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"I have a lot to think about the relationship between mourning, between grieving, and between pain, generally speaking, and bilingualism and living in a different language," says Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza about <em>Death Takes Me,</em> her newly translated novel.

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  • Author Interviews

Language as protagonist in Cristina Rivera Garza's newly translated novel

Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza offers new perspective on gender violence through a murder mystery and poetry.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Adriana Gallardo
Signage for the US government's humanitarian agency USAID is seen on a cargo container beside a tricycle in Manila on Feb. 4.

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  • News

Trump administration cuts most USAID programs. And, the ethics of leaving your job

Nearly all USAID programs have been eliminated. One official says it's a "global health massacre." And, a federal judge will hear arguments over the decision to fire thousands of probationary workers.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Police stand outside an immigration detention center of the Immigration Bureau where Uyghur detainees were held in Bangkok in January. The detainees said they were facing deportation back to China, where they fear persecution.

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  • Asia

Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China, activists say

The detainees were part of a group of some 300 Uyghurs who fled China and were arrested in Thailand in 2014. Thailand deported more than 100 of them to China in 2015, drawing condemnation.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Sullivan
Freed Palestinian prisoners react as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Hamas returns bodies of four hostages and Israel releases hundreds of Palestinians

Both sides agreed there would be no Hamas ceremonies for the hostage bodies and in exchange Israel would release the Palestinian detainees and prisoners whose freedom had been held up since Saturday.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
In this image taken off a video released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, a member of Taiwan Navy reacts on the intercom to Chinese war ships conducting drills about 40 nautical miles off the coast of western Taiwan's Kaohsiung and Pingtung cities on Feb. 26, 2025.

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  • Asia

Taiwan condemns China for conducting shooting drills off its coast

Taiwan said in a 24-hour period it detected 45 aircraft, 14 navy vessels and one ship from the Chinese military operating around Taiwan, of which 34 had crossed into its waters and airspace.

February 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Chevron President in Venezuela, Javier La Rosa, left, attends a signing agreement ceremony between Venezuela and the California-based Chevron, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 2, 2022.

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  • Latin America

Trump cuts financial lifeline for Venezuela by ending permit to export oil to U.S.

Trump's accused the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of not meeting democratic conditions for last year's July presidential election as well as of not moving fast enough to transport back immigrants set for deportation.

February 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
People from China, Vietnam, Ethiopia believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers after they were rescued in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar on Wednesday.

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  • World

Over 7,000 from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after crackdown

Trapped in virtual slavery, many are lured to work in scam centers where they exploit people around the world through false romances, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.

February 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
More than 10 years later, the search for Malaysia Airlines flight M370 is still on.

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  • World

The search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 has resumed once again

After 11 years of the plane's untraceable disappearance, authorities have announced that the search is back on.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
A man shows lithium stone from an illegal mining site in Paseli, north central Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024.

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  • Europe

5 minerals in Ukraine that may be part of a deal with the U.S.

President Trump says Ukraine is ready to sign a deal with the U.S. to share its mineral wealth. We look at five minerals and metals that could be covered by the deal.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement on defense spending at Downing Street on Tuesday in London, ahead of his visit to Washington. He said Britain would increase defense spending to 2.5% of economic output by 2027, the country's biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War. The U.K. will slash its aid budget to pay for this new expenditure.

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  • Analysis

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to visit the White House. Here's what to know

In his visit on Thursday, the prime minister will try to leverage the U.K.'s so-called "special relationship" with U.S. and act as a bridge between the Trump administration and U.S. allies in Europe.

February 26, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalists during press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday.

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  • Europe

The U.S. and Ukraine are close to agreeing on a framework deal for critical minerals

President Trump says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will come to the U.S. Friday to sign a deal.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
Mourners gather around the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel on Wednesday.

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  • Middle East

Israelis hold a funeral procession for Shiri Bibas and her two sons killed in Gaza

Crowds gathered in Israel for the funeral procession of the Bibas family, a mother and two young sons killed while being held hostage in Gaza. The story of their killing has enraged Israelis, and Israeli government representatives were not invited to the funeral.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Itay Stern
A composite made from an AI-generated video President Trump posted to social media on Tuesday night.

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  • Politics

Trump's social media video garners pushback from Arabs and Muslims in U.S. and Gaza

In a seemingly AI-generated video that the president posted on social media, images of destruction due to the war in Gaza are transformed into a glitzy resort called "TRUMP GAZA."

February 26, 2025
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  • Sarah McCammon,
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., (right) departs a news conference alongside House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

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  • News

The House passed a budget resolution. What's next? And, a tactic to decrease bird flu

House Republicans rallied together yesterday to pass multitrillion-dollar plan to address defense, immigration and more. And, why farmers don't like the idea of vaccinating poultry for bird flu.

February 26, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
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For Women's History Month, NPR wants to know who has made an impact in your life

Is there a woman who has impacted your life in a profound way? NPR wants to hear your story.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
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