Kerry Kahn
Appearances
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-14-2025 8PM EST
In a local radio interview, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Brazil does not want friction with anyone. But he added, quote, if Trump behaves like this toward Brazil, we will reciprocate in kind. Lula added that Trump is acting like he is sheriff of the world. So far, Brazil has not levied any new import tariffs. Trump slapped 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the U.S.
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NPR News: 02-14-2025 8PM EST
Brazil is the second largest supplier of steel to the U.S. Trump also announced reciprocal tariffs on all countries— For Brazil, that would affect its large ethanol exports. Lula insists the U.S. and Brazil trade is in balance and does not need protectionist tariffs. Carrie Conn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.
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NPR News: 12-22-2024 11PM EST
The director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza says the facility has been shelled by sniper fire and drones. The director of Kamal Adman Hospital says the attacks have come with no warning and no protection for patients and civilians.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-22-2024 11PM EST
He insists there are no military targets or fighters within his hospital, which he says has hundreds of patients and civilians there, including babies in the neonatal unit. Israel says Hamas militants operate in hospitals and schools endangering civilians. In a statement to NPR, the Israeli military says its forces have been operating in the vicinity, but not within the hospital's premises.
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NPR News: 12-22-2024 11PM EST
In the past 48 hours, more than 50 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry there. Kerry Kahn, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-25-2025 5PM EDT
Israel's military released a report Thursday into the killing of a U.N. aid worker claiming responsibility despite initial denials. Nearly 2,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed fighting ending the two-month ceasefire. More than 51,000 have been killed since the war began after Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 in Israel on October 7th of 2023. Carrie Conn, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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NPR News: 04-25-2025 5PM EDT
According to Gaza health officials, the family of at least 12 people were killed in their home in the northern city of Jabalia. Also in northern Gaza, Israel says it targeted a Hamas command center housed in a former police station. And it released details of the killing of a 26-year-old reservist who officials say was hit by sniper fire.