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NPR's Noel King talks to Hanan Ashrawi a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee, about Palestinians rejecting President Trump's Mideast peace proposal.

Barman Eddie Kim visits All Things Considered to share a drink for ringing in 2020. He named the whisky and vermouth cocktail for the vibes he's hoping for in the new year, truth and clarity.

Facing a weeks-long mass transit strike, French President Emmanuel Macron spelled out his vision for the country in his New Year's Eve address to the nation.

NPR's Steve Inskeep remembers his long-time colleague Cokie Roberts — one of NPR's "founding mothers" — who died in September at the age of 75 of complications from breast cancer.

Twenty years ago it was feared that when the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, computer systems would fail to cope with the change and malfunction — leading to global chaos. It didn't happen.

In Russia a new generation is coming of age — one that has grown up entirely during the 20-year reign of President Putin. They have no memories of post-Soviet hardship.

Aqueducts once crucial to Rome's survival became trash dumps in more recent history. In one part of the ancient city, a couple of septuagenarians decided to do something about the dilapidated system.

Jazz trumpeter and singer Jack Sheldon has died. He was a fixture on the Merv Griffin Show and sang "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill" for Schoolhouse Rock.

When a teacher suggested Gina Yashere become an actor, her mom said: "Actor? No, no, no. You can act like a doctor when you become a doctor." Yashere is now a co-creator of Bob Hearts Abishola.

An enormous number of tumbleweeds blew onto a road New Year's Eve, piling up into a mountain of tangled branches that blocked traffic and even buried some cars, trapping travelers inside.