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The travel ban has left many families in despair

The World's Shirin Jaafari brings us the story of how the Yemeni community in the US has been hit by President Dionald Trump's travel ban.

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Senators object to proposed foreign aid cuts

Senators from both sides of the aisle have condemned a leaked memo from the Trump administration proposing a recision of the foreign aid budget. GOP Senator Bob Corker said the move might even be illegal. Host Carol Hills speaks with Carol Morello of the Washington Post.

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Mexico and US form new kind o drug fighting alliance

Emily Green reports about a new initiative by the US DEA and Mexican prosecutors to setup operations on both sides of the border to go after the finances of and other aspects of the major drug cartels.

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Google employees protest China search engine

Some 1,400 Google employees signed a letter in protest of their employer's plans to build a censored search engine for China. The employees are demanding more transparency and accountability. Host Carol Hills speaks to investigative reporter Ryan Gallagher, who exposed Google's plans for China in The Intercept earlier this month.

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Beloved Soviet writer dies

Eduard Uspensky was especially known for his work on Cheburashka, which some might describe as the Soviet Union's version of Mickey Mouse. Lucy Martirosyan and Daniel Ofman, producers at The World, grew up watching Cheburashka and other works by Uspensky. Host Carol Hills asks them about what the cartoons meant to them growing up.

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Quinceañera dancers

Why trust your friends with quinceañera dancing when you can hire professionals? That's right, professional quinceañera dancers are available and the most popular group in the Dallas/Fort Worth area is called Latin Boyz Cadets. Carol Hills talks to David Hernandez, the founder and owner of Latin Boyz Cadets.

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Lives put on hold by Trump's travel ban, Google employees protest China plans and Soviet-era cartoons

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Antonio Trujillo holds a cigarette while resting on a bench, in Pamplona, northern Spain

Environment

Big tobacco is forced to pay for cigarette butt pollution in Spain, but smokers may soon be on the hook

Peru protests reveal ethnic and regional divides

A security personnel speaks to people from inside the main gate of Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India

Free speech

Blocking BBC documentary on Gujarat riots goes against India's democratic values, journalist says

LGBTQ

LGBTQ Russians are fleeing to Central Asia

The book includes haunting photos from inside the ghetto, along with its record of the medical effects of starvation. 

Warsaw Ghetto’s defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies 

One of the main dishes at The Pork House includes a crunchy roasted pork with beans and fresh vegetables and is paired with the Brazilian national drink: caipirinha. 

Food

Pork paradigm shift: This high-end São Paulo restaurant features pig ears and tails

A general view of Mes Aynak valley is seen some 25 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2, 2022. Buildings on top are offices of Chinese mining company MCC that won the contract to exploit the world's second-largest copper mine.

Afghanistan

A Chinese company strikes a deal with the Taliban to extract oil from Afghanistan

Security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan

Violence

Suicide bomber kills 34, wounds 150 at mosque in NW Pakistan

In this June 19, 2017, file photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Massachusetts. 

Cybersecurity

'Ransomware Diaries:' Going undercover with the leader of LockBit

Ukraine

Wagner mercenary group recruits Africans held in Russian prisons

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