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U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, a former Montana senator, recently became the first American envoy to China to visit all of the country's provinces. "We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China," he tells NPR. "Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future."

U.S. Envoy: China Will Be 'More And More In Our Future'

Max Baucus, the ambassador to China since 2014, urges the U.S. to "draw some lines" and says, "We're not going to get bullied." Despite recent tensions, he remains upbeat about U.S.-China ties.

It's Left-Handers' Day, Right? No, Left!

Charlemagne did it. So did Jimi Hendrix, Cary Grant and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson.What, exactly, did these wildly disparate souls have in common?They all…

Columbus International Children's Choir Celebrates The Season

The Columbus International Children's Choir presents its annual winter concert – featuring students ages 4 to 18 in a wide-ranging musical program – at 6…

U2's latest album, <em>Songs of Experience</em>, is out now.

U2's 'Songs Of Experience' Is The Reboot The Band Needed

The Irish rock band has been plagued with many unsuccessful projects. Its latest offering is its attempt at a reboot — coming off as earnest, genuine, and even a little bit scrappy.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that Victor Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with acting illegally as a foreign agent for the government of Cuba.

Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba

Victor Manuel Rocha was a State Department employee for more than 20 years. Prosecutors say during that time and in the 20 years since, he acted as an illegal agent for Cuba.

The U.S. food system makes junk food plentiful and cheap. Eating a diet based on whole foods like fresh fruit and vegetables can promote health - but can also strain a tight grocery budget. Food leaders are looking for ways to improve how Americans eat.

The U.S. diet is deadly. Here are 7 ideas to get Americans eating healthier

The way many Americans eat is fueling chronic disease. Here are seven big ideas from the White House's upcoming nutrition conference for how to improve Americans' diets.

Dr. Eckart Rolshoven examines a patient at his clinic in Püttlingen, a small town in Germany's Saarland region. Although Germany has a largely private health care system, patients pay nothing out-of-pocket when they come to see him.

Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis

What would a world without medical debt look like? In Germany's former coal-mining region medical debt is almost unknown, despite economic challenges and health problems. Here's why.

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Lethal Injection

The U-S Supreme Court has agreed to determine the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection. The court will hear a challenge from two death row…

Syrian refugee women hold their children in a refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon.

2018 Was A Year Of Drastic Cuts To U.S. Refugee Admissions

America is rejecting more legal immigrants than ever before. Refugee advocates warn that President Trump's aim is to dismantle the U.S. refugee resettlement program.

U.S. Was Behind On Payments To WHO Before Trump's Cutoff

President Trump put a hold on funds to the World Health Organization, but the U.S. is already behind in its dues to the organization by more than a year.

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