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The world’s finance ministers and central bankers are slated to meet virtually to steer the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and consider measures to protect the poorest and most vulnerable populations.

The rise in anti-Asian attacks has prompted the Biden administration to expand an initiative aimed at combating anti-Asian bias and violence. But for many Asian Americans, the recent violence also highlights a long history of feeling invisible. Mike Cerre reports

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that crews are working to prevent the collapse of a large wastewater pond in the Tampa Bay area while evacuating the area to avoid a “catastrophic flood.”

NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Adriana Beltrán about what lessons the Biden administration can take from past US attempts to slow migration from Central America.

NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Los Angeles Times correspondent Nabih Bulos in Amman, Jordan, about the authorities’ claim of a plot to destabilize the kingdom.

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A beloved figure at home due to his likeness to his late father, king’s half-brother is a former soldier, pilot who was educated in US, UK and stripped of royal title in 2004

Investigation indicates preteen beat Andrei Tiomkin on the head with a sharp object in an abandoned building in Holon, causing his death

Jordan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister accused Prince Hamzah bin Hussein of engaging in unspecified actions that allegedly put the country at risk.

Zabulon Simantov, who tends to country’s lone synagogue, fears US military’s promise to pull out will leave vacuum, likely to be filled by the Taliban