Enlarge this image Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern speaks during Cinema Cafe 2 during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Awards. Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern speaks during Cinema Cafe 2 during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Awards.

A billboard campaigning for each family to have two children hangs above a street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jan. 14, 2024. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has scrapped a policy that limited couples to have up to two children, as it addresses a declining

Jackie Lay/NPR 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. Mexico City is dog-crazy. Ladies push their poodles in strollers across the parks; one of the Chinese restaurants by our house has a full menu for your pooch — not

Enlarge this image Israelis call for the end of the war at a protest near the Israeli border with Gaza on May 23, 2025. Hadeel Al-Shalchi/NPR hide caption toggle caption Hadeel Al-Shalchi/NPR Israelis call for the end of the war at a protest near the Israeli border with Gaza on May 23, 2025. Hadeel Al-Shalchi/NPR

President Trump speaks during the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on May 26, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images President Trump said on social media on Wednesday that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin for an hour and 15 minutes about Ukraine's recent strikes on Russian

Palestinians carry bags filled with food and humanitarian aid provided by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization approved by Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, June 3. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Allegations that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza are "insane" and "ridiculous," an

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (center) and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey (right) meet with BAE system apprentices as they look at a submarine model during a joint visit on March 20 in Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom. Starmer says the U.K. must upgrade its military in response to threats from Russia. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption

Enlarge this image South African President Ramaphosa meets President Trump amid tensions over Washington's resettlement of white Afrikaners that the U.S. president claims are the victims of "genocide." Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images South African President Ramaphosa meets President Trump amid tensions over Washington's resettlement of