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Biden is nominating Gayle Manchin, the wife of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, to be the co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission. The commission is an economic development partnership involving the federal government and 13 states.

With one of the world’s largest container ships solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars’ worth of commerce each day, NPR takes a look at the worldwide implications. (Image credit: DigitalGlobe/ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images)

With one of the world’s largest container ships solidly lodged in the Suez Canal, blocking billions of dollars’ worth of commerce each day, NPR takes a look at the worldwide implications. (Image credit: DigitalGlobe/ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images)

Developing countries scrambled to keep their Covid-19 vaccinations on track Friday after India—a critical supplier to a United Nations-backed and Western-funded campaign—temporarily restricted exports.

The Biden administration said it stood with businesses that have forsworn cotton produced in the region where Chinese authorities operate internment camps, which Beijing has denied are used for forced labor.

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The detentions came amid growing government intolerance toward the LGBT community in Turkey. The 12 students were detained Thursday after they displayed the flags of the LGBT rights movements during a protest at Istanbul’s prestigious Bogazici University.

The detentions came amid growing government intolerance toward the LGBT community in Turkey. The 12 students were detained Thursday after they displayed the flags of the LGBT rights movements during a protest at Istanbul’s prestigious Bogazici University.

The appointment of the first Black American sergeant-at-arms for the House comes as Congress works to overhaul its security procedures in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Image credit: Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

President Joe Biden talks to reporters during the first news conference of his presidency on March 25 at the White House. His statements seemed to indicate that the US would remain in Afghanistan beyond May 1. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images