
Former Nigerian minister sentenced to 75 years in rare corruption verdict
Former Power Minister Saleh Mamman was convicted last week – but the authorities do not know his whereabouts.
SATURDAY, 23 MAY 2026, 17:09

Former Power Minister Saleh Mamman was convicted last week – but the authorities do not know his whereabouts.

President Trump is vying to make deals with China during his visit with President Xi Jinping. And, the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next leader of the Federal Reserve.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran diplomat Richard Haass about the differences in Chinese and U.S. readouts from President Trump’s meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping.

Longtime U.S. diplomat Richard Haass interprets President Trump’s meeting with China leader, Xi Jinping. He said though the two have different priorities the cordial summit could be a ‘good sign.’

At the summit, the Chinese leader placed Taiwan, a key point of friction between the U.S. and China, at the center, calling it “the most important issue” between the two countries.

Drones bound for Russia crashed down in Latvia last week, prompting a political fallout.

President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jingping {shee-jihn-ping} during his first day in the country. A look at what happened at the high-stakes summit.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks with the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos about his impressions of the Trump-Xi summit.

Representatives for Israel and Lebanon meet in Washington, D.C., for a second time to end the war, as their ceasefire frays.

President Trump was welcomed by President Xi Jinping in Beijing for what will be a whirlwind tour.

Cigarette smoking is ingrained in Chinese culture. NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to a couple of women trying to change that.

President Trump is in Beijing for his big summit with Chinese leaders. How Asia is reacting to the summit.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Susan Thornton of Yale Law School about Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Xi’s warnings about Taiwan.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep returns to China’s telecom giant Huawei to see how the company has adapted since facing U.S. sanctions.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep visits Shenzhen, a city in southern China, where skyscrapers and urban villages teem with life.

Tensions about Israel’s participation loom over the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israeli-U.S. war with Iran, his office said Wednesday. The UAE later denied any secret visit had occurred.

The woman who was on a virus-hit ship shows “no signs of illness”, the government of Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory, says.

Two children are among those reported dead after seven cars were struck in separate attacks south of Beirut.

Nearly 1,000 climbers will attempt to scale the peak in coming weeks and this has raised safety concerns.

Displaced teenagers Farah and Tala wanted to ‘turn destruction into something useful’.