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NPR's Kenneth Walker in Johannesburg reports long-simmering differences within South Africa's ruling party burst into the open this week with allegations that three prominent members of the party were plotting to oust President Thabo Mbeki.

Israel Mood

With new elections for Prime Minister of Israel scheduled for Tuesday, opinion polls strongly suggest that Likud Party candidate Ariel Sharon could win and displace Labor Party candidate and current Prime Minister Ehud Barak. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Likud Plans

Robert talks with Zalman Shoval, who was Ambassador to the United States during the last two Likud Administrations, about Likud Party plans now that Ariel Sharon has won the election. Shoval is now Director of the Likud Party Foreign Relations Department.

German Politics

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Berlin that the German government is considering banning the National Democratic Party, the NDP. While most German politicians argue that the NDP attracts neo-Nazis, the party insists that it is interested only in preserving Germany for Germans.

Profile: Sonia Gandhi

NPR's Philip Reeves profiles Sonia Gandhi, the woman who may soon become prime minister of India. The Congress Party made an unexpected victory in India's elections, and the party wants Gandhi to take over leadership.

Facebook employees talk to visitors at a one-day Facebook pop-up kiosk in Bryant Park in New York City on Thursday. The company was fielding questions about its data-sharing practices and teaching users how to understand its new privacy controls. The next day, Facebook announced that a "bug" that had inappropriately shared users' private data — this time, their photos.

Facebook Says Some Users' Private Photos Were Accidentally Shared With Developers

In September, a Facebook "bug" allowed developers to access images people shared with friends on Facebook Stories — or images users had not even posted. Up to 6.8 million users may have been affected.

CT's early voting polling place, Miller Library on 2901 Dixwell Avenue. Early voting for party primary elections in Connecticut is running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Sunday, Aug. 11 and was open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6 and Thursday, Aug. 8.

Hamden poll workers say CT's early voting hours are long, but delight at democracy in action

The goal of early, in-person voting is to make it easier for prospective voters to cast a ballot. But the requirements can also pull at poll workers’ bandwidth.

Images of President Trump and former President Barack Obama are on television as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

FACT CHECK: Who Gets Credit For The Booming U.S. Economy?

President Trump and former President Obama both claim credit for the economy. Democrats argue that Trump inherited an economy that was already strong, while Republicans insist he turned it around.

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, smoke billows from a fire inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces on Wednesday.

Civilians Flee As Turkish Forces Strike Kurds In Northern Syria

The attack that began Wednesday has uprooted civilians in the area. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insists that the Trump administration did not "greenlight" the incursion.

Trevor Noah announced Thursday that he'd be leaving The Daily Show after seven years. "My time is up," he said. "But in the most beautiful way." Noah is pictured above in Los Angeles in September 2021.

Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show' departure hints at deeper problems in late night TV

Noah increasingly looked like a performer who was growing beyond the grind of a late-night Comedy Central show. If he doesn't find a new perch in the genre, the industry will be all the worse for it.

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