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Life Kit's guide to a successful Dry January

It is officially 2025 and 'Life Kit' is kicking the year off with a series to help people complete Dry January successfully. And, a look ahead for this year from pop culture to politics.

January 01, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Salim Turki al-Anteri, the commander of the Syrian Free Army, in his office in al-Tanf, Syria, Dec. 14.

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  • World

Syria's U.S.-trained opposition fighters wait to learn of their role in a new Syria

Former opposition groups — some of whom are U.S.-trained — will be knitted together into new Syrian security forces organized by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.

December 31, 2024
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  • Jane Arraf
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director General, delivers his speech after inaugurating the WHO Academy campus which promotes lifelong learning across the health sector, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Lyon, central France.

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  • Middle East

WHO director urges Israel to stop attacks on Gaza's medical infrastructure

World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who escaped an Israeli airstrike in Yemen, says Gaza's health crisis is indescribable and is calling for a ceasefire.

December 31, 2024
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  • Leila Fadel and
  • Destinee Adams
Democratic Republic of the Congo - vector map

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What was 'Disease X' and what can we learn from it?

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has identified the cause.

December 31, 2024
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  • Gabrielle Emanuel
President Biden, seen here on Dec. 10, 2024, said he plans to issue more pardons and commutations in the final weeks of his presidency.

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Examining Biden's presidential legacy. And, north Gaza's last key hospital shut down

President Biden signed significant legislation that his backers say will leave a lasting impact. And, north Gaza's last major hospital has been shut down with no ceasefire in sight.

December 31, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
BH talking to his family through the phone in the background and photos of the family in the foreground.

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  • World

Reporters' notebook: revisiting Afghan refugees starting anew in the U.S.

NPR reporters revisit Afghans who fled their home country after Taliban's takeover in the summer of 2021.

December 31, 2024
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  • Tom Bowman and
  • Lauren Hodges
On Saturday off Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, in the Gulf of Finland, oil tanker Eagle S (L), which flies under the flag of the Cook Islands, next to tugboat Ukko (R).

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  • Europe

What to know about Finland, Russia's 'shadow fleet' and a severed undersea cable

Finland says a ship affiliated with Russia's "shadow fleet" is linked to a 60-mile-long anchor drag mark on the seafloor. A power cable in the Baltic Sea was severed last week.

December 31, 2024
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  • Rebecca Rosman
Rescue team carry the body of a passenger at the site of a plane fire at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea on Sunday.

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  • World

South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash

Many worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the disaster as it grapples with a leadership vacuum after the impeachments of the country's top two officials.

December 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
American flags are displayed with Chinese flags on top of a trishaw on Sept. 16, 2018, in Beijing.

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  • World

Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed documents in 'major' cyber incident

The revelation comes as the U.S. grapples with a massive cyberespionage campaign that gave Chinese officials access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.

December 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
October 22, 2010: former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, background right, looks at former U.S. president, Jimmy Carter, center, while visiting a weekly protest in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The protest was organized by groups supporting Palestinians evicted from their homes in east Jerusalem by Israeli authorities.

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  • Politics

Photos: Former President Carter redefined post-presidency role

The Nobel Peace Prize winner devoted himself to improving the health of people around the world, promoting democracy and resolving global conflicts.

December 30, 2024
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  • Nicole Werbeck and
  • Giulia Heyward
Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (back to camera) and Israeli Premier Menachem embrace each other, on Sept. 17, 1978, after signing a peace agreement in the White House with US President Jimmy Carter.

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  • World

Egyptian and Israeli leaders send condolences for Carter, who brokered their peace treaty

One of the crowning foreign policy achievements of Carter's single term as U.S. president was brokering a series of agreements that later came to be called the Camp David accords in 1978.

December 30, 2024
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  • Emily Feng
Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to a group of Duke University alumni at the Carter Center in Atlanta in 2012.

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  • News

A look at Jimmy Carter's legacy. And, rules for regifting unwanted presents

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the U.S., died in Plains, Ga. on Sunday at age 100. Here's a look back at his legacy during and after his presidency. And, the rules of regifting and returns.

December 30, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
China's then-paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and President Jimmy Carter sign historic diplomatic agreements between the United States and China in 1979.

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  • World

Carter made the decision to establish relations with China

Carter helped make ties between Washington and Beijing, ushering in an era of engagement that brought China out of isolation and underpinned its meteoric economic rise.

December 30, 2024
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  • John Ruwitch
Graduating students protests remarks by Washington University Chancellor Andrew Martin on May 13, at the university's campus near Clayton, Mo. Full story <a href="https://www.stlpr.org/education/2024-05-13/st-louis-washington-university-graduation-israel-palestine-war-protests"target="_blank"   >here</a>.

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  • Photography

2024 in photos: NPR station photographers share memorable moments

NPR's member and affiliate station photographers share memorable moments from throughout 2024.

December 30, 2024
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  • NPR Staff
Ferries, background, dock in the port of Calais, northern France, in November 2021. At least 76 people have died crossing the English Channel in 2024, making it the deadliest year on record for small boat crossings.

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  • Europe

At least 3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel

This latest incident comes as 2024 is named the deadliest year on record for small boat crossings along the perilous migration route.

December 29, 2024
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