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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Davis, a global fellow at the Wilson Center, about the trial of 16 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.

A Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as the case itself.

Ukrainian forces liberated the town of Balakliia in a swift counteroffensive against Russia in the east, where retreating Russian troops left behind tanks, captives and an untold number of casualties.

After years of high rates, the country hit a new high during the pandemic, far exceeding rates in other developed nations. Black women are at especially high risk.

After years of high rates, the country hit a new high during the pandemic, far exceeding rates in other developed nations. Black women are at especially high risk.

The lawsuit filed on behalf of five patients who said their lives were put at risk and two physicians asks a state judge to clarify exceptions for medical emergencies under Texas law.

The resignation of Paul Wolfowitz from the World Bank has prompted the question of who is on the short list to replace him as the organization's president. Michele Norris talks with Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Mallaby is the author of The World's Banker.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks to psychiatrist Alex Keuroghlian about the state of training for medical students to care for the LGBTQ community.

Ground Zero responders who developed health problems after working in the ruins of the World Trade Center and sued the city are being offered a settlement totaling $657.5 million. Glen Klein, a former police officer with the New York Police Department's emergency services unit, who was among the plaintiffs, offers his insight.

Author Lang Leav's new book is set in Australia in the 1990s and centers around a group of teens who are the children of refugees who fled the Khmer Rouge.