Bundit Pantarakon, a local businessman and city council member in Mae Sai, Thailand, looks over the Sai River. Michael Sullivan/NPR hide caption toggle caption Michael Sullivan/NPR THA TON, Thailand — The Wat Tha Ton Temple sits high above the tourist town of Tha Ton, with a magnificent view of the Kok River valley to the
President Trump's trade policy has been unpredictable, and that continues with letters he's been writing to foreign leaders informing them of the tariff rates he intends to impose on their countries' goods on Aug. 1. The letters represent a radical approach to trade policy, with the president setting sizable tariff rates on a growing list
Members of the Indian Army's engineering team prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, bound for London's Gatwick Airport, which crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India June 14, 2025. Basit Zargar/AFP via Getty hide caption toggle caption Basit Zargar/AFP via Getty A pair of switches that
Nigeria's government is pushing back against U.S. efforts to send the country migrants and foreign prisoners, with Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar, seen here at a summit in Brazil this year, quoting Public Enemy to drive home his point. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images LAGOS, Nigeria
Enlarge this image Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, July 11, 2025. Michael Shtekel/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Shtekel/AP Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, July 11, 2025. Michael Shtekel/AP Russia ratcheted up air
An apartment building in the city of Sumy after Russia struck it with a Shahed drone early this year. "We need more air defense, we need more everything," said Anton Svachko, a member of Ukraine's parliament from the city. Anton Shtuka for NPR hide caption toggle caption Anton Shtuka for NPR SUMY, Ukraine — That
People look at the Bayeux tapestry in Bayeux, western France, on Sept. 13, 2019. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — The earliest-known depiction of the 1066 Battle of Hastings — which began the Norman Conquest, changing England's ethnic mix and history forever — is coming
The U.S. Department of State sign in Washington, D.C. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images The State Department is cutting its Washington-based staff by about 15% in what officials are calling the largest overhaul of the agency in decades. Some employees have already taken early retirement, while
