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News Articles: World

President Biden takes questions from reporters at the White House on Wednesday.

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  • Politics

The midterms went better than expected for Biden. Now he's traveling to Asia

President Biden leaves Thursday for a series of major summits with foreign leaders. And in Bali, he'll meet face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

November 10, 2022
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Since he took office, President Biden has only been able to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually — like in this Nov. 2021 file photo — or by phone.

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  • Asia

Biden says he'll meet with China's Xi face-to-face next week

The two leaders have spent a lot of time together in the past. But COVID-19 has kept them from meeting directly since President Biden took office — even as tensions have escalated.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
The Ukrainian  artillery battery of the 59th Mechanized Brigade fires a howitzer at points controlled by Russian troops in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine on Saturday.

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  • World

Russia says it's withdrawing from the key city of Kherson, but Ukraine is skeptical

Russia announced a withdrawal from Kherson, Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government said there's "no signs" Russian forces left without a fight.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien and
  • Charles Maynes
GPB  NPR

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  • Climate

Here's what happened on day 4 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

A U.S. funding plan for lower-income countries faced criticism and a big map of who is releasing greenhouse gasses was released. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher,
  • Michael Copley,
  • and 1 more
United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said in Egypt that he knows carbon markets have gotten a bad reputation but that strong safeguards would make the U.S. program different.

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  • Climate

U.S. plan for boosting climate investment in low-income countries draws criticism

The plan would allow companies to buy carbon credits from developing nations that cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Critics say carbon markets often fail to deliver climate benefits.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-backed Kherson administration, in his office in Kherson on July 20. A portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin is on the wall behind him.

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  • World

A Russian-appointed official died in a car crash in Ukraine's Kherson

Born in Ukraine, Kirill Stremousov had switched to Russia's side and mimicked its claims about Nazi rule, becoming spokesman and deputy governor of the Moscow-installed administration in Kherson.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, prime minister of Pakistan, listens to speeches during the conference. He took the stage today, as well, explaining the impact of catastrophic flooding in Pakistan this summer.

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  • Climate

Here's what happened on day 3 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Pakistan's leader sounded the alarm, climate scientists called for more equitable research and the U.N. tried to crack down on greenwashing. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer,
  • Rebecca Hersher,
  • and 2 more
WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, sits inside a defendants' cage after the court's verdict during a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on Aug. 4, 2022.

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  • World

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a Russian penal colony

Griner has been moved from a detention center outside of Moscow and is being sent to a Russian penal colony to begin serving out her nine-year sentence on drug smuggling charges, her lawyers said.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
Women manufacture clothes in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Aug. 29. The ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh is now a mainstay of the country's economy. Today, Bangladesh is one of the world's largest garment exporters, with the sector accounting for more than 80% percent of Bangladesh's exports.

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  • World

How Bangladesh went from an economic miracle to needing IMF help

Millions emerged from poverty in recent decades. But now, rising fuel prices, weak exports and scant remittances are sabotaging growth, and Bangladesh asked the IMF for $4.5 billion in loans.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
At this year's U.N. climate conference, a major focus is boosting investment in developing countries. Experts say renewable energy projects like this wind farm in South Africa can be attractive to private investors.

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  • Climate

Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it

Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Sandbags are distributed at Mills Pond Park in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday ahead of subtropical storm Nicole.

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  • Weather

Tropical Storm Nicole churns toward the Bahamas and Florida

The storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. It's headed for parts of the Bahamas and Florida that are still feeling the effects of previous hurricanes.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The NPR team doing interviews in Senegal.

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  • World

Travel diary: Tracking climate, migration and the far-right from Africa to Europe

Welcome to the travel blog for the NPR project that examined how the ripples of climate change radiate outward.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Ayen Bior,
  • and 2 more
A total lunar eclipse graces the night skies during the first blood moon of the year, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, May 15, 2022.

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  • Space

A total lunar eclipse happened Tuesday — and it won't happen again for 3 years

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the moon fell completely into Earth's shadow and turned a shade of red — either an astronomical delight or Election Day omen, depending on who you ask.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces Qatar as the host of the 2022 World Cup at a ceremony in December 2010 in Zurich, Switzerland.

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  • Sports

FIFA's former leader says making Qatar a World Cup host was a mistake

Blatter, who has long said he voted for the United States, made the admission in his first major interview since being acquitted in July of financial misconduct at FIFA.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
GPB  NPR

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  • Movies

South Korea's official entry to the Oscars is a murder-mystery-romance

South Korea's official entry at the Oscars this year is a murder-mystery-romance blend. Like 2019's Parasite, it shows how Korean directors are making their mark across the spectrum of film genres.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
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