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Lufthansa aircraft are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, in March. The airline has agreed to pay a $4 million civil rights penalty by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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  • Religion

Lufthansa agrees to a record $4 million fine for its treatment of Jewish passengers

The German airline barred 128 Jewish passengers from their May 2022 connecting flight based on the alleged misconduct of a few. The U.S. government considers that discrimination; Lufthansa disagrees.

October 15, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Kelci Banschbach, who is originally from Indianapolis, became the first American winner of the World Conker Championships after beating David Jakins, the men's  winner. Jakins is accused of cheating in his games; he insists he did nothing wrong.

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  • Europe

U.S. woman wins conkers world title, as men's champ faces metal nut cheating charges

An autumn tournament for conkers, a traditional English game, has drawn people to a country pub for years. But now a scandal — or conkerversy — is brewing after an accusation of cheating.

October 15, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Anton, who doesn't want his name used for security concerns, builds drones with the company Social Drone in his kitchen in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Ukraine is amping up drone production to get an edge in the war against Russia

October 15, 2024
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  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Claire Harbage
A surveillance helicopter traces a line in the sky above the Southwest border with Mexico at Sunland Park, N.M., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.

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  • National

Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold

Experts say smugglers are treating migrants more harshly and bringing them on paths that could be more dangerous in extreme summer temperatures.

October 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference on the investigative efforts related to violent criminal activity occurring in Canada with connections to India in Ottawa, Ontario, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Canada expels India's top diplomat and alleges wider diplomatic involvement in crimes

Canada expelled India’s top diplomat in the country and five others over last year's killing of a Sikh activist in British Columbia. India rejected the charges and said it would expel Canadian envoys.

October 15, 2024
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South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday.

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  • World

North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean roads as tensions with South Korea soar

Destroying the roads would be in line with Kim Jong Un's push to cut off ties with South Korea and abandon the decades-long objective to seek a peaceful unification.

October 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Giant pandas eat bamboo at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, May 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Animals

Giant pandas will arrive at D.C.'s National Zoo this week

After an 11-month wait, giant pandas will populate the zoo once again. A pair of pandas, which left China on FedEx's "Panda Express" cargo jet, are expected to arrive in the D.C. area on Tuesday.

October 14, 2024
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  • Willem Marx
Ilia Reyes Aymani, a researcher and teacher, has written short songs in Ckunsa, a once-extinct Indigenous language, to teach colors and numbers to the local children. She stands for a portrait in San Pedro de Atacama in Antofagasta, Chile, on April 15. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/14/nx-s1-5148780/chile-lost-language-atacama-desert"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story. </a>

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  • Latin America

In Chile a language on the verge of extinction, stirs into life

Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.

October 14, 2024
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  • John Bartlett
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Highlighting Indigenous voices across NPR’s network

NPR is celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day by acknowledging Indigenous people's accomplishments and delving into their culture and the issues they face with stories from our network.

October 14, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton and
  • Suzanne Nuyen
In this screen grab from video released by the Taiwan Coast Guard, a member of the Taiwan Coast Guard monitors a China Coast Guard boat as it passes near the coast of Matsu islands, Taiwan on Monday.

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  • Asia

China holds large military exercises surrounding Taiwan to warn against independence

China deployed ships and warplanes in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan Monday, simulating the sealing off of ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait.

October 14, 2024
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A young child is restrained before receiving a vaccination for polio in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sept. 4 during the first round of a massive polio vaccination campaign led by the United Nations.

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  • World

To curb polio outbreak, children in Gaza are receiving a booster vaccine dose

The World Health Organization said a second dose will be crucial in order to stop the spread of the virus in Gaza and internationally.

October 14, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Mumbai police personnel stand guard outside the residence of Baba Siddique, a senior politician, who was shot at outside his son's office in Mumbai and later succumbed to his wounds in a hospital on Saturday night, in Mumbai, India.

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  • World

Indian politician known for his close ties with Bollywood is killed in Mumbai

Baba Siddique was close to several Bollywood superstars and known for throwing lavish parties.

October 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Emergency services personnel attend the scene of a drone strike launched by Hezbollah on Sunday in Binyamina, Israel.

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  • Middle East

4 Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack that leaves dozens injured

The Lebanese militant group targeted an Israeli army base near the central city of Binyamina, in one of the most serious mass casualty attacks the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group has caused in Israel.

October 13, 2024
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  • Daniel Estrin
“The Salmon Eye,” run by Eide Fjordbruck, is an education center located at the mouth of Norway’s Hardangersfjord. It is the world’s largest floating art installation and a vision of the company’s CEO Sondre Eide.

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  • Europe

Deep inside a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably

In Norway, one man's solution to the threat posed by farmed salmon and the impact on the fjords they swim in.

October 13, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz
Camilo Garcia peeks through a curtain of his house on the morning of March 9, in the town of Juntas, Buenaventura, Colombia. The community gathers during Holy Week to celebrate the Manacillos festival, an ancestral ritual originating in the upper part of the Yurumangui River. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2024/10/13/g-s1-15007/how-one-afro-colombian-community-honors-their-ancestry"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story. </a>

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  • Latin America

How one Afro-Colombian community honors their ancestry

In the town of Juntas, in the city of Buenaventura, Colombia, the community gathers for Holy Week every year to celebrate the Manacillos festival, an ancestral ritual originating in the upper part of the Yurumangui River.

October 13, 2024
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  • Nathalia Angarita and
  • Marina Sardiña
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