Diaa Hadid
Stories
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Asia
India hopes to bring in more manufacturers as Trump's tariffs on China take hold
India hopes to benefit as President Trump seeks to shift manufacturing companies away from China. But there's an obstacle: Trump's tariffs.
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Hundreds of Syrian children dumped in orphanages during Assad regime can't be traced
An NPR investigation finds that more than 350 Syrian children were secretly placed in orphanages across the capital, Damascus, when the Assad regime was in power. Now, some of them cannot be found.
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Asia
India's Modi will have to tread lightly to avoid Trump triggers at tomorrow's meeting
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting President Trump in Washington, D.C., after defusing potential Trump triggers.
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World
NPR's global correspondents report on the effect of USAID's humanitarian funding cuts
Correspondents in Kyiv, Mumbai, Johannesburg, and Mexico City give examples of the effects of the Trump administration's gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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National
Afghans seeking asylum in U.S. left in limbo after Trump suspends refugee program
After Trump halted the U.S. asylum system, thousands who were waiting to reach safety after years of vetting found themselves in limbo. They include Afghans who worked with the U.S. in Afghanistan.
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Syria's interim government faces a new, serious challenge — bread lines
Bread lines have become a feature of the new Syria, posing a critical challenge to the country's rebel rulers who ousted President Bashar al-Assad last month.
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The Damascus airport is slowly reopening — and showing the cracks in the revolution
The push to reopen Damascus International Airport highlights the challenges facing Syria's new leaders in rebuilding the country.
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Food
A Hindu cookbook writer challenges notions about Indian food
Mashed blood, dried squirrel, spicy fish eggs: A writer from an oppressed Hindu caste publishes a cookbook that he hopes will shatter the notion of a mostly vegetarian India.
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World
With fears about the future, some Syrian women find comfort in beauty parlors
In Damascus beauty parlors, Syrian women hope looking good will help them feel better about a future they fear. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 31, 2024.)
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With fears about the future, some Syrian women find comfort in beauty parlors
In Damascus beauty parlors, Syrian women hope looking good will help them feel better about a future they fear.
