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Didi Schanche is NPR's chief international editor. Her team of correspondents, based around the world, is on the scene for breaking news and specializes in coverage of issues of international policy and national security. NPR's award-winning international coverage is consistently recognized for its excellence.

Football, aka soccer, is life. At least, it is for many people across the globe. There are few things that are universally beloved but this sport comes close. And as teams on nearly every continent prepare for the start of the World Cup, all eyes are on one tiny country at the tip of the desert. Qatar. The first Arab country ever to secure the World Cup bid. But its been a long and complicated road to get to this moment. Espionage. Embargoes. Covert deals. This is the story of Qatars decades-lon...

Didi Schanche is NPR's chief international editor. Her team of correspondents, based around the world, is on the scene for breaking news and specializes in coverage of issues of international policy and national security. NPR's award-winning international coverage is consistently recognized for its excellence.

You can zoom around the world through sight and sound, but you cant taste at a distance, right? Stories about what happens when we try.

An appreciation of NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who's leaving the network after 17 years.

An appreciation of NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who's leaving the network after 17 years.

Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/928692038/928885716" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" GREGORY WARNER, HOST: Youre listening to ROUGH TRANSLATION from NPR. Im Gregory Warner. And today, a story from Uganda about a woman who has elevated insults to an art form that even the president of her country, Yoweri Museveni, has not been able to ignore. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) STELLA NYANZI: Yoweri, they say it was ...

Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/947221309/947242783" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" GREGORY WARNER, HOST: This is ROUGH TRANSLATON from NPR. Im Gregory Warner. And before we get to todays episode, I just want to celebrate a milestone for everybody here. We brought you more episodes of ROUGH TRANSLATION in 2020 than any year since we launched. We did that despite a pandemic but also I have to admit because of the ...