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Experts blame COVID lockdowns for China's economic stumbled in the 2nd quarter
China's economy stumbled in the second quarter, and economists say the government's "dynamic zero COVID" policy is to blame — hurting confidence and exacerbating other pent up economic challenges.
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Myanmar government announces the execution of 4 democracy activists
Myanmar's military government has executed four people it accused of carrying out acts of terror. They're the first official executions in the Southeast Asia nation in decades.
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How significant a threat is ISIS right now?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Seth Jones at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the threat from ISIS, and U.S. military operations that killed or captured some of its leaders.
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Encore: Florida is again pitted in a battle with the giant African land snail
Florida is trying to eradicate the giant African land snail — again. The invasive snail carries a disease-causing parasite.(NOTE: Story aired on ATC on July, 7, 2022.)
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Why did U.K.'s Tories pull the plug on Johnson but Republicans still support Trump?
Why did Conservative party lawmakers in Britain force out Prime Minister Johnson for a series of scandals and lies, while in the U.S., many GOP lawmakers continue to support former President Trump?
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U.S. defense officials pledge to keep weapons supply flowing to Ukraine
Nearly five months into Russia's war in Ukraine, it increasingly looks like a war of attrition. At the Pentagon, the top leaders spoke about how the U.S. is adapting to this reality.
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Why did a man who bought a real Picasso sketch try to pass it off as a fake?
Investigators say the collector was at an airport in Spain and had the 1966 work called "Three figures" in his luggage. He didn't declare the piece, worth nearly half a million dollars, to customs.
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Record high temperatures cause infrastructure damage in Britain
A heat wave that's been affecting Europe has caused dangerous infrastructure damage in Britain. The country's transportation sector has seen the worst of it.
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Why rural Americans feel inflation's effects more than people in cities and suburbs
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to professor Dave Peters, an economist and sociologist with Iowa State University's extension service, about the pain rural Americans are feeling because of inflation.
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Northern Europe is bracing for unusually high temperatures this week
As the heat wave in southern Europe shows some signs of abating, temperatures in northern Europe are soaring. Record highs are expected in the U.K. where officials have declared a national emergency.
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A Shell chemical plant brings economic hope and environmental fears to Western Pa.
Oil giant Shell will soon open a chemical plant near Pittsburgh that will turn gas from fracking into plastic. The project is creating hundreds of jobs but some residents worry about the air quality
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A hawk patrols the El Cerrito del Norte BART station for unwanted pigeons
A light rail station in a San Francisco suburb had a nasty problem: pigeon poop. The solution: a trained hawk scares the pigeons away. Commuters now treat the hawk and his handler like celebrities.