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The BBC is making a new play for listeners with daily podcast 'The Global Story,' co-hosted by Asma Khalid and Tristan Redman.
BBC News is launching a new international daily podcast called The Global Story, with episodes starting from 3 September. The ...
After deadly floods swept through Texas, so many people answered the community's cry for help. Amanda Nicholson, an assistant volleyball coach, was one of them.
Here & Now 's Asma Khalid speaks with Grist and Blue Ridge Public Radio reporter Katie Myers about what factors may be leading to the population decline in fireflies and what little changes people can ...
Asma al-Assad: from state school in Acton to murderess of the Middle East - She was once fawned over for her good looks and sharp mind, but is now seen as an accomplice to her husband’s cruelty.
Asma was widely praised for both her appearance and temperament. As they visited Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, local media reported that a woman tourist touched Asma's face and paid her a compliment.
After college, Asma worked for Deutsche Bank Group as an economics analyst and then J.P. Morgan as an investment banker, based in New York and London.
Asma replied, “You can’t know for sure but in my own life, I suspect there is no God in the personal way that the monotheisms recognize. ” And so, in classic Asma way, he leaves the door open.
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Human Rights Watch's Lama Fakih about the Syrian reaction to Asmaa Al-Assad's declaration she is cancer free — while hospitals in Syria continue to be bombed.
Asma al-Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been forced to temporarily withdraw from public life for the time being due to the disease.