What is the Munich Security Conference and why is it important? What is the Munich Security Conference and why is it important? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, German Marshall Fund president, ahead of the Munich Security Conference.

Phone-Maker Honor Will Unveil Its First Humanoid Robot Next WeekWhen Honor announced its upcoming Robot Phone in October last year, it was a genuine surprise, promising a refreshing break from the predictable designs we see with most phone launches. But it turns out the Chinese phone-maker had something even more ambitious and impressive up its sleeve: an actual robot. Honor's event...

Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba? World March 24, 202611:37 AM ET Terry Gross New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro family's...

India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund India has cleared a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital program that will channel government money into startups through private investors, doubling down on its effort to finance high-risk areas such as artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and other sectors broadly referred to by the industry as deep...

House Republicans reject Senate deal, prolonging partial government shutdownWatch: BBC journalist caught in travel chaos at Houston AirportRepublicans in the US House of Representatives have rejected a bipartisan deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and instead approved a different plan, prolonging the shutdown that has caused huge delays at airports.Their Senate colleagues...