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History has shown that it's possible to pause war and conflict to distribute lifesaving vaccines for diseases such as Guinea worm and smallpox. Can the world do the same for the COVID-19 vaccine?

Jere Van Dyk has spent years in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he got to know leaders of the Haqqani network, responsible for many suicide bombings and kidnappings. His new book is Without Borders.

Russia is courting new international trading partners since its invasion of Ukraine caused much of the globe to economically isolate it.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the resignation of the head of the NFL players union, and the beginning of the second half of baseball season.

As federal health agencies change their approach to vaccine policy leaving access for COVID shots uncertain, some states are taking things into their own hands.

America's Kerri Walsh Jennings lost her first beach volleyball match in four Olympics, as she and her partner fell to Brazil. Simone Biles wrapped up her sparkling Rio games with a fourth gold.

An evidence-based program teaches mindfulness to educators. Research suggests it can reduce their stress and improve their teaching.

Two years after important overtures by foreign operatives to the Trump campaign, Russian motives still aren't entirely clear.

Many of Iran's top oil importers are in Asia. South Korea is among them, but U.S. pressure to decrease oil purchases puts Seoul in a tricky position ahead of President Trump's North Korea summit.

Smoke from wildfires is blanketing much of the West. That's ruining some crops and may be stunting others. And it's making it difficult or unsafe for laborers to pick the harvest.