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Why the U.S. job market remains resilient in face of global pressures and inflation

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Greg Poling of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative about China installing weapons on islands in the South China Sea, and seizing a U.S. underwater drone.

As a new round of fighting begins in Syria, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bilal Wahab of the Washington Institute about the history of the military alliance between the U.S. and the Kurds.

Osaka has won four major tournaments, including two Australian Opens and two U.S. Opens. She is making her comeback after taking hiatuses from the sport in recent years.

Libraries in Cincinnati and Cleveland and a museum in Columbus are finalists for a national award that honors community outreach. The Institute of Museum…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's victory ushers in a powerful new executive presidency eliminating the prime minister's role and granting the leader the ability to rule by decree and dissolve parliament.

As thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers cross illegally from the U.S. into Canada, CBC reporter Ainslie MacLellan tells NPR's David Greene how the Canadian government is reacting.

The U.S. military concedes disappointment with the performance of some U.S.-trained Iraqi units in the wake of widespread attacks by both Sunni and Shiite Muslim insurgents. Chief U.S. administrator Paul Bremer acknowledges that the Iraqi army and civil defense force will not be in a position to control the country when the U.S. hands over sovereignty to an interim government at the end of June. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

A U.S. soldier dies and eight others are wounded in an ambush west of Baghdad. In a separate attack, a bomb kills one U.S. soldier and wounds another. A third incident involving grenade attacks kills two Iraqis traveling with a U.S. convoy. And U.S. officials say two American soldiers appear to have been abducted north of Baghdad. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.