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What recent international meetings has President Trump attended?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump is in Japan, where he met U.S. troops on an aircraft carrier. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports Trump also met with Japan's newly elected prime minister.
Japanese Prime Minister Taikachi hosted Trump for a bilateral meeting and a lunch in Tokyo. Trump congratulated the prime minister on her recent election win, becoming the first female prime minister of Japan. The two leaders signed an agreement affirming the U.S.-Japan relationship is in its quote, golden era.
Anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there. We are an ally at the strongest level.
The two leaders also signed an agreement on rare earths minerals.
How is the U.S. government shutdown affecting air traffic controllers?
A final trade agreement is still being finalized, but the Japanese prime minister has teased a purchase of Ford F-150 trucks from the U.S. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Tokyo.
President Trump will also head to South Korea this week. He says he'll meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. The big item on the table would be trade disagreements. The Trump administration says it has worked out a trade framework with China that could be used as a basis to complete trade deals. The federal government shutdown is nearly a month old. Most federal government employees are furloughed, but not the nation's air traffic controllers. They're still on the job. From member station WABE, Marlon Hyde reports air traffic controllers will miss their first full paycheck today.
What impact is Hurricane Melissa expected to have on Jamaica?
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association says its members will hand out informational leaflets about the effects of the shutdown at 22 airports, including in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. Some airports are already reporting shortages. Air traffic controllers will receive back pay after the shutdown ends, but their labor union says many started second jobs to pay their bills during the last shutdown. For NPR News, I'm Marlon Hyde in Atlanta.
Forecasters say Hurricane Melissa still has shocking top sustained winds of 175 miles per hour. The hurricane is slowly creeping toward Jamaica in the Caribbean. NPR's Rebecca Herscher says it's expected to make a direct hit on the island.
Hurricanes happen every year in the Caribbean. Jamaica has obviously been hit by lots of storms over the years. This is just the first time a storm of this magnitude has hit the island head-on since modern records began.
How are militants in Mali affecting fuel imports?
But storms like this one are getting more likely. You know, climate change makes large, powerful storms more common. It also makes very rainy storms more likely.
NPR's Rebecca Herscher reporting. Separately, central Florida was deluged by rain over the past couple of days. More than a foot and a half of rain in some areas triggered flash flooding that overflowed roads and caught motorists. The amount of rain that fell was unusual for that part of Florida. It was not part of the Hurricane Melissa system. You're listening to NPR. Militants in the West African nation of Mali have cut off fuel imports to much of that country.
What trends are emerging in obesity rates and treatments in the U.S.?
Mali is landlocked and imports its fuel from neighboring Senegal and Ivory Coast. The al-Qaeda-backed militants are targeting key roads. They're trying to undermine Mali's military government. Military officials in Mali staged a coup five years ago. Obesity rates have declined after hitting an all-time high of nearly 40%. A Gallup poll finds that the drops correlate with sharp increases in the use of obesity treatments known as GLP-1 medications. NPR's Yuki Noguchi explains.
obesity rates steadily climbed, evading various diet trends and public health attempts to curtail it. But over the past three years, and tracking with the increased popularity of injectable obesity medications, Gallup's National Health and Well-Being Index finds obesity rates decreased, to 37 percent in its most recent survey, down from 39.9 percent in 2022.
What were the results of the recent Dodgers vs. Blue Jays game?
Meanwhile, use of GLP-1 drugs more than doubled to 12.4 percent over the past year and a half. Still, the percentage of Americans diagnosed with diabetes hit an all-time high of 13.8 percent. Yuki Noguchi, NPR News.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What recent international meetings has President Trump attended?
0:00–0:41
2
How is the U.S. government shutdown affecting air traffic controllers?
0:41–1:27
3
What impact is Hurricane Melissa expected to have on Jamaica?
1:27–2:23
4
How are militants in Mali affecting fuel imports?
2:23–3:06
5
What trends are emerging in obesity rates and treatments in the U.S.?
3:06–4:06
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What were the results of the recent Dodgers vs. Blue Jays game?
4:06–4:39