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Jane Austen Fans Celebrate the Beloved English Author’s 250th Birthday

Beata Cosgrove/Jane Austen Festival With anniversary of Jane Austen's birth approaching in December, her fans are donning gowns and tailcoats at costume balls across Britain. Sponsor Message

El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection, extends presidential terms

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele gives a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 14, 2025. Salvador Melendez/AP hide caption toggle caption Salvador Melendez/AP SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country's National Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and

The White House sets a swath of new tariff rates — and a new date — for dozens of countries

A general view shows shipping containers at the port in Keelung on Aug. 1 I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images President Trump has issued updated tariff rates, listing more than 65 countries plus the European Union. Some of the rates reflect what was shared in earlier "letters"

What Trump’s threat to tariff Russia’s trade partners means for India

Oil tanker trucks sit outside an oil refinery operated by Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. in Mumbai, India. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images NEW DELHI — President Trump has announced new tariffs on India, but warned India there is more to come as punishment for buying fuel

Canada and Malta to recognize Palestinian state, joining France and possibly Britain

Canada Foreign Minister Anita Anand addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, July 28, 2025. Richard Drew/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Drew/AP UNITED NATIONS — Canada and Malta announced Wednesday they will recognize the state of Palestine in September, joining France and the United Kingdom in stepping up pressure to end the nearly 80-year

President Trump’s Vision of U.S. Shipbuilding Requires Rebuilding An Industry

Enlarge this image The USS Enterprise CVN 80 is seen in the Newport News Shipbuilding yard on Aug. 26, 2022, ahead of a keel-laying ceremony. (Kendall Warner/Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Kendall Warner/Newport News Daily Press/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kendall Warner/Newport News Daily Press/Getty Images The USS Enterprise CVN 80 is

Celebrate World Photography Day by showing NPR the coolest shot you’ve ever captured

A woman is seen photographing the Autumnal colours of the leaves on trees at the National Arboretum at Westonbirt on October 22, 2005, in Gloucestershire, England. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe For decades, World Photography Day has celebrated how a picture can often convey more than

India says it killed militants behind the deadly attack on civilians in Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir Special Operation Group personnel guard near the site of a gun battle on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir on Monday. Mukhtar Khan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mukhtar Khan/AP MUMBAI, India — Three months after militants killed 26 tourists at a scenic meadow in the Himalayas, India said on Tuesday that