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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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Moustapha Dieye on his boat in Guet Ndar, Senegal on October 5. Dieye took a pirogue to Spain in 2006, where he now legally resides. His family has a boat in Saint Louis, where he is originally from.

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  • World

There is a myth about mass migration to Europe. But some people do risk it all

The challenges facing Africa are real, but depending on who you talk to, the solution is either to risk it all for a better life in Europe or stay on the continent and fight for a better future there.

February 20, 2023
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By:
  • Ayen Bior,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 5 more
A man walks among graves of Ukrainian soldiers in the "Alley of Glory" of a cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 16.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: The first anniversary of Russia's invasion approaches (Feb. 20)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

February 20, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
As Turkey's leaders promise a swift start to reconstruction efforts in the earthquake zone, attention is also turning to Istanbul — and whether Turkey's largest city has done what it can to be ready for a major quake.

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  • World

Turkey and Syria quakes prompt fresh worries about Istanbul's building safety

As Turkey's leaders promise a swift start to reconstruction efforts in the earthquake zone, attention is also turning to Istanbul — and whether Turkey's largest city is ready for a major quake.

February 20, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Kenyon
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022.

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  • World

A year into the Ukraine war, the world's biggest democracy still won't condemn Russia

As the West isolates Russian President Vladimir Putin, India has doubled down on buying Russian oil. India's prime minister calls his country's friendship with Moscow "unbreakable."

February 20, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
This photo provided by the Sao Paulo Government shows vehicles fallen from an elevated area along the beach in Sao Sebastiao, east of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, after it was damaged by a severe weather system went through the area.

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  • Weather

Heavy rains leave dozens dead in Brazil as cities cancel Carnival

The cities of Sao Sebastiao, Ubatuba, Ilhabela and Bertioga, some of the hardest hit and now under state of calamity, canceled their Carnival festivities as rescue teams struggle to find the missing.

February 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Troops load aid onto a vehicle as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, on Sunday.

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  • World

Blinken tours Turkey's earthquake zone and pledges $100 million more in U.S. aid

The additional aid includes $50 million in emergency refugee and migration funds and $50 million in humanitarian assistance, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

February 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
FILE - Britain's Prince Charles meets Andrew Lloyd Webber during a visit to the Royal Albert Hall to discuss the arts and creativity in school, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such as "Cats,'' "The Phantom of the Opera'' and "Evita,'' has written the anthem for King Charles III's coronation.

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  • Europe

Andrew Lloyd Webber has written a new composition for Charles III's coronation

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such "The Phantom of the Opera'' and "Evita,'' has written the anthem for King Charles III's coronation.

February 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber, top, flies in formation with U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets over the South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023.

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  • Asia

The U.S. and South Korea staged a joint air exercise after the North's missile launch

North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its "fatal" nuclear attack capacity against its rivals.

February 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
US Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, shake hands prior to a bilateral meeting at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich.

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  • National Security

4 takeaways from this year's important Munich Security Conference

The war in Ukraine dominated the annual conference in Germany, as Vice President Kamala Harris accused Russian forces of crimes against humanity.

February 19, 2023
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By:
  • Esme Nicholson
A Ukrainian flag adorns an electrical post in Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, on Feb. 13, nearly a year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Europe

After a year of war in Ukraine, all signs point to more misery with no end in sight

The first anniversary of the war arrives this week with few, if any, signs of a way out of the conflict. For the civilians caught in the crossfire, that means no discernible end to the suffering.

February 19, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Ali Kafadenk (left) and his brother, Abdullah, look at the rubble of Ali's apartment in Islahiye, Turkey. Ali and his wife Merve survived the earthquake Feb 6.

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  • World

One couple's bedroom caved in during the earthquake. Here's how it saved their lives

In the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, several survivors stayed alive by chance when their collapsed walls provided protection.

February 19, 2023
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Gamze Yilmazel
The USS Albacore is pictured in Groton, Conn., on May 9, 1942.

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  • History

An American submarine that went missing in World War II is found off of Japan's coast

The wreckage of the USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was identified, the Navy said — almost 80 years after it was presumed lost.

February 19, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
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