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A year ago, Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines, leaving a path of destruction. In the city of Tacloban, the damage is less visible, but the effects of the typhoon are still present.

The U.S. thought trade and investment would eventually make China more democratic. In fact, it's had the opposite effect: creating a rich, authoritarian leadership class that remains repressive.

The move paves the way for the renewal of high-level talks between the two countries that were frozen two years ago by China.

Writer David Rakoff has a new collection of essays, Now, Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems. Rakoff is a regular contributor to public radio's This American Life.

A year ago, people who predicted that Iraq was headed toward a Shia-Sunni civil war were scoffed at by supporters of the U.S.-led invasion. But sectarian strife appears to be on the rise in Baghdad.

A panel of experts takes the pulse of opera today and discuss its possibilities for the future.

NPR's Eric Westervelt, Peter Kenyon and Philip Davis talk about the recount going on in three Florida counties. Westervelt is covering Palm Beach County, where today a circuit court judge announced that he did not have the authority to order a "revote" because of the confusing so-called "Butterfly" ballot. As the recount of votes in Palm Beach County has proceeded, it is actually George Bush who has picked up votes. Kenyon is covering Broward County, which is expected to complete its manual recount by today. And Davis is in Miami-Dade, which today has begun to recount its 654,000 presidential ballots.

Florida politicians of both parties have long opposed offshore drilling for oil. But Gov. Charlie Crist — seen as a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain — has changed his stance and now supports offshore drilling.

Migrants from Africa and Afghanistan have poured into Calais, hoping to seek asylum in Britain across the channel. But few succeed, leaving an estimated 2,000 in limbo in the French port city.

Stories of trafficking — including a sting using a "Walking Dead" actress — are making headlines. An expert talks about the practice, which victimizes millions around the world.