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A Ukrainian mayor, released from captivity, returns to a radically different city
Ukraine has been a country living through war for more than four years, since Russia’s full-scale invasion. But the experience of that war varies wi…
17 hours ago
Life in a Ukrainian city dramatically changed by war
Weapons evolve over the course of a war, and for the war in Ukraine the use of drones has radically altered the battlefield. But those same weapons …
1 day, 18 hours ago
A ceasefire with Iran is declared, why is there still fighting in Lebanon?
President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, just ahead of a deadline he imposed for the country to open the Strait of Hormuz or face ca…
2 days, 17 hours ago
Daring to dissent in Russia
One Moscow poet is making rare criticism of the Russian war on Ukraine. The Russian assault on Ukraine is now in its fifth year. For ordinary Russian…
3 days, 15 hours ago
What 9,000 year old remains in Germany tell us about human development
When a 9,000 year-old grave of a shaman was discovered in 1930s Germany, the discovery was quickly politicized to support Nazi propaganda. But new an…
4 days, 17 hours ago
Venezuelans are daring to hope again
It’s been three months since the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Ordinary Venezuelans reflect on what that night of the Maduro capture was like,…
1 week ago
Paramedics pay the price of war in Lebanon
Israel has invaded Lebanon as the war in Iran expands in the region. Israel says the move is in pursuit of Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters— Hezbollah…
1 week, 1 day ago
Is the U.S. threatening to commit war crimes in Iran?
On Monday, President Trump threatened to destroy civilian infrastructure across Iran, including the country’s desalination plants, vital for drinking…
1 week, 2 days ago
Humanity’s future with Artificial Intelligence
A conversation with an advocate for the regulation of Artificial Intelligence. He has thought a lot about what it could mean for the future of the t…
1 week, 3 days ago
A month of the Iran war through the eyes of a writer in Tehran
For almost a month now, a twenty-eight-year old Iranian writer in Tehran has been sharing her diary entries with NPR. The entries give us a view of …
1 week, 4 days ago