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<em>Wall Street Journal </em>reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26.

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Prisoner swap with Russia frees Americans including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

The Wall Street Journal reporter and the former U.S. Marine have been released by Russia in exchange for Russian prisoners held in the U.S. and Europe, in what the U.S. calls a historic prisoner swap.

August 01, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz,
  • Nick Spicer,
  • and 1 more
<em>Wall Street Journal</em> reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in the glass defendant's booth at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow on Sept. 19, 2023.

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  • World

Who's who in the prisoner swap that has freed Evan Gershkovich from Russian prison

The Wall Street Journal reporter is among four Americans who will be returning home as part of a massive prisoner swap announced Thursday that involves six nations and two dozen people.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Jason Breslow
Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in a site hit by an Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on July 13 in which the Israeli military claim they killed the head of Hamas' military wing, Mohammed Deif.

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  • World

Israel confirms it killed Hamas military commander in a July airstrike

Israel's military says the commander of Hamas is dead. The announcement comes following a series of assassinations of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in the region.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Turkey's Yusuf Dikec, pictured competing in the shooting 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal match at Chateauroux Shooting Center on Tuesday, went viral for his casual look.

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  • Sports

A conspicuously dressed-down shooter won Olympic silver. Then he went viral

Five-time Olympian Yusuf Dikec shot his way to silver with regular eyeglasses and a hand in his pocket. His casual style impressed viewers and had many jokingly wondering whether he might be a hitman.

August 01, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
GPB News NPR

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  • Europe

The Sycamore Gap tree is regenerating itself, delighting experts

The same ranger who found the tree chopped down last September recently made a much happier discovery.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Henrik Christiansen, pictured at a 2022 championship medal ceremony in Australia, is chasing medals as well as chocolate muffins in his third Olympic Games.

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  • Sports

A Norwegian swimmer's love affair with chocolate muffins may be winning the Olympics

When he’s not in the pool, Henrik Christiansen is documenting his deepening obsession with the gooey treats. His many dramatic TikToks are spreading muffin fever across the Olympic Village and beyond.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
FILE - An F-16 fighter lands at a Turkish air base in the Central Anatolian Turkish city of Konya on Sept. 8, 2004. Norway said Wednesday, July 10, 2024, it will donate six F-16 in the course of 2024 to Ukraine because Kyiv's “ability to defend itself against attacks from the air is absolutely crucial in its defensive battle against Russia.”

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  • Europe

Report: Ukraine receives first batch of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets

Ukraine has long sought the U.S.-made warplanes, saying they're needed to counter Russia's superior air power. Four NATO members have pledged F-16s, though it wasn't clear who sent them, or how many.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Scotland Yard is reviewing allegations against the Washington Post's publisher and CEO, Will Lewis, shown here at a conference in 2017. The preliminary inquiry centers on Lewis' actions while an executive for Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company.

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  • Media

U.K. police reviewing accusations against 'Washington Post' publisher

British police are reviewing allegations that Washington Post CEO Will Lewis obstructed justice when he worked for media mogul Rupert Murdoch in the U.K. 13 years ago.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in March 2003 in this photo obtained by The Associated Press. The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has agreed to plead guilty, The Defense Department said Wednesday.

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  • Law

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11, agrees to plead guilty

Mohammed and two accomplices agreed to plead guilty in exchange for sentences of up to life in prison rather than face a death-penalty trial.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Xi Jinping, China's president, during a news conference in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 8.

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  • Elections

In China, Trump has cachet but few see U.S. ties improving under him or Harris

Former President Donald Trump thumps Vice President Harris in name recognition and cache, but analysts say Beijing sees both as bad news.

July 31, 2024
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Lim Jong-hoon of South Korea takes a selfie with North Korean silver medalists Kim Kum-yong and Ri Jong-sik, center, with Chinese gold medalists Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha flanking South Korean Shin Yu-bin.

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  • Sports

North and South Korean athletes share an Olympic podium — and take a selfie

The players had just received their medals for the mixed doubles competition in table tennis when one of the South Korean athletes produced a cellphone for a modern Olympic tradition: a group photo at the podium.

July 31, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Hamas leader killed in Iran. And, U.S. women's gymnastics is back on top

Ismail Haniyeh, a top Hamas political leader, is dead after a targeted raid in Iran, according to the group. And, Simone Biles leads Team USA to win all-round gymnastics gold.

July 31, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Palestinian Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, center, flashes a victory sign as he is surrounded by a group of Iranian lawmakers after the conclusion of the swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, 30, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Hamas says its top leader was killed in Iran

Hamas accused Israel of killing its top political leader Ismail Haniyeh. Israeli officials said they had "no comment."

July 31, 2024
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi and
  • Daniel Estrin
A masked demonstrator waves a flag of Hezbollah during a demonstration supporting the Palestinians in Beirut on Oct. 20, 2023.

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  • Middle East

What is Hezbollah and why did Israel launch an airstrike into Beirut?

Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire for months now. Tuesday's strike in Beirut will further stir international fears of a wider regional war.

July 30, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Levitt
A view of buildings shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it struck Beirut after an attack in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights

The Israeli military says it targeted a Hezbollah official in a suburb of Lebanon's capital in retaliation for a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

July 30, 2024
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  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • Jane Arraf,
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