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The Rough Translation podcast explores how ideas we wrestle with in the U.S. are being discussed in the rest of the world.

Bridging The Familiar And Unfamiliar Around The World, In 'Rough Translation'

In NPR's new international podcast, host Gregory Warner, a longtime foreign correspondent, travels the globe to drop in on stories that reflect back on subjects we're talking about in the U.S.

According to the researchers, there are 10 to the power of 170 possible board configurations in Go — more than the number of atoms in the known universe.

Computer Learns To Play Go At Superhuman Levels 'Without Human Knowledge'

Researchers say they have constructed an AI program that can teach itself to play the ancient strategy game at a level far beyond humans.

This July 22 satellite image, released and annotated by 38 North on Monday, shows what the U.S. research group says is the partial dismantling of the rail-mounted transfer structure (center) at the Sohae launch site in North Korea.

OPINION: The U.S. And North Korea Have Made Progress. Here's How They Can Keep It Up

North Korea's moves to return U.S. remains and dismantle sites are not meaningless. Now, the U.S. should take the denuclearization bull by the horns, writes a veteran U.S. negotiator with Pyongyang.

A U.N. honor guard carries a box containing remains believed to be from American servicemen killed during the 1950-53 Korean War after arriving from North Korea, at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea on Friday.

North Korea Hands Over Possible Remains Of U.S. Servicemen Killed In Korean War

The remains of what are believed to be about 55 U.S. servicemen arrived at Osan Air Base in South Korea as part of an agreement between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

China's Chang'e-5 craft, seen here at an exhibition in 2014, will carry out a lunar soft landing, according to the country's space agency.

China Will Launch Moon-Sampling Mission In November

Ahead of a separate plan to visit the moon's far side, China hopes to return lunar samples to Earth in late 2017.

French caricaturist Luz, seen on Jan. 15, says drawing Islam's Prophet Muhammad no longer interests him.

'Charlie Hebdo' Cartoonist Says He Will No Longer Draw Prophet Muhammad

"He no longer interests me," Luz said in an interview. Militants attacked the magazine Jan. 7, killing editorial staff and others, in apparent retaliation for its depiction of their prophet.

South Korean soldiers at a guard post near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing two Koreas in the border city of Paju in August of last year.

South Korea Says It Plans To Reduce Guard Posts On The DMZ

In what the defense ministry describes as a preliminary test, Seoul plans to scale back the posts in the spirit of the Koreas summit held in April.

South Korean ousted leader Park Geun-hye was sentenced on Friday to an additional eight years in prison.

Former South Korea President Sentenced To 8 More Years In Prison

Park Geun-hye was already serving 24 years in jail. On Friday a court convicted the disgraced leader of illegally receiving funds from a state agency and breaking election laws.

North Korean viewers watch a giant television screen outside the central railway station in Pyongyang, which was broadcasting news of the Singapore summit last month between Kim Jong Un and President Trump.

North Korean Economy Suffered Sharpest Drop In 2 Decades, South Says

Not since 1997 has the country's gross domestic product shrunk at such a large rate in a single year, according to a report by the Bank of Korea. And the bank says sanctions are responsible.

'Irresistible' By Design: It's No Accident You Can't Stop Looking At The Screen

Technology is designed to be addictive, offering gratification that's similar to that of drug abuse or gambling. Author Adam Alter says a new frontier could soon provide another escape from reality.

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