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                        Communities across the northern Caribbean are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. The storm has left many without homes, power or communication.
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                        Buckingham Palace said the king's brother will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince, and he will move from his Royal Lodge residence into "private accommodation."
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                        The lowest cap on refugees since the program was established in 1980 comes as the U.S. prioritizes resettling Afrikaners from South Africa.
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                        The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.
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                        An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are fewer than three births per 1,000 residents in the province — China's lowest rate.
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                        The last hospital in Darfur's el-Fasher has been destroyed by paramilitaries — hundreds of patients killed and doctors taken.
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                        President Trump met with China's President Xi Jinping to address trade tensions. And, Trump's Surgeon General nominee, Dr. Casey Means, faces questions today in her Senate confirmation hearing.
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                        President Donald Trump lowered his combined tariff rates on imports of Chinese goods to 47% after meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Thursday.
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                        Following the meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart, NPR's Leila Fadel asks former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about Trump's relationship with Beijing.
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                        A promised surge of Gaza aid hasn't arrived since a fragile ceasefire began three weeks ago. Israel is now barring longtime relief groups, disrupting Save the Children's decades of work there.
 
 
 
 
 
 
