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An Atlanta native, Jordan started out as a prominent civil rights lawyer before building a career as a power broker in politics and business.

One of India's most flamboyant tycoons, liquor baron Vijay Mallya, appears to have gone to Britain while investigators look into his delinquent loans.

The director general is asking for a halt for at least two months. His hope is to use all available doses to vaccinate 10% of the population in every country by the end of September.

Nearly a century ago, explorer Hanns Vischer undertook a grueling 1,500-mile journey by camel across the Sahara desert. He later said that he entered the desert like a fool, and left it nearly crushed. A modern-day explorer has recreated his trek.

Two rebel militias now threaten Ethiopia's capital as the current conflict marks its one-year anniversary.

Poland is sending more troops to its border with Belarus. Thousands of migrants are trying to cross the frontier there, apparently at the instigation of the Belarusian regime.

The Biden administration has become increasingly concerned about migration being used as a weapon. Belarus has provided a poignant example.

One month after the military removed Sudan's civilian prime minister from power, he has been reinstalled in his position.

Having forced the military to install the prime minister it had ousted, pro-democracy activists in Sudan are pressing to insure civilian control.

Some monkeys make complex vocalizations, others don't. The reason why could help explain how the human brain evolved to produce speech. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on June 21, 2022.)