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Ten years after Washington’s historic deal with Havana, Cuba remains adrift
Ten years after two US officials brokered a secret deal with Cuba, relations between Havana and Washington remain strained, marked by lingering tensions and limited progress toward normalization. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with former top national security officials Ben Rhodes and Ricardo Zúñiga about how the Cuba deal came about and why it ultimately collapsed.
Nicholas Burns: Bolton allegations on Trump ‘as damaging as any in modern American history’
Nicholas Burns, a former career foreign service officer, worked with former Trump White House national security adviser John Bolton. Burns spoke to The World’s host Marco Werman about the most disturbing allegations in Bolton’s book, which comes out Tuesday.
Kurdish protesters attacked by Erdoğan’s bodyguards at DC demonstration sue Turkish government
A group of protesters who were attacked by Turkish security officials back in May 2017 are suing the Turkish government. Murat Yasa, a Kurdish activist who is among those suing, says the attack has left with him long-term physical and psychological issues.
One day, there won’t be any more Holocaust survivors. This museum is racing to preserve their stories.
Eyewitness perspectives, like those of survivor Halina Litman Yasharoff Peabody, have served as invaluable educational resources for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum since the institution opened 25 years ago. But as the number of survivors dwindle, the museum must prepare for a future without them.
Researchers still struggle to get funding to study gun violence
Any potential money is barred by a congressional act known as the Dickey Amendment, which mandates that none of the funds available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would be “used to advocate or promote gun control.”