NPR’s Pien Huang speaks with Joshua Yaffa, author of the book Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia, about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow this week. Source: A symbolic Moscow meeting between Xi and Putin
Every year Iranians around the world celebrate Nowruz. The Persian new year is a two-week festival that marks the start of spring. Source: Iranians mark the start of spring with Nowruz celebrations
By The Associated Press The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.8 magnitude earthquake centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest city. (Image credit: Jhonny Crespo/AP) Source: A strong earthquake has killed at least 13 in Ecuador and 1 in Peru