming ceremony with a guard of honor at Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday.

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  • World

Hungary says it will quit the International Criminal Court as Netanyahu visits

Hungary said it will start the process to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Budapest.

April 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. President Donald Trump is seen on a screen as a currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

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  • Business

Markets in Asia and Europe fall following U.S. announcement of global tariffs

Shares tumbled in Europe and Asia and U.S. futures tumbled Thursday following U.S. President Donald Trump 's announcement of big increases in tariffs on imports of goods from around the world.

April 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A damaged pagoda is seen in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Amarapura township, Mandalay, Myanmar on Wednesday.

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  • Asia

Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire as earthquake deaths pass 3,000

The surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion for people affected by last week's quake.

April 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A man walks in a hallway at the Otay Mesa Detention Center Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, in San Diego.

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  • National

Jasmine Mooney left ICE detention on a mission: 'People are gonna listen to you'

Canadian actress and entrepreneur Jasmine Mooney was detained by immigration authorities for 12 days after trying to apply for a visa at the U.S.-Mexico border. She spoke to NPR about her experience.

April 02, 2025
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  • Leila Fadel,
  • Lindsay Totty,
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A boat rides through a frozen sea inlet outside of Nuuk, Greenland on March 6.

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  • Europe

Danish prime minister heads to Greenland as Trump seeks control of the territory

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced plans for her visit after U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited a U.S. air base in Greenland last week and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory.

April 02, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Paraguay Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano speaks during a press conference during his visit in Taipei, Taiwan.

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  • Latin America

Paraguay recalls ambassador to Brazil over espionage revelations

Brazil's foreign ministry revealed that the administration of Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing predecessor of current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had conducted espionage against Paraguay.

April 02, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Army military vehicles, including two M88 Recovery vehicles, were part of recovery efforts for a missing U.S. Army soldier at a training range in Pabradė, Lithuania, on Tuesday.

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  • World

Body of 4th and final missing U.S. Army soldier is recovered from swamp in Lithuania

A week after going missing, the final missing soldier was found, the Army said. The soldiers were operating an armored vehicle that became submerged in a swamp during a training mission.

April 01, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
Elon Musk.

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  • Business

More billionaires than ever ranked in Forbes' annual list. Here are the top 10

There are now more than 3,000 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes' annual ranking of the wealthiest people. They collectively hold about $16.1 trillion in wealth.

April 01, 2025
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  • A Martínez and
  • Obed Manuel
Ahmad Dwikat, a Palestinian worker, inspects bars of soap stacked to dry before packing them at a soap factory in the West Bank city of Nablus, on March 1.

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  • Middle East

Palestinian soap gets UNESCO recognition as Israel's military operation closes in

An age-old Palestinian tradition of making soap in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was recognized by UNESCO. A visit to one factory tells you why.

April 01, 2025
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  • Kat Lonsdorf
People walk through a building in Yiwu International Trade City, a massive wholesale market in Yiwu, China, where millions of Chinese-made items are sold.

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  • Asia

What U.S. tariffs look like from a Chinese trade city

NPR's Steve Inskeep visited the source of your stuff. And heard how China's manufacturers are handling U.S. tariffs.

April 01, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep
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