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Back to SearchAn economic perfect storm is battering emerging markets. Debt crises loom
With a strengthening dollar and rising commodity prices, developing nations are having a hard time paying their debts.
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U.N. calls for demilitarized zone around nuclear plant in Ukraine
The United Nations is calling for a demilitarized zone around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
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U.N. inspectors arrive at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine
A team of nuclear inspectors from the United Nations has made its way to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Southern Ukraine.
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Fukushima could provide insight into a potential nuclear disaster in Ukraine
Some experts fear the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, could meltdown in a way similar to what happened in Fukushima, Japan, over a deca…
3 years, 7 months ago
This Ukrainian grandmother is rebelling against the war-time beach ban
In Ukraine's most popular summer destination, a 90-year-old grandmother encourages a rebellion against a war-time beach ban, swimming despite the thr…
3 years, 7 months ago
Revisiting Ukraine's front line in Slovyansk
The government has sent evacuation orders to Ukraine's Donbas region but many remain. One sparsely open city has become a hub for Ukrainian military …
3 years, 7 months ago
Why the U.S. cares about the war in Ukraine
Six months into the war in Ukraine, why should the U.S. continue to care and spend billions of dollars on the war when Europe is so ambivalent? And w…
3 years, 7 months ago
What are the longterm implications of the U.S. sending military supplies to Ukraine?
The Pentagon is ramping up its support of Ukraine in its war against Russia. The Defense Department is sending another $3 billion to Ukraine. That br…
3 years, 7 months ago
6 months of war: The view from the frontlines
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ukrainian politician Volodymyr Omelyan, who left his job and family, and has been fighting against the Russians on the f…
3 years, 7 months ago
Six months into the Russia-Ukraine war, how can we measure the loss of life?
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Matilda Bogner, head of the United Nations Human Rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, about whether death tolls in Russ…
3 years, 7 months ago