German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz accepts his defense minister's resignation Transcript The resignation of Germany's defense minister has renewed the debate on the country's lackluster support of Ukraine in the war with Russia. A MART?NEZ, HOST: German...
Elon Musk will be in court in San Francisco over a 2018 tweet involving Tesla Transcript Jury selection begins Tuesday in a securities-fraud trial involving Elon Musk. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to CNBC reporter Lora Kolodney about the case, which was b...
Coping with climate change: Advice for kids from kids Transcript As the climate changes, anxiety among younger people is rising. NPR launches a comic book with advice from and for kids on how to cope. (Story originally aired on Morning Edition on Nov...
'Washington Post': Santos is linked to a cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Washington Post reporter Isaac Stanley-Becker who helped uncover links between Rep. George Santos of New York, and a businessman wi...
Heavy storms have been taxing California's levees. Are they up to the task? Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks to Jay Lund, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Davis, about the aging system, and how climat...
Taylor Swift's adult fans now have a place to go to forget their exes Transcript A Swift-themed, pop-up bar in Chicago called Bad Blood is opening in time for Valentine's Day. The name of the bar pays homage to Swift's song Bad Blood from her 2014 al...
Europeans accuse Putin of weaponizing energy but a mild winter has helped Transcript Predictions of rolling blackouts across Europe this month have not come to pass so far. It's not only because of the mild winter. A MART?NEZ, HOST: Some of Europe's...
For the first time in over 60 years, China's population fell by almost a million Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Stuart Gietel-Basten, professor of social science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Khalifa University in Dubai...
Foreign businesses in Ukraine, such as Uber, look ahead to a post-war Ukraine Transcript Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi visited Ukraine to imagine how the company might eventually operate after peace is established, and the economic opportunities that mi...
Onions now cost more than meat in the Philippines Transcript In the Philippines, a surge in the price of onions has left people rationing the vegetable. The president, the weather and shady business dealings are all being blamed for the shortage. LEI...
A Maryland TikToker raised more than $140K for an 82-year-old Walmart worker Transcript What started as an astounding act of kindness from complete strangers has paid dividends quite literally for two men in Maryland. Last month, Rory McCarty was hus...
President Biden delivered a sermon at MLK's church Transcript President Biden spoke about his administration's work on civil rights during a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church ahead of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day. LEILA FADEL, HOST: President Biden...
Haiti has lost its last few democratically elected officials Transcript Haiti is a country without a single democratically elected official. NPR's A Martinez talks to Cecile Accilien, a scholar of Haitian studies, about what this means for the countr...
Treasure hunters look for mammoth bones in NYC river Transcript A legend has spread tha artifacts found in Alaska were donated in the 1940s to the American Museum of Natural History, and the lower quality bones were allegedly dumped in the river. LEI...
Russia relies on 'shadow fleets' for crude oil sales Transcript Facing sanctions for its Ukraine invasion, Russia's looking further afield to find customers for its crude oil, and it is having to rely on so-called shadow fleets to do so. LEILA FADEL,...
