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News Articles: World

Israelis protested against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system and in support of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.

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Up First briefing: Israel Supreme Court ruling; South Korean opposition leader stabbed

Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to the judiciary. South Korea's Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the city of Busan.

January 02, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Every day, 19,000 workers ferry produce around the Central de Abastos on dollies and wheelbarrows.

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  • World

How Mexico City's biggest wholesale market is combating food waste

Since 2020, the 800-acre Central de Abastos market has reduced daily food waste by 24% and delivered almost 800 tons of unsold food to soup kitchens.

January 02, 2024
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  • James Fredrick
People walk by a torii gate damaged by an earthquake at a shrine in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.

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  • Asia

Powerful earthquakes along Japan's western coast leave dozens of people dead

Aftershocks continued to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas on Tuesday, a day after a magnitude 7.6 temblor slammed the region on Monday afternoon.

January 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, center, speaks as he visits the construction site of a new airport in Busan, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Lee was attacked and injured by an unidentified man during a visit Tuesday to the southeastern city of Busan, emergency officials said.

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  • Asia

South Korean opposition leader is stabbed by knife-wielding man

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck, authorities said, during a visit to the city of Busan. No motive for the attack was immediately available.

January 02, 2024
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  • Se Eun Gong
Cracks are seen on the ground in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan on Monday following an earthquake. Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan.

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  • Asia

Japan lowers its tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes

Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves could still come.

January 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People surf off of Launiupoko Beach Park near Lahaina, Hawaii, in October. A surfer died after encountering a shark on Maui on Saturday.

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  • World

A 39-year-old surfer has died in Hawaii after being injured in a 'shark encounter'

Maui police identified the victim as Jason Carter of Haiku, who succumbed to his injuries at a hospital after being rescued by lifeguards.

January 01, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Israelis protested against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system and in support of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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  • Middle East

In landmark ruling, Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to judiciary

The decision on Monday was a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign to weaken his nation's independent judiciary and raised new questions about Netanyahu's political future.

January 01, 2024
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  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Brian Mann
Tourists enjoy a gondola ride on the Grand Canal by the Rialto bridge in Venice in 2021.

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  • World

Venice will limit tour groups to 25 people and ban loudspeakers to control tourism

City officials say the new rules, set to take effect in June, will help lessen the impact of tourism on the local community.

January 01, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Israeli soldiers load shells onto a tank Sunday at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.

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  • Middle East

Israel pulls thousands of troops from Gaza as combat focuses on 1 city: Khan Younis

It's the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began, and could signal that fighting is being scaled back in some areas. But the biggest city in southern Gaza still is fiercely contested.

January 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi waves to his supporters after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023.

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  • Africa

Congo's president is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone

The results of the Dec. 20 election were announced amid calls from the opposition and civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due to logistical problems they said had undermined the balloting.

December 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Middle East

U.S. forces say they killed the boat crews in a Houthi ship attack in the Red Sea

Hours before the attack on the container ship, the U.S. military said it had shot down two missiles fired toward the same ship

December 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Queen Margrethe II announces her abdication from Christian IX's Palace, Amalienborg Castle, in Copenhagen, on Sunday, Dec. 31 2023, during her New Year's address.

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  • Europe

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II to step down on Jan. 14 after 50 years on the throne

The queen announced during her New Year's speech that she would abdicate on the 52nd anniversary of her own accession to the throne at age 31 following the death of her father, King Frederik IX.

December 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Palestinians visit the graves of people killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and buried inside the Shifa Hospital grounds in Gaza City, on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.

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  • Middle East

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 35; Netanyahu says 'many months' of war ahead

Residents reported strikes in the Gaza's central region, the latest focus of the nearly three-month air and ground war that has now engulfed most of the territory.

December 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
QUSRA, WEST BANK — Sisters, wives, mothers, and cousins of the village of Qusra gather to mourn their Palestinian loved ones killed by armed Israeli settlers just days after the Oct. 7th Hamas attack. <a href="https://bit.ly/3RCOLgR">Click here for the full story.</a>

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  • World

NPR photos around the world that moved us in 2023

There have been touching moments — sometimes away from the headlines, and the front lines — that have moved the world this year.

December 31, 2023
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  • Virginia Lozano,
  • Mhari Shaw,
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Ten-month-old Ahmin Esas, who was born with clubfoot, shares a moment with his mother and brother in the family's home near Battambang, Cambodia. As a single parent with limited means, his mother, Pho Sok overcame many challenges to ensure her son could receive the treatment he needed.

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  • Global Health

Unforgettable global photos of 2023: Drone pix, a disappearing island, happiness

Pictures of happiness, of a disappearing Sierra Leonean island, of a pair of flip-flop-clad feet poking out of the Indian Ocean surf: Here are our photo stories from 2023 that we won't forget.

December 31, 2023
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  • Gabriel Spitzer
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