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Podcast: State of the World from NPR
Episode: NATO coordinates Arctic defense plan. Japan’s teary goodbye to last pair of pandas.
Description: NATO launches the mission in response to Russian and Chinese ambitions in the high North, and to President Trump’s threat of a US takeover of Greenland. Japan’s last pair of giant pandas returns to China. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy