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![Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gaza-e1699801826233-900x422.jpg)
International outcry grows over ‘unbearably desperate’ situation in Gaza hospitals
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WASHINGTON (NPR) – International outcry continues to grow over conditions at Gaza’s biggest hospital around which Israel’s military says it’s been battling Hamas fighters. Doctors Without Borders released a voice… Read More
![The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-02-04t215337z_1_lynxmpej1308q_rtroptp_4_usa-china-spy-0c8c5de9eba9a3f4f6bd44001cb92b4797a526a9-scaled-e1675710086379-900x422.jpg)
This wasn’t the first Chinese balloon over the U.S. Why were the others ignored?
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Given the hullabaloo over the Chinese surveillance balloon, you’d think something like this never happened before. But it has. At least four other times in recent years…. Read More
![Ukrainians in the eastern city of Kharkiv take shelter in a basement on Sunday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ukraine-4-11-22-gettyimages-1239897170_custom-6424e5350c85db9adec4e5c23c97c43295385e78-scaled-e1649694883983-900x422.jpg)
Russia’s Plan A in Ukraine failed. Here’s what Plan B could look like
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Ukraine’s military has fought so effectively that Russia has abandoned its Plan A, which envisioned a quick takeover of the capital Kyiv. Russia has now turned… Read More
![Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency, says the U.S. has a "blind spot" when it comes to foreign intelligence services that effectively carry out cyberspying from inside the U.S.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gen.-nakasone-3-25-21-ap_21084566750545-6376214aa0128441b151f910e2c2a3bbf002df4c-scaled-e1617727817484-900x422.jpg)
After A Major Hack, U.S. Looks To Fix A Cyber ‘Blind Spot’
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By law, the government can’t monitor domestic Internet traffic. Hackers suspected of being Russian exploited this blind spot by disguising their origins and working through unwitting U.S. companies.
![The Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has reinvigorated a long-running debate about whether the U.S. should have a domestic terrorism law. As a candidate, President Biden said he would seek such a law. Since Biden took office, his administration has said only that the matter is under review.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jan.-6-riot-ap_21012853512466-cf59755ea2223fd1981372eba5932c112a126614-scaled-e1615914378813-900x422.jpg)
An Old Debate Renewed: Does The U.S. Now Need A Domestic Terrorism Law?
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With all the talk about domestic terrorism, you might assume there’s a law against it. There’s not. The storming of the Capitol has again raised the question about whether one is needed.
![Dr. Jonas E. Salk, who discovered the polio vaccine, reads with his wife and three boys in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 11, 1955. The boys were among the first vaccinated during testing. The family was photographed the night before an announcement the vaccine was effective. Pictured from left are Jonathan, 5; Donna Salk; Peter, 11; Salk; and Darrell, 8.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dr.-peter-salk-5-25-20-ap_550411016-ff95301f3617f8084041ff6d35e7c0d920d8b681-900x422.jpg)
Among The 1st To Get A Polio Vaccine, Peter Salk Says Don’t Rush A COVID-19 Shot
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When he was 9 years old, Salk was inoculated by the polio vaccine developed by his father, Dr. Jonas Salk. Today, he is an optimistic about a COVID-19 vaccine but offers a warning.
![Pharmacist Michael Witte (left) gives Neal Browning a shot in the first-stage study of a potential coronavirus vaccine on March 16 in Seattle. Countries and companies are racing to find a vaccine with some describing the competition as "vaccine nationalism."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/vaccine-nationalism-5-26-20-ap_20076640903907-0647e368ac52545908bb4173da684d2b713f5234-scaled-e1590593952340-900x422.jpg)
In The Battle Against COVID-19, A Risk Of ‘Vaccine Nationalism’
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The race to defeat the coronavirus is generating competition among nations and multinational companies. The main competition appears to be between the United States and China.
![The new Integrated Cyber Center at the NSA. The agency describes the four main cyber threats as coming from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nsa-icc-2-8-14-19-bf8fb64c83b45de67589576230104428b9c4d39c-e1566852533308-900x422.jpg)
‘Persistent Engagement’: The Phrase Driving A More Assertive U.S. Spy Agency
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For the director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Paul Nakasone, it means relentlessly tracking adversaries in cyberspace and increasingly taking action against them.
![CIA Director Gina Haspel, speaking at the University of Louisville in September, says she wants to send more undercover officers overseas. Many in the intelligence world says this has become more challenging in an era of universal surveillance.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/haspel-12-21-18-ap_18267509062055-c0ed4545ba9357ec1d01c4bcabbc14ec29555d58-e1546535358771-900x422.jpg)
CIA Chief Pushes For More Spies Abroad; Surveillance Makes That Harder
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CIA Director Gina Haspel wants more undercover officers overseas. But in an age of universal surveillance, instant online searches and social media profiles, staying below the radar is a challenge.
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Trump Declares New Shipping Sanctions On North Korea
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The latest punitive measures are aimed at ships and shipping companies from several countries that are sending oil and other products to North Korea in violation of United Nations sanctions.