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A Palestinian gestures to Israeli military vehicles Wednesday during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus.

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  • Middle East

Israeli West Bank raid kills 10 Palestinians and hurts more than 100 others

The rare daytime arrest operation triggered one of the bloodiest battles in nearly a year of fighting, leaving shops in Nablus riddled with bullets and a building reduced to rubble.

February 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
An empty baby cart in a maternity hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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  • World

Ukraine's birth rate was already unsustainably low. Then war broke out

The Russian invasion has cemented the decision for many couples to opt out of having babies, in a country that struggled with incredibly low fertility rates long before the war.

February 22, 2023
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Claire Harbage
Trombone Shorty leads a binational jam session with music students from New Orleans and Havana.

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  • Music Features

Musicians in New Orleans and Cuba explore their shared heritage and similar sounds

Artists in New Orleans and Cuba are exploring their shared heritage and similar sounds, and bringing high school musicians from both places together in a funky cultural exchange.

February 21, 2023
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  • Debbie Elliott
A worker pours a pint of beer at London's Pressure Drop Brewery, one of 61 U.K. employers that participated in a six-month trial of a four-day workweek.

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  • Business

Dozens of U.K. companies will keep the 4-day workweek after a pilot program ends

Worker satisfaction went up and revenues remained steady during the six-month trial. Now, nearly all of the 61 companies that took part say they'll continue offering the four-day workweek.

February 21, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Mexico's Secretary of Public Safety Genaro García Luna attends a news conference on the sidelines of an American Police Community meeting in Mexico City, Oct. 8, 2010. The former Mexican presidential cabinet member was convicted in the U.S. on Tuesday of taking massive bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating.

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  • National

Mexico's former public security head is convicted in the U.S. of taking cartel bribes

García Luna headed Mexico's federal police and became the country's top public safety official between 2006 and 2012. He was convicted of taking large bribes from drug cartels.

February 21, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
President Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland a day after his secret visit to Ukraine. Biden promised further U.S. support for Ukraine as it continues fighting Russia's invasion.

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  • Politics

Biden says U.S. support for Ukraine 'will not waver' in Poland speech

Biden delivered remarks in Warsaw a day after a secret visit to Kyiv. He reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to Ukraine and said "Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia."

February 21, 2023
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  • Franco Ordoñez
Khalil al-Sawadi holds Afraa, a baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, on Monday in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria.

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  • Asia

A newborn delivered in the rubble of Turkey's earthquake is adopted by her relatives

Her mother died in the quake, along with her father and four siblings. Her aunt and uncle in Syria have taken her in, and named her Afraa after her mom.

February 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Botswana says it lost 138 rhinoceros to poachers over the past five years.

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  • Africa

Botswana has seen a huge spike in rhinoceros poaching over the past 5 years

There's been increased demand for the endangered species' horn by some east Asians who believe it has medicinal properties.

February 21, 2023
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  • Ish Mafundikwa
Chinese foreign affairs Minister Wang Yi speaks during the Munich Security Conference earlier this month.

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  • World

China's top diplomat visits Moscow as Russia's war on Ukraine nears 1 year

Trade between China and Russia has increased over the past year, especially with Chinese purchases of Russian oil and gas.

February 21, 2023
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  • Emily Feng
So Seong-uk, left, speaks at a press conference while his partner Kim Yong-min looks on in February 2021 as they file a lawsuit against South Korea's National Health Insurance Service at the Seoul Administrative Court.

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  • Asia

In a first, a South Korean court says same-sex partners should get government benefits

The appeals court ruled Tuesday that So Seong-uk can't be denied spousal benefits by the National Health Insurance Service just because his partner is the same gender as him.

February 21, 2023
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  • Se Eun Gong
President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walk in front of St. Michael's cathedral in Kyiv ahead of the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Politics

Biden visits Kyiv to show solidarity, says 'One year later, Ukraine still stands'

President Biden often pledges to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia "as long as it takes." The risky secret trip to the warzone is aimed at showing he means it.

February 21, 2023
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Deepa Shivaram
This photo released by the Union Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), shows jewelry on display at a room of Latchford family in London on Feb. 14, 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

A collection of rare centuries-old jewelry returns to Cambodia

Cambodia's government said the pieces of jewelry that arrived back in their homeland included items "... precious metal pieces from the Pre-Angkorian and Angkorian period."

February 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Soldiers unload a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in Riga, Latvia, on Sept. 26, 2022. The U.S. provided Ukrainian forces with 38 HIMARS in 2022.

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  • Politics

Biden says he'll back Ukraine as long as it takes. But some take aim at the price tag

Polls show a growing number of Americans feel the United States is giving too much aid to Ukraine. That's helped lead to calls for more scrutiny of how the aid is being used.

February 20, 2023
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  • Franco Ordoñez
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a virtual address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 16, 2022, less than a month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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  • World

Volodymyr Zelenskyy went from comedian to icon of democracy. This is how he did it

As Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, expectations were low for Ukraine's president. But Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confounded both his allies and his enemies with his performance.

February 20, 2023
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  • Frank Langfitt
People in Antakya, Turkey, react after a new earthquake struck on Monday.

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  • World

A new earthquake hits Turkey, as teams still respond to earlier catastrophic quake

Turkish authorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 tremor, struck the Antakya region around 8 p.m. local time Monday. The quake was also felt in Syria.

February 20, 2023
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  • Daniel Estrin
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