Jackie Lay Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. I admit I am obsessed with the blue-footed booby. I saw the turquoise-accented avian for the first time on my recent reporting trip to the Galápagos — the Pacific volcanic
Mario, a former member of the military linked to Colombia's "false positives" scandal, joins forensic work at Neiva's Central Cemetery on April 30, 2025 — part of a Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) mandated effort to restore justice and aid victims. Photo: Nathalia Angarita for NPR Nathalia Angarita for NPR hide caption toggle caption Nathalia
Gaza City tents on May 25, 2025. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A new wave of mass displacement is redrawing the landscape of Gaza. A picturesque harbor is now blanketed in tents. A building belonging to the Qatari diplomatic mission is a refugee camp. Nearly 180,000 Palestinians
Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in southern China's Guangdong province on April 17. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP BEIJING — Hours after the U.S. announced it was temporarily pausing most of its high tariffs on Chinese goods on May 12, NPR checked in with
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories In a video interview with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep, Harvard President Alan Garber said institutions need to double down on their "commitment
Enlarge this image U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen
Britain's King Charles III is greeted by an honor guard after arriving at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa, Canada, on Monday. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images King Charles III and Queen Camilla have arrived in Canada at the start of a two-day visit widely seen as
President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., on Sunday. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Trump has sharply criticized President Vladimir Putin for unleashing a storm of drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities Sunday evening, saying he was "not
