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Friends of Xu tell NPR that the prominent legal and civil rights activist was arrested on Feb. 15 in southern China. Xu had managed to evade authorities tracking him for nearly two months.
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As the number of fatalities in mainland China rises above 800, Beijing has granted approval to a team of international health experts to travel to China to investigate the virus.
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The U.S. embassy confirmed on Saturday the 60-year-old's death in Wuhan, China, two days ago. It's the first known death of an American from the virus.
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Dr. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist working in Wuhan, died Friday, weeks after he sought to warn his colleagues of the outbreak and then became infected himself.
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Every year, viruses like influenza kill hundreds of thousands worldwide — yet countries don't respond with lockdowns or airport screenings. Here's why they're doing so over the coronavirus outbreak.
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We're answering a few questions that you may be asking about the new coronavirus outbreak. And we invite you to send us your questions.
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You might think you’re doing the right thing by recycling those bottles, cans, plastic containers and cardboard boxes, but put enough of the wrong stuff in the bin and it could be your load and a whole neighborhood’s load of recycling that heads to the landfill instead. Orange County started a pilot program called "Think Five" to educate residents on what is and isn't recyclable. Dawn McCormick, Director of Communications for Waste Management, and Professor Fazal T. Najafi, engineering professor at UF, join us to talk about the importance of recycling.
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President Trump says space dominance is vital to national security. He wants the Department of Defense to establish a new branch of the military - a Space Force. What would a Space Force look like and what would its mission be? With more countries eyeing space for resources and strategic interests - is the call for a Space Force coming at the right time? Joining us on to talk about the possibility of Space Force is Roger Handberg, Laura Forcyk and Brendan Byrne.
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A new anthem produced for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is being attacked online as too similar to "Let It Go" from the film "Frozen." We asked a 5-year-old girl to assess the merits of the case.
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The key demand of the recent protesters in Hong Kong has been democracy. But behind that desire is anger about jobs, high housing prices, and competition — and a culture clash — with mainland Chinese.