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Russian oligarch the Treasury Department says the companies have reduced the stake that Oleg Deripaska holds in them hes an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month Congress voted to try to block the trumpet ministration from lifting the sanctions on the Russian companies a court in China has sentenced a prominent civil rights lawyer to 4 and a half years in prison for subverting state power and P.R.s Rob Schmitz reports for years one twin John defended political activists vi...

Was crushed by ice and sank in the Weddell see in 915 but Shackleton and his crew escaped Jonathan a most reports fortune has smiled on the international Weddell Sea expedition the sea ice opened at just the right time to allow them to reach Antarcticas biggest iceberg known as a 68 and to study its surroundings for more than 2 weeks but with all task completed the teams icebreaker is now attempting to get to the location where Shackletons insurance went down in 3000 meters of water if they can...

4 and a half years in prison for subverting state power N.P.R.s Rob Schmitz has more than one trend young defended political activists victims of land seizures and members of the banned religious group following go off from his office in Beijing then in July of 2015 Wong was among the 250 or so lawyers and activists detained in a widespread crackdown on rights lawyers Longs case stands out for the length of time hes been kept incommunicado 3 now for years probably the u.n. Rights group to call ...

Order from behind a 2nd nearby dam they say theres less danger of that dam breaching Youre listening to n.p.r. News from Washington the u.s. Treasury Department says its lifting sanctions on 3 companies that are associated with a Russian oligarch the Treasury Department says the companies have reduced the stake that Oleg Deripaska holds in them hes an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month Congress voted to try to block the Trump administration from lifting the sanctions on...

This week says you youll hear music from the so-called Deep State Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas fashion. Show here music we present as facts. And when we run out of words just more and more feet some. Yeah. And sometimes you may not hear anything at all it was really hard to hear. All kinds of things to hear and to not hear right here says you coming up next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington Im Windsor Johnston the u.s. And Russia clashed over the political crisis and Venezuela at t...

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Now from the town of Kuta the police aid agencies and people living here all told as there had been very evidently a massive surge of Venezuelans fleeing their country in recent days we saw some coming through the official customs checks but many more in their desperation are coming illegally at other points along the border they often end up being helped at churches and soup kitchens and we met hundreds of the World Food Program side one man yet free told me hed resisted leaving in the past in...

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Its the 2nd time in less than a week hes made comments that seemed to help the defense among one Joe correct MacCulloch reports from Vancouver John McConnell the Canadian ambassador to China told a reporter from the triangle Star newspaper there would be great for Canada if the United States drops extradition proceedings against a chief financial officer of Weiwei Mung one Joe was out on bail here in Vancouver awaiting possible extradition on allegations of violating trade sanctions against Ira...

As a friend of the Venezuelan people we stand ready to help them even more to help them begin the process of rebuilding their country and their economy from the destruction wrought by the criminally incompetent and illegitimate material regime a State Department official says there are no plans to close the u.s. Embassy in the family members and nonessential employees are being evacuated as spokesman adds the u.s. Will do whats needed to quote keep our people safe Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News th...