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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Biden calls the Turks’ massacre of Armenians a genocide. What this means for US-Turkey relations

    President Biden made a historic announcement over the weekend to officially recognize the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a genocide.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 26, 2021 • 8m Listen

    President Biden made a historic announcement over the weekend to officially recognize the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. Saturday marked more than a century since the beginning of the massacre, in which 1.5 million people died.

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    India is now the COVID epicenter, US plans to send medical supplies
    1. 0:00India becomes world’s COVID epicenter but is home to biggest vaccine maker. What happened?
    2. 9:23Biden calls the Turks’ massacre of Armenians a genocide. What this means for US-Turkey relationsYou’re reading this
    3. 17:47Anti-protest legislation gets pushed by Republicans in Oklahoma, Florida, other states
    4. 28:00From Nirvana to Guns N’ Roses, how 1991 changed music forever
    5. 42:20Chloé Zhao wins big at Oscars with ‘Nomadland,’ but China censors her milestones
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