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News Articles: World

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, background center, French President Emmanuel Macron, foreground left, and Macron's wife, Brigitte Macron, foreground right, applaud during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics on Sept. 8 in Paris.

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  • Europe

New center-right government in France announced 2 months after divisive elections

The French presidential palace unveiled a new government dominated by conservatives and centrists. A left-wing coalition secured the most seats in June-July elections but failed to win a majority.

September 21, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
President Biden delivers remarks at the 2024 National HBCU Week Conference in Philadelphia on Sept. 16, 2024.

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  • Politics

How Biden is getting used to life as a lame-duck president

President Biden has been receding from the spotlight as the campaign marches on. But he still holds the highest office in the land for another four months and he’s is trying to make the most of it.

September 21, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
A collage of photos taken this past week of statues of actor Gene Kelly (from left), former Arsenal player Thierry Henry, and British civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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  • World

U.K. dads are wrapping baby slings on male statues to push for more paternity leave

The purpose is to raise awareness on the U.K.'s low paternity leave benefits, which currently stand at two weeks of paid time off for new fathers.

September 21, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
A man holds an Icom walkie-talkie after he removed the battery during a funeral of people killed when hundreds of paging devices exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon the previous day, in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept. 18.

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  • Middle East

Did exploding pagers attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon violate international law?

The series of explosions that rocked Lebanon this week, killing dozens and wounding thousands, has prompted debate among legal experts on international humanitarian law.

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
People and members of the military inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it killed a Hezbollah commander in a strike in Lebanon's capital Beirut

The airstrike follows a deadly week of attacks that have intensified nearly a year of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah.

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf,
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • and 1 more
Pesto the king penguin chick, right, mingles in his enclosure at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium on Friday.

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  • Animals

A massive baby penguin named Pesto is inhaling fish and winning fans

Pesto, who weighs 46 pounds at just nine months old, has been on display at an Australian aquarium since April. As he grew, so did his social media fanbase — especially after a recent gender reveal.

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Turkish doner cooks prepare doner kebabs for customers in a doner kebab restaurant in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday.

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  • World

Turkey wants to regulate Germany's beloved döner kebab street food

Under Turkey's proposal, beef would be required to come from cattle that is at least 16 months old, and be marinated with specific amounts of fat, yogurt or milk, onion, salt, thyme, and pepper.

September 20, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Canadian Cultural Heritage Deputy Minister, Isabelle Mondou, left, and Andrea Clark-Grignon, Head of Public Affairs, unveil a photographic portrait known as 'The Roaring Lion', of Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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  • World

An iconic Churchill photo stolen in Canada and found in Italy is ready to return

Canadian and Italian dignitaries marked the successful recovery of a portrait of Winston Churchill known as "The Roaring Lion," stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search.

September 20, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A photo provided by the FBI in October 2023 shows former CIA officer Brian Jeffrey Raymond, who pleaded guilty that year to drugging, filming and sexually assaulting dozens of women across multiple countries over a 14-year period.

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  • National

An ex-CIA officer gets 30 years for drugging, filming and assaulting dozens of women

Brian Raymond admitting to drugging, filming and assaulting the women, most of whom didn't know until investigators showed them footage. Several shared their experiences in court as he looked on.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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  • News

Why Teamsters won't endorse a candidate for 2024. And, how to avoid credit card debt.

The Teamsters, a large and prominent union, is not endorsing a presidential candidate this cycle, breaking away from what other labor unions are doing. And, tips on how to avoid credit card debt.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
TikToks by passengers on the Ultimate World Cruise — screenshot by NPR — capture the highs and lows of the nine-month journey, which ended last week.

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  • Pop Culture

A viral nine-month world cruise saw plenty of drama, but not the kind you'd expect

The "Ultimate World Cruise" consumed social media, with many comparing it to a reality show. But what was it really like? Passengers spoke with NPR, nine months and 60-plus countries later.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez waves to supporters during a political event at a square in the Hatillo municipality of Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela's opposition leader says he was forced to sign letter that admits defeat

Venezuela's former opposition candidate, Edmundo González, on Wednesday said he was coerced into signing a letter effectively recognizing his defeat in July's presidential election.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A fire burns on a hillside near Sever do Vouga, a town in northern Portugal that has been surrounded by forest fires, on Tuesday.

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  • World

Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control

More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths as fires spread out of control over the weekend.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
An ambulance believed to be carrying wounded people, after multiple explosions were heard during the funeral of four Hezbollah fighters who were killed Tuesday after their handheld pagers exploded, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday.

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  • World

Another wave of blasts hits Lebanon, as Hezbollah reels from pager explosions

Following Tuesday's stunning attack via pagers, Lebanon was hit by another deadly wave of exploding communications devices on Wednesday.

September 18, 2024
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By:
  • Jawad Rizkallah and
  • Daniel Estrin
Paramilitary soldiers stand guard as people queue up to vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, on Wednesday.

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  • World

In Kashmir, voting begins in first local elections since India revoked autonomy

In Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents are voting in elections that some hope will lead to restoration of the territory's statehood, which ended when it became a federally governed territory in 2019.

September 18, 2024
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  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Diaa Hadid
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