The growth rate for the U.S. in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide rate. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year's Day of 335.8 million people.
Venezuela and Guyana are currently involved in a border dispute over a sparsely populated region the size of Florida with vast oil deposits off its shores.
Belarus' authoritarian president attended a government-organized meeting with children brought from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying an international outrage over such deportations.
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer ended a visit with the White House and State Department. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Aaron David Miller about what it means for U.S.-Israel relations.
Israeli forces bombarded towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight into Thursday, killing dozens of people in an air and ground offensive against Hamas that has widened to most of the territory.
The U.S. announced military aid of up to $250 million. It could be the final package of military aid to Ukraine unless Congress approves supplemental funding legislation now stalled on Capitol Hill.
Both sides in the talks face pressure to reach an agreement after past steps like limiting direct travel into Mexico or deporting some migrants failed to stop the influx.
A Paris bank messenger's son, Delors became the visionary and builder of a more unified Europe in his momentous decade as chief executive of the European Union.
Public health experts say conditions in war-torn Gaza are ripe for the spread of infectious disease. Health workers are struggling to spot and contain outbreaks, even as the health system teeters.
A reservist serving in a logistics support role for his combat unit reflects on his first weeks stationed in Gaza. He's one of hundreds of thousands of reservists called up since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.
As relations sour with India and China, Canada is grappling with how to stand up to powerful or authoritarian nations without sacrificing its longstanding values, such as protecting human rights.
The updated plan, crafted by Egypt and obtained by NPR, is the most recent draft in a flurry of diplomatic activity in recent days aimed at ending Israel's devastating air-and-ground campaign in Gaza.
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, who played a rich entrepreneur in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, was found dead on Wednesday. Police suspect he died by suicide.
According to a new report, the Wagner Group has laundered some $2.5 billion to Russia since its full scale invasion of Ukraine last year, in an effort to support the war effort.
