As South Korea’s population shrinks, foreign migrant workers are joining the country’s workforce. But a recent deadly fire exposed the risks some of them are facing.
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Reformist Pezeshkian wins in Iran’s presidential runoff
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian beat hard-liner Saeed Jalili in the runoff election to replace the late president who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.
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Back-to-back shark attacks leave 4 people injured in Texas and Florida
An abnormally high number of people were bitten by sharks in coastal waters over the span of a day that began on July 4. Upticks in shark attacks alone are not cause for concern, an expert says.
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Who is backing Biden? We’re keeping track
NPR is tracking elected Democrats who have weighed in on whether President Biden should remain in the race for re-election.
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President Biden’s interview today is taking on outsized significance for his 2024 race
Democrats and donors are watching to see how President Biden handles questions from ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. If he struggles, it may fuel party anxiety about whether he should stay on the ticket.
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Courts, regulators tackle whether “sale-leaseback” deals are actually loans
Courts are tackling the question of whether sale-leaseback deals function more like a mortgage than an outright sale – and therefore should be regulated like a loan.
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Joey Chestnut, banned from Coney Island, takes his hot dog-eating skills to Fort Bliss
Chestnut ate 57 hot dogs in five minutes, beating a team of four soldiers who downed 49 total. He not only broke his own record, but nearly tied the Coney Island winner, who ate 58 dogs in 10 minutes.
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Amazon is 30. Here’s how a book store gobbled up all of e-commerce
Jeff Bezos founded the e-commerce giant in his garage 30 years ago. NPR’s Andrew Mambo talks with business reporter Alina Selyukh about how Bezos built an empire and what’s next for the company.
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Wisconsin voters can once again return ballots by drop box, state high court rules
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reversed a 2022 ruling banning the use of ballot drop boxes in the swing state.
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Most evacuation orders are lifted, but a Northern California wildfire is still burning
The “vast majority” of the 17,000 people under orders or warnings because of the Thompson fire north of Sacramento were able to go home. But an intensely hot weekend could make things worse.
