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NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Ruth Wedgwood, a professor of international law and diplomacy at the the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, about the ruling in the suit against China over its claims to the South China Sea.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Washington Post reporter and author Dan Zak about his latest book, Almighty, about anti-nuclear weapons activism.

An international tribunal ruled decisively against China's territorial claims in the South China Sea. Embarrassing as the verdict is for China, it will be very difficult to enforce.

Following Britain's vote last month to leave the European Union, investors have been moving cash into "safe havens," such as U.S. Treasury bonds. That surging demand for reliable investments has sent interest rates down to record lows. But local governments may not be able to take advantage of cheap money for infrastructure repairs.

Funerals are planned this week for some of the five police officers killed in an ambush last week during a downtown Dallas protest. President Obama and former President George W. Bush are speaking at an interfaith memorial Tuesday.

Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the Justice Department decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton on her handling of classified information.

From a traveler's worst nightmare — beaten and robbed in a foreign city — comes a surprising story of education and discovery.

The union UAW said it was unable to reach an agreement on a new contract with the company, known for its signature green and yellow farm equipment. It's the latest of several recent worker actions.

Fighting broke out in Beirut during a rally by Hezbollah supporters who say they were attacked by Christian militias, as Lebanon struggles with massive electricity outages and government paralysis.

- Eric Rudolph - the man charged in a fatal bombing of a Birmingham abortion clinic - is facing new charges. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that now federal authorities are charging him with three attacks in Atlanta, including the 1996 Olympic bombing. Rudolph is still at large and at today's news conference, Attorney General Janet Reno said Rudolph is "on the run." He was last seen in the woods of Western North Carolina.