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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 months, 1 week 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…
3 months, 1 week 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,…
3 months, 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…
3 months, 1 week 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…
3 months, 2 weeks 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…
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How one month of war in Iran is felt in countries around the region
It’s been a month since the U.S. and Israel began the war on Iran. President Trump pointed to what he said has been progress in talks when he extend…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How is the war in Iran impacting Southeast Asia?
Southeast Asia is among the areas hardest hit by Iran’s cutoff of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, with many nations there almost entirely d…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Changes coming to the UK’s House of Lords
Britain’s upper house of parliament is known as the House of Lords and it’s has a lot of old traditions: powdered wigs, a gold throne, lawmakers addr…
3 months, 2 weeks ago