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Jack Spear
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Joe Biden is in Angola for his first and last trip to Africa as president. His visit dominated by to the National Slavery Museum in the capital of Luanda to remember the hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans taken from Angola to the shores of the United States. NPR's Emmanuel Akonwoto reports.
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Emmanuel Akonwoto
With the Atlantic in the backdrop, President Biden evoked the dark history of the transatlantic slave trade.
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Joe Biden
We hear them in the wind and the waves, young women, young men born free in the highlands of Angola, only being captured, bound and forced in a death march.
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Emmanuel Akonwoto
He talked about the connections between the two countries in front of an audience that included the descendants of formerly enslaved people. Biden is set to visit the Lobito port in Angola, part of a major U. S backed project held up by officials as an example of the U.S. s growing investment in Africa. The 800 mile rail line runs through mineral rich countries in Central Africa. The visit caps what is likely Biden's final foreign trip in office. Emmanuel Akinwatu, NPR News, Lagos.
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Jack Spear
Presidents losing nominees is not entirely unusual. And now another president elect. Donald Trump's picks is taking himself out of the running. This time it's his choice to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration. Hillsborough County, Florida, Sheriff Chad Chronister. Chronister in a statement saying as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, he opted to withdraw from consideration. Chronister had come under fire from some conservative quarters over his enforcement of lockdown measures during the COVID 19 pandemic, including arresting the pastor of a Florida megachurch who held services with hundreds of people. A lower court in Wisconsin has ruled to restore collective bargaining for public employees more than a decade after a landmark decision effectively ended that ability in the state. Wisconsin Public Radio's Anya Van Wagden Donk reports. The decision could mark a major victory for organized labor.
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Anya Van Wagden Donk
Thirteen years ago, protesters occupied the Wisconsin state Capitol for weeks. They were challenging Act 10, which significantly weakened most public sector and teachers unions. On Monday, a circuit court judge ruled that law unconstitutional. That decision could restore collective bargaining rights for thousands of workers. Wisconsin's Democratic governor Tony Evers said union supporters can't declare victory yet.
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Joe Biden
I think it's an important win, but I also recognize that the process is.
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Anya Van Wagden Donk
Long and the gop held. State legislature has already filed an appeal. The case is expected to make its way to the state Supreme Court. For NPR News, I'm Ani Van Wachtendonk in Madison.
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Jack Spear
Small businesses officials say they're gearing up for the possible effects of President elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China. Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tax on goods entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico and an additional 10% tariff on China. On Wall street, the Dow fell 76 points. This is NPR. China says it is shutting down U.S. access to key raw materials used in the making of semiconductors, batteries and in space and defense. The sanctions coming in retaliation for the latest US trade restrict. @ the same time, China's Commerce Ministry cautioning Chinese companies against buying American made chips and also expanded its list of Chinese companies subject to export controls. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier spoke to his nation tonight saying he hoped the parliament would not approve no confidence motions, followed by the far right and far left. NPR's owner Beardsley reports. The high stakes vote takes place Wednesday in the fragmented French parliament.
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Eleanor Beardsley
The far right and far left joined forces in anger after Prime Minister Bernier pushed the 2025 budget through using an emergency clause because he didn't have the votes following snap elections last summer. No party has a majority, but the extremes have the biggest voting blocs. They say the budget hurts the working class. I understand there's a lot of tension in our society, said Bonnier. There's a feeling of injustice. But he said if the government collapses, things will be worse as the Eurozone's second largest economy plunges into uncertainty and instability. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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Jack Spear
When Houston based energy company enron collapsed in 2001, it was vilified as one of the worst cases of corporate fraud and greed ever. But now what seems to be an elaborate joke, a company calling itself Enron is out with a video portraying itself as a company dedicated to solving the energy crisis. I'm Jack Speer, NPR News, in Washington.
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