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Chapter 1: What are President Trump's activities during his visit to Asia?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump is in Tokyo after making his first stop this weekend in Malaysia for an Asian summit meeting. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports that Trump's hosts will include Japan's first female prime minister, who took office just last week.
En route to Tokyo, President Trump said he looked forward to meeting Prime Minister Sanae Takeuchi, who he noted was a great friend of the late ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During Trump's first term, Abe entertained him with golf and Wagyu burgers to ease trade tensions. Abe's protege, Takeuchi, will try to do the same by purchasing U.S. rice, soybeans, and pickup trucks.
President Trump will also pay a visit to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and stop by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at its home port in Yokosuka, Japan. Trump also said he expects to reach a deal in a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a regional economic summit in South Korea. Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul.
Chapter 2: How is the U.S. military presence affecting Venezuela and Colombia?
A U.S. warship has docked in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The Trump administration has significantly boosted the U.S. military presence near the South American countries of Venezuela and Colombia. South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is an ally of President Trump's.
Graham says he believes Trump has decided that Venezuela's leader, Nicolas Maduro, is a drug trafficker who needs to go.
These military assets are moving forward to deal with a country that's got blood on its hands when it comes to Americans by... flooding our country with drugs from Venezuela and Colombia. So I hope Maduro would leave peacefully, but I don't think he's going to stay around much longer.
Graham spoke on CBS's Face the Nation.
Chapter 3: What impact is the government shutdown having on air travel?
The Federal Aviation Administration says that more flights will be delayed or canceled this week because of the federal government shutdown. It's now 27 days old. Air traffic controllers will miss their first full paycheck tomorrow and some are coming to work. There was already a shortage of these workers.
Steve Futterman reports from the Los Angeles airport where a ground stop disrupted travel yesterday.
Shortages have been causing problems at various airports, and here it affected LAX. Flights between Los Angeles and Oakland faced ground stops, causing delays anywhere from around 50 minutes to nearly 90 minutes, a total of 900 minutes in delays, according to the FAA. Now, Sean Duffy, who's the Secretary of Transportation, says that these problems could increase in the coming days.
That's because air traffic controllers are set to miss their first paychecks in the coming week. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman at Los Angeles International Airport.
Chapter 4: What are the latest updates on Hurricane Melissa?
Game three of the World Series is tonight. The L.A. Dodgers will host the Toronto Blue Jays. The series is tied one to one. You're listening to NPR News. Forecasters say Hurricane Melissa is now a dangerous Category 5 hurricane. Its top sustained winds are 160 miles per hour. That is the top of the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale.
Melissa is aiming directly at Jamaica and could pour up to 40 inches of rain there. Catastrophic flash flooding is expected.
Chapter 5: How can media content influence mental well-being?
A new study finds it is possible to boost feelings of hope and reduce stress by choosing media content that is inspiring. NPR's Alison Aubrey reports the study included participants aged 18 to 86.
One group of participants watched three- to five-minute videos of people succeeding against the odds. One featured a man who had survived cancer to climb Mount Everest. Another group did short meditations, explains researcher Robin Naby of UC Santa Barbara. We were actually quite surprised at how similar the effects of the inspiring videos were to the group that meditated.
Both groups felt more hope. And both had lower levels of stress 10 days later. The effects were small but significant and show how what people choose to watch can influence their well-being. Alison Aubrey.
Chapter 6: What new treatment options are available for menopause symptoms?
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new medication to treat symptoms of menopause, hot flashes, and night sweats. The drug Linquet is a once-a-day pill that does not use hormones. The drug maker Bayer says it could soon be available in the United States. Hot flashes and night sweats can be debilitating and long-lasting, often for black women in particular.
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