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News Articles: World

Doctors attempt to resuscitate a victim of shelling at the Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 5. The victim was later pronounced dead.

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  • Africa

In Pictures: How one hospital is faring as Sudan's health care system is devastated by war

NPR correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu reports from one of wartime Sudan's few remaining hospitals, on the edge of the capital Khartoum.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
Elvis tribute artists on stage in Porthcawl in Wales.

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  • Arts & Life

A small town in Wales claims the world's biggest Elvis festival. NPR visited

You might expect the world’s biggest Elvis Presley festival to be in Las Vegas, or Memphis, Tenn. One small UK seaside town holds an annual -- and possibly the world's biggest -- Elvis Presley festival.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Robert Griffiths
Flames rise from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday.

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  • Middle East

Israeli airstrikes cut off a key crossing between Lebanon and Syria

The latest strikes came after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United Nations-declared buffer zone.

October 04, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Women grieve at the port of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ferry carrying hundreds capsized on arrival Thursday.

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  • Africa

At least 78 people dead after boat capsizes in eastern Congo, official says

The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according to local authorities.

October 04, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The sun shines behind a refinery in the South Pars Gas-Condensate field in Asalouyeh Seaport in Iran. Iran's oil and natural gas infrastructure is a possible target for Israeli attacks as tensions in the Mideast mount.  Oil prices have risen as a result — but remain relatively low, compared to most of 2024.

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  • Middle East

Tensions are rising in the Middle East, but the rise in oil prices is muted – so far

Crude oil prices have risen as Iran and Israel trade attacks, but not as much as you might expect. One reason? OPEC+ could pump a lot more oil if it wanted to.

October 03, 2024
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Projectiles above Jerusalem, on Tuesday. Israel says Iran launched more than 180 missiles but that the assault did little damage.

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  • World

How Iran’s missile strike on Israel appears to have hit some targets

Videos posted online suggest that two air bases were targeted by multiple incoming missiles. The strike appears to have been more sophisticated than one earlier this year.

October 02, 2024
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday.

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  • Middle East

Israel sends more troops to Lebanon as it vows a 'painful' response to Iran's missiles

The Middle East is bracing for a wider war as Israel fights in Gaza and Lebanon, and promises a strong response to Iran's missile strikes.

October 02, 2024
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  • Rebecca Rosman
In this 2014 photo, a Kenyan medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit at a Nairobi hospital wears full gear when bringing a meal to a man in quarantine in isolation housing after coming into contact with a carrier of the Marburg virus.

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  • Global Health

Marburg is an especially scary virus. How scared should we be of Rwanda's outbreak?

Rwanda is dealing with its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus. It's related to Ebola and has a mortality rate as high as 88%. What do disease experts say about the global risk?

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
A shooting gallery at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan.

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  • World

Nintendo shows off Mario, Zelda, and 135 years of history in a new Kyoto museum

The Nintendo Museum opens in Kyoto, Japan, today. Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto never expected the company to make the museum, since it has an ethos of letting its games speak for themselves.

October 02, 2024
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Cambodian freelance journalist Mech Dara in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Feb. 21, 2021. Mech Dara was arrested on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 while driving with his family to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

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  • Asia

A Cambodian reporter who exposed scams is charged over online posts

The U.S. State Department said it was “deeply troubled” by the recent arrest of Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian investigative reporter who exposed online scams and corruption.

October 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This picture shows projectiles above Jerusalem on Tuesday. Iran said it launched a missile attack at Israel in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and other militant leaders last week.

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  • Middle East

Iran launches a missile attack on Israel, expanding the Middle East conflict

The Iranian attack comes in the wake of an Israeli ground incursion against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi and
  • Greg Myre
A man documents destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Lebanon's government urges international community for support amid Israel’s invasion

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his country was facing “one of the most dangerous phases of its history” amid Israel’s ground incursion into southern Lebanon, which began late Monday.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Rebecca Rosman
Tanks and troops gather in northern Israel on Monday in preparation for a ground invasion.

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  • Middle East

Israel begins ground offensive in Lebanon

The Israeli military pressed its ground incursion into southern Lebanon on Tuesday, calling the operations “limited incursions” that are targeting Hezbollah militants.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • and 2 more
Rescuers work at the site of a bus that caught fire, carrying young students with their teachers, in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

More than 20 students and teachers are feared dead in Thailand school trip bus fire

A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok, leaving more than 20 feared dead, officials and rescuers said.

October 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Claudia Sheinbaum campaigning during the election.

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  • Latin America

5 things to know about Mexico's first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum is a 62-year old environmental scientist who left academia on a political trajectory that took her from a local mayor, to running Mexico City, to winning the presidency with nearly 60 percent of the vote.

October 01, 2024
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  • Emily Green
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