Ahead of a government declared "fertility day" on Sept. 22, Italy launched a campaign to spur women to have more babies to counter a plummeting population. But the effort backfired with women calling the messages sexist and offensive.
On Wednesday, Donald Trump met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Hours later, he gave a speech on immigration where he promised to build a border wall and empower a new deportation force. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Sean Sullivan, a reporter for The Washington Post, about Trump's stance on immigration.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Angela Stent, a Brookings senior fellow and director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University, about the presidential candidates' positions on NATO and the U.S. relationship with Russia.
The evacuation last week of a Syrian town long under regime siege is not the way to end sieges, warns the United Nations envoy and a top humanitarian.
Major automakers report sales declined in August. A dip in sales mean it's unlikely automakers can match their record setting year in 2015, and it could portend a slowdown in the sizzling auto market.
Venezuela's opposition holds an anti-government rally Thursday in an effort to force President Nicolas Maduro to hold a referendum on his rule. They hope to bring hundreds of thousands of people into the streets. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Alexandra Ulmer, Venezuela correspondent for Reuters.
Korean-American artist Robin Ha's first cookbook is filled with recipes she learned from her mother. And appropriately, it's a comic book. Ha talks and cooks with NPR's Ari Shapiro.
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Kenneth Rogoff about his latest book, The Curse of Cash, in which he argues that our advancing economies are phasing out cash and paper currency. Rogoff argues that paper money makes us poorer, less safe and feeds illegal behavior.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday:
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday:
The discount retailer posted strong quarterly results and raised its annual estimates. The oil drilling company said Brazilian oil company Petrobras terminated a contract with it. Investors weren't impressed with the customer management software developer's third-quarter guidance.
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The stock market may be stalking record highs on a regular basis, but investors don’t seem to be in any mood to chase it, if the latest data from investment tracking site Openfolio is any indication. In fact, they seem to be circling the wagons.
Klinsmann told us five starters for Friday's match at SVG, and Tuesday's group finale against T&T in Jacksonville.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department is bracing for a large crowd at the main jail Friday when convicted sex offender Brock Turner is released.
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Dallas Police Chief David Brown, who oversaw the response to a July sniper attack that killed five officers, has announced his retirement.
Brown issued a statement Thursday saying he will retire Oct. 22 after 33 years with Dallas police. He was not immediately available for additional comment.
Brown says he was prompted to become an officer in 1983 by a crack cocaine epidemic in a Dallas neighborhood. He was named police chief in 2010.
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Nintendo app has sold $440 million worth of in-app purchases, research firm says The Nintendo app has hauled in $440 million worldwide to-date, which also actually places ahead of a number of high-profile blockbuster films. According to a comparison by research firm Sensor Tower, the smartphone-based video game has bested the box office for “Warcraft,” “Independence Day 2,” “The Angry Birds Movie,” “Star Trek Beyond” and “Ghostbusters 2.” Civil War, “The Secret Life of Pets,” “Suicide Squad” and X-Men... Читать дальше...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. shares Thursday reached their highest prices since Hewlett-Packard split up after a report that the company is looking to sell its software business in a multibillion-dollar deal. Reuters reported that HPE was negotiating with private-equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC and seeking a price of $8 billion to $10 billion, after Thoma Bravo beat out other private-equity suitors. The enterprise-focused spinoff of the former Hewlett-Packard built its software unit through acquisitions... Читать дальше...
HONOLULU (AP) — A coalition of academics, government officials and conservation groups is marking the start of an international environmentalist congress in Honolulu.
HONOLULU (AP) — A coalition of academics, government officials and conservation groups is marking the start of an international environmentalist congress in Honolulu.
HONOLULU (AP) — A coalition of academics, government officials and conservation groups is marking the start of an international environmentalist congress in Honolulu.
A man in a German refugee shelter attempt to set his wife on fire Thursday, police said. The man died apparently in the act of attempting to set his wife ablaze, according to English-language German news outlet the Local.
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