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When Malcolm Gladwell presented NPR's Throughline podcast with a Peabody Award, he praised it for its historical and moral clarity. On Throughline, we take you back in time to the origins of what's in the news, like presidential power, aging, and evangelicalism. Time travel with us every week on the Throughline podcast from NPR. Live from Rahm Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. Negotiators for the U.S. and China wrapped up a second day of talks in Geneva today on de-escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reported they've made substantial progress. He said details of an agreement will be announced tomorrow. Trump has said that the president's first foreign policy is turning out to be less isolationist than expected. On Thursday, Vice President Vance told Fox News that, quote, we're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be a war that is going to be less isolationist than expected. On Thursday, Vice President Vance told Fox News that, quote, we're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that's fundamentally none of our business.

But then over the weekend, President Trump was taking credit for talks he said were mediated by the United States and that India and Pakistan had agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire. Hours after the ceasefire was announced, however, there were reports of continued fighting between the two nuclear-armed countries, and it was not clear if the ceasefire would hold. Mara Liason, NPR News. Around 50 white South Africans

are expected to travel to the U.S. this week. President Trump has given them refugee status. South African leadership objects to the move. Kate Bartlett reports from Johannesburg. The white South Africans are Afrikaners, the descendants of mainly Dutch colonists. In a February executive order, President Trump invited Afrikaners to apply for refugee status. On Thursday, NPR learned several dozen Afrikaners had been quickly processed and would arrive at Dulles Airport on Monday.

The South African government is not happy. Here's President Sirorama Posa's spokesman Vincent Maguena. One has to admit that our sovereignty as a country has been grossly undermined and violated by the United States. He said, quote, none of the provisions of international law on the definition of refugees are applicable in this case. For NPR News, I'm Kate Butler in Johannesburg. The Tufts University doctoral student

who was held for more than six weeks at Louisiana Immigration Detention Centers back in Boston, a federal judge ordered Rumeysa Ostrick released. Sarah Bettencourt reports from Boston. Ozturk spoke for a little over two minutes at a press conference in Logan Airport. She smiled and blinked away tears while thanking her attorneys who were also present.

Ozturk was never formally charged with a crime, but the government implied a pro-Gaza opinion piece in a student newspaper co-written by Ozturk was the reason her visa was revoked. Her immigration court case will continue. Her next federal court hearing will focus on potential constitutional violations of her detention. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Bettencourt in Boston. This is NPR News in Washington. The Federal Aviation Administration says operations have returned to normal at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Traffic in and out of the airport was slowed for a time today because of what the FAA called a telecommunications issue. On Friday, a facility in Philadelphia that directs planes at Newark went dark for 90 seconds for the second time in two weeks. A British study has found five minutes' worth of exposure to junk food ads is all it takes to get children to overeat. Vicki Barker has more.

Their research hasn't yet been peer-reviewed, but in a paper prepared for the European Congress on Obesity in Malaga, Spain, researchers from the University of Liverpool say children exposed to ads for products high in saturated fat, sugar and salt consumed an average of 130 extra calories that day. Video, audio or printed ads all had the same impact. It wasn't just ads showing food. Merely seeing the logo of companies like McDonald's or KFC was enough to spur the 7-15 year olds in the study to snack or eat more. The effect

was stronger for children who were already overweight. They consumed 147 extra calories. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London. Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday message in St. Peter's Square today. Speaking in Italian, he urged no more war, calling for an authentic and lasting peace in Ukraine, a ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of all Israeli hostages held by Hamas. I'm Nora Rahm. NPR News in Washington. Know that fizzy feeling you get when you read something really good, I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.