Afrikaner refugees from South Africa arrive, Monday, May 12, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP RALEIGH, N.C. — The 12×30-foot storage unit in a Raleigh, North Carolina, suburb is crammed full of chairs, tables, mattresses, lamps, pots and pans. Most of its contents will
Loading... Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share moments from their lives and work around the world. With their red loafers and scarves and sashaying, it's almost like these men, by linking their arms and dancing their hearts out, are able to briefly erase the horrors that happened here. During
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 President Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol yesterday, urging them to get behind his massive tax and immigration bill or
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to journalists during the eighth EU-South Africa summit in Cape Town, South Africa, in March. Nardus Engelbrecht/AP hide caption toggle caption Nardus Engelbrecht/AP JOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, in an attempt to reset relations between
Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto, center, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Kyodo News/AP hide caption toggle caption Kyodo News/AP TOKYO — Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice" because he got it from supporters as
Crime scene investigators work at the site where the personal secretary and an advisor to Mexico City's mayor were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Tristan Velazquez) Tristan Velazquez/AP hide caption toggle caption Tristan Velazquez/AP MEXICO CITY — The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City's
Enlarge this image Immigrants, wearing masks, deported from the United States, who were among those who arrived in a U.S. military plane Wednesday in Amritsar, enter a police vehicle at the Ahmedabad airport, India, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Ajit Solanki/AP hide caption toggle caption Ajit Solanki/AP Immigrants, wearing masks, deported from the United States, who
Norway's chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gestures during a game in the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata on Nov. 17, 2024. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images Magnus Carlsen, the chess grandmaster who has become the public face of the game, was forced into a draw
