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Myanmar's economy is already suffering due to COVID-19. Analysts say an imposition of broad economic sanctions in response to the coup could harm the country and result in greater Chinese influence.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with professor Jules Boykoff of Pacific University, author of four books on the Olympics, about issues associated with being an host city for the games.

The vice president made the announcement during her trip to Southeast Asia. It's part of the Biden administration's push to strengthen its alliances in the region to counter China's influence

Large companies have played the role of activists and been one of the biggest countervailing forces against social and religious conservatives on LGBTQ measures. All that is at stake now.

Many voters in the French territory of New Caledonia go to the polls this Sunday to vote on a referendum on independence. It's a moment not lost on China and the United States.

Flores alleges that the league is "managed much like a plantation" charging that its 32 owners, none of whom are Black, profit from the labor of its players, 70% of whom are African American.

Colombians elect the country's first leftist president and first Black woman to be vice president.

The quarterfinals at the 2022 World Cup begin Friday. Favorites France, Brazil, Argentina are through — as is England, the Netherlands and 2018 finalist Croatia along with Morocco taking on Portugal.

The Georgia congresswoman is positioning herself as a bridge between mainstream Republicans and the party's right flank in Washington.

Gaza's borders are tightly controlled and most Palestinians cannot escape the war. Those who can afford it are managing to cross into Egypt by paying thousands of dollars.