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News Articles: World

People walk past stalls selling goods amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during previous Israeli strikes, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 15, 2025.

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  • News

Why Netanyahu delayed an Israel-Hamas ceasefire vote. And, LA's wildfire prevention

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a ceasefire vote today, alleging Hamas reneged on parts of the agreement. And, examining Los Angeles' wildfire prevention methods for the future.

January 16, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
An artilleryman of the Ukrainian armed forces prepares to fire a French-made Caesar self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region on Jan. 6.

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  • Europe

Trump wants a quick end to the Ukraine war. That's a tall order

The war has reached a critical point. A real peace seems unlikely, but a ceasefire is possible, most experts agree. The question is whether it can be achieved without placing Ukraine in further peril.

January 16, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Joanna Kakissis
"Unprecedented destruction of heritage sites has severed vital connections between the people of Gaza and its urban fabric," the World Monuments Fund says in its 2025 Watch list. Above, Al-Hassaina Mosque and the seaport in Gaza City pictured on Jan. 26, 2021 (right), and again on January 6, 2024, (left).<br>

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  • Arts & Life

Gaza and the moon make biennial most-endangered list

The World Monuments Fund list seeks to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 15.

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  • Politics

Marco Rubio on a smooth path to Senate confirmation as next secretary of state

Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears headed for confirmation under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen and
  • Claudia Grisales
The Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 29 this year. Those celebrating will welcome in the year of the snake.

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  • News

How do you ensure good luck on Lunar New Year? NPR wants to know

The Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 29 this year. NPR wants to know what traditions you uphold to ensure good luck in the year to come.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
People walk past stalls selling goods amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during previous Israeli strikes, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 15, 2025.

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  • World

Israel and Hamas reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement

Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a multiphase ceasefire that commits them to end the war in Gaza, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch said.

January 15, 2025
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  • Willem Marx,
  • Jerome Socolovsky,
  • and 4 more
Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, called RedNote in English, is attracting scores of Americans ahead of TikTok's potential shutdown in the U.S.

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  • Technology

What to know about RedNote, the Chinese app that American TikTokkers are flooding

With TikTok's days in the U.S. potentially numbered, many American users are moving to another Chinese social media app: RedNote, a heavily censored platform similar to Instagram. Here's what to know.

January 15, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, South Korea on Wednesday.

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  • World

South Korean President Yoon detained after standoff over martial law decree

Yoon and his ruling party supporters remain defiant against the insurrection charges. He is South Korea's first sitting president to be detained.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Se Eun Gong
President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.

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  • Latin America

Biden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba

President Biden notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. label of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism as part of a deal aided by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

January 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa on Tuesday.

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  • World

Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine

The mine has been the scene of a tense standoff between police and miners since authorities launched an operation to force the miners out by cutting off food and water from the surface.

January 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
One of motorcade for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves for the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials from the gate of the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

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  • Asia

South Korean law enforcement officers detain impeached President Yoon

Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound in their second attempt to detain him over his imposition of martial law last month.

January 14, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Syrians wait at a breadline at a bakery in the Syrian capital Damascus as the government faces a serious challenge: providing cheap bread. Men and women tend to queue up in separate lines so they don't bump into each other.

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  • Global Health

Voices from the new breadlines in Syria: Who's waiting? And why?

Syria's new rulers faces one of their first serious challenges: bread lines. For Syrians, the long wait is a struggle — but for some, bread is a business opportunity.

January 14, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Mirna Alrached
Wang Jingyu speaks during an interview in Ukraine on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Wang told reporters that the Chinese government constantly harassed and threatened him. But an NPR investigation linked Wang to an elaborate con involving false claims of Chinese Communist Party repression. Wang insists he is a genuine victim and had no involvement in the scheme.

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  • News

Bomb threats shadowed international reporters who covered Chinese celebrity dissident

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them wondering if it was the work of the Chinese government or someone else.

January 14, 2025
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
Britain's Princess Kate (left) talks with Rebecca Mendelhson during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Tuesday.

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  • Europe

The Princess of Wales says her cancer is in remission

The Princess of Wales revealed that her cancer is in remission after an emotional visit to the hospital where she received treatment last year.

January 14, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Pope Francis waves from the Popemobile in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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  • Religion

Five things we learn about Pope Francis from his new memoir

In Pope Francis' autobiography Hope he reiterates themes of his papacy like hatred of war and unchecked capitalism, and a desire for the Catholic Church to be seen as a field hospital, not a fortress.

January 14, 2025
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  • Daniel Burke
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