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How climate change is killing the world's languages

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Karen McVeigh of The Guardian about her reporting on the connection between climate change and global language loss.

January 20, 2023
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Matt Ozug,
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (left) and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, discuss details of a huge U.S. and NATO arms package for Ukraine at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, on Friday.

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  • Europe

U.S., NATO countries announce massive weapons package for Ukraine

Western countries will send what looks to be the largest tranche of military hardware so far to help Ukraine prepare for an expected offensive against Russian forces in the near future.

January 20, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch.

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  • Education

Harvard restores fellowship for human rights advocate critical of Israeli policies

After outcry, Harvard restores fellowship for leading human rights advocate who criticized Israeli policies.

January 20, 2023
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By:
  • Simone Popperl
Two Leopard 2 A6 heavy battle tanks and a Puma infantry fighting vehicle of the Bundeswehr's 9th Panzer Training Brigade participate in a demonstration of capabilities during a visit by then-Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to the Bundeswehr Army training grounds in February 2022 in Munster, Germany.

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  • World

Germany signals it hasn't ruled out sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine

Western defense officials are meeting to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine. Germany has resisted their efforts to persuade the country to export its Leopard 2 tanks, or allow others to do so.

January 20, 2023
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
Kylee Gray, a ranger with the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, holds a giant cane toad on Jan. 12 near Airlie Beach, Australia. The toad weighed 5.95 pounds.

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  • Animals

Nearly 6-pound 'Toadzilla' found in Australia breaks the record for largest toad

Cane toads are notorious pests in Australia, colonizing habitats and poisoning other wildlife. Park rangers euthanized the 5.95-pound animal, whose body will be donated to the Queensland Museum.

January 20, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
A Romanian official says a judge has granted prosecutors another request to extend by 30 days the detention of Andrew Tate.

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  • Europe

A Romanian judge approves a 30-day extension of Andrew Tate's detention

A judge has granted a request to extend the arrest of Tate, the social media personality who was detained in Romania on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape.

January 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Castaway Elvis Francois is attended by Colombian Navy members after he was rescued near the department of La Guajira, in the extreme north of Colombia. According to the Navy, the 47-year-old from Dominica said he had been adrift for 24 days in the Caribbean Sea after he was repairing a boat last December near the island of Sint-Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.

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  • World

A sailor has been rescued after being adrift in Caribbean for 24 days

Elvis Francois, 47, told Colombian authorities that he had survived off a bottle of ketchup, garlic powder and Maggi cubes.

January 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Nikolai Pastuchenko crosses himself as he takes a dip into the Dnipro River in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Thursday.

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  • World

A tradition of plunging in an icy river persists in Ukraine, despite the war

For many in Ukraine, the tradition of plunging into an icy body of water on Epiphany, which marks the day of Jesus' baptism, serves as a reminder that the new year represents a fresh start.

January 19, 2023
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Claire Harbage
Anti-government protesters who traveled to the capital from across the country march against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte clash with the police in Lima, Peru,  on Wednesday. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for the dozens of protesters killed in clashes with police.

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  • Latin America

Protesters from Peru's Andes descend on the country's capital to demand leader resign

The protests are against President Dina Boluarte and in support of predecessor Pedro Castillo, whose ouster last month cast the nation into political chaos. At least 53 people have died.

January 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation plans on Wednesday in Napier, New Zealand. It is unclear who would succeed her.

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  • World

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to leave office

Speaking to her party's annual caucus, 42-year-old Ardern said "it's time" for her to move on and that she "no longer had enough in the tank" for her premiership.

January 19, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
Korenovsky's mother cries over her son's coffin at his funeral on Tuesday.

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  • World

Funerals begin for dozens of people killed in an attack on a Dnipro apartment complex

Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Mykhailo Korenovsky, a beloved boxing coach and father who was killed in a missile strike on an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Claire Harbage

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  • Technology

This 22-year-old is trying to save us from ChatGPT before it changes writing forever

A college kid's mission to prevent misuse of artificial intelligence.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky and
  • Emma Peaslee
Sister André poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, on April 27, 2022. With her death, the oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.

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  • Obituaries

The world's oldest person, Sister André of France, dies at age 118

Born Lucile Randon in 1904, Sister André spent most of her life in religious service as a Roman Catholic nun. The oldest living person is now Maria Branyas Morera of Spain at age 115.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
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  • Global Health

A guide to 9 global buzzwords for 2023, from 'polycrisis' to 'zero-dose children'

Are you having a polycrisis? Can the world reduce the number of zero-dose children? Experts shared their views about global buzzwords that will be big this year. Here's the list and the definitions.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Connelly
A man pulls a child past a Lunar New Year decoration on display at the Qianmen pedestrian shopping street, a popular tourist spot in Beijing, on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

Here's why China's population dropped for the first time in decades

Low fertility rates in the wake of China's former one-child policy and lockdowns related to the COVID pandemic have contributed to the country's shrinking population.

January 18, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
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