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  • Economy

These companies ran an experiment: Pay workers their full salary to work fewer days

Could a shorter work week be the answer to the UK's productivity problem?

November 15, 2022
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  • Paddy Hirsch
Hanna Malyar, Ukraine's deputy defense minister (center), signs a Ukrainian flag belonging to a local resident in Kherson on Monday. "Ukraine's success depends on two points," Malyar told NPR. "First our strength, our ability to fight. And second, the weapons that we receive from our partners," referring to the United States and other Western nations.

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  • World

Ukrainians dance in Kherson's streets at the end of Russia's months-long occupation

Since Russian troops withdrew and Ukrainian forces moved in, residents are meeting up in the city's main square to celebrate, waving their flag, singing and dancing.

November 15, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
The match ball used in the 1986 FIFA World Cup football match between Argentina and England is pictured ahead of its auction, at Wembley Stadium in London on Nov. 1.

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  • Sports

The 'Hand of God' soccer ball punched by Diego Maradona is up for auction

The ball was used in the infamous quarterfinal match between Argentina and England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico City. It's expected to sell for as much as $3.6 million.

November 15, 2022
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Firefighters work to put out a fire in a residential building hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Tuesday.

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  • Europe

A barrage of Russian missiles hit cities across Ukraine, knocking out power

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia fired 85 missiles at cities in the space of a couple hours. Ukrainian officials are calling it one of the most intense air assaults of the war.

November 15, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Sailors inventory urea and ammonium perchlorate found on a dhow intercepted in the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. Navy says it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran.

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  • Middle East

U.S. Navy seizes 70 tons of Iranian missile fuel from a sailboat to Yemen

The load — enough for a dozen medium-range ballistic missiles — was hidden among bags of fertilizer on a wooden ship called a dhow. It likely was bound for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

November 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The population of Earth will hit 8 billion on Nov. 15, according to predictions by the United Nations Population Fund. And next year, India is expected to surpass China as the most populous country. In this photo, taken on Oct. 13, newborn babies rest inside a newborn care unit at a hospital in Amritsar.

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  • World

Earth welcomes its 8 billionth baby. Is that good or bad news... or a bit of both?

Sometime today, the global population is forecast to hit 8 billion. The U.N. calls it a milestone for humanity, made possible by advances in public health and medicine. But there are also challenges.

November 15, 2022
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  • Lauren Frayer
This image released by all caps/Khoosat Films shows a scene from the film <em>Joyland</em>.

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  • Movies

Pakistan's prime minister orders review of ban on Oscar-entry 'Joyland,' an aide says

The movie Joyland, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan's entry for next year's Academy Awards and caused controversy in Muslim-majority nation.

November 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Relatives and friends of Arzu Ozsoy and her 15-year-old daughter Yagmur Ucar, who died in Sunday's explosion occurred on Istiklal avenue, attend their funeral in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.

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  • World

Turkey makes more arrests in connection with deadly bombing

Turkish police have apprehended more suspects in connection with the bomb attack on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul that killed six people and wounded several dozen others.

November 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin in May.

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  • World

Israel says that DOJ is investigating journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's killing

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz made the statement on Twitter, saying Israel has made it clear to the U.S. "that we won't cooperate with any external investigation."

November 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Yaram Fall makes tea in her home in Guet N'dar, Senegal on October 6. She is the head of an economic interest group for women who preserve fish. She represents hundreds of Senegalese women who do her kind of work, and she discourages youth from taking the boat to Europe clandestinely.

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  • World

'Stay here, work here, succeed here': Why this Senegalese woman is against migration

Yaram Fall is staunchly against people leaving Africa to build their lives elsewhere. "The development of Africa comes from its own people," she says.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Noah Caldwell,
  • and 3 more
Pape Dieye in Guet N'dar, Senegal on October 7.

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  • World

People smugglers keep trying to recruit this boat captain. He keeps refusing

Years of captaining a boat have shaped Pape Dieye's calm and reassuring presence in Senegal. These qualities have also caught the eye of people hoping to make the dangerous journey to Europe.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Ayen Bior,
  • and 3 more
Mamadou Thiam in Saint-Louis, Senegal on October 5.

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  • Climate

Saint-Louis is being swallowed by the sea. Residents are bracing for a new reality

The problem is as simple as it is devastating: the Atlantic Ocean is expanding into Senegal, and Saint-Louis is ground zero. Every year, the island loses a little bit of land to the sea.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Noah Caldwell,
  • and 3 more
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali on Monday.

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  • World

4 takeaways from President Biden's 'very blunt' meeting with China's Xi Jinping

The three-hour meeting between Xi and President Biden finished Monday with both leaders expressing an openness to restoring communication channels and repairing the U.S.-China relationship.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Vincent Ni
A man hugs a Ukrainian soldier as local residents gather to celebrate the liberation of Kherson on Sunday.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's retreat from Kherson gives Ukraine renewed hope (Nov. 14)

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

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • NPR Staff
President Biden and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands as they begin talks in Bali.

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  • Asia

Biden and China's Xi met for three hours. Here's what they talked about

President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a high-stakes face-to-face meeting in Bali, Indonesia.

November 14, 2022
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  • Emily Feng,
  • John Ruwitch,
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