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India's Past, Future Collide in Hyderabad

India's newest boom town is Hyderabad, a hub for multinational high tech and pharmaceutical companies. But Hyderabad is also known for its enormous, prehistoric granite boulders, which are being jeopardized by economic development.

After getting hit with Hurricane Irma in 2017, Antigua and Barbuda is still recovering. It's one of many countries that will need hundreds of millions of dollars to prepare for stronger storms and other climate impacts.

Countries promise millions for damages from climate change. So how would that work?

A historic agreement at the international climate talks will provide hundreds of millions of dollars for developing countries. It's nowhere near enough.

Shivdutt Mishra, 15, hopes to one day become an airline pilot. He comes every morning to the ghats in Varanasi — wide stone steps leading to the Ganges — to get his blessings from the river considered by Hindus to be holy and to meditate on the future.

On A Hard Road, Young Indians Seek A Better Life

Some young people in India's heartland are aggressively pursuing new opportunities; others are mired in poverty. They work and hope and pray for a better life along the Grand Trunk Road that crosses South Asia, the focus of a new NPR series.

From left, Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University; Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania; Pamela Nadell, professor of history and Jewish studies at American University; and Sally Kornbluth, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Dec. 5 in Washington, D.C.

Here's the latest fallout at Harvard, MIT and Penn after the antisemitism hearing

Calls for Harvard and MIT presidents to step down remain firm while a growing number of students and faculty are coming out in support of their school leaders.

Israeli airstrike on Damascus killed at least 5 Iranian advisers, state media say

A strike on the Syrian capital destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. One of those killed was a local Hezbollah commander

Speaker Johnson to invite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress

Johnson's invitation comes as the debate about U.S. policy toward Israel has shifted since the war. GOP leaders are emphasizing their support for Netanyahu, and highlighting a divide among Democrats.

The announcement of a new prime minister divides Haiti's transitional council

A surprise announcement that revealed Haiti's new prime minister is threatening to fracture a recently installed transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for the gang-riddled country.

Release of American prisoners from Russia came only with the help of key U.S. allies

Germany played a key role in the prisoner swap that brought "Wall Street Journal" reporter Evan Gershkovich home from a Russian jail.

Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Dec. 13, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas has died at age 74

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday. She announced she had pancreatic cancer in June.

Biden dropped his reelection plans. What happens to his campaign war chest?

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Sean Cooksey, chairman of the Federal Election Commission, about what can happen with President Biden's campaign funds, now that he has dropped out.

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