Former National Security Council official on the current state of the war in Ukraine
NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman about the current state of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Trump touts his peace deals – but many are already unraveling
President Trump has been racing to rack up peace deals — but keeping them intact is proving far more difficult.
Thailand’s Parliament is dissolved for new elections early next year
Thailand’s Parliament was dissolved Friday for new elections early next year as the country engaged in deadly fighting with Cambodia.
Prada to launch $930 ‘Made in India’ Kolhapuri sandals after backlash
The deal comes months after Prada faced backlash for allegedly appropriating a sandal design made by Indian artisans.
‘It was little kids’: Taylor Swift breaks down as she talks of Southport attack
The singer met met families and victims of the Southport stabbing attack, backstage during her Eras tour last year.
News24 | Exhausted people with ‘no strength left’ in Gaza face fear of massive storm approaching
With an impending storm in Gaza, a sense of terror has seized a population already exhausted from two years of Israel’s war with its unrelenting bombardment, starvation and chaos.
Famous crocodile wrangler jailed for evidence tampering
Former Netflix star Matt Wright was found guilty of lying to police over a fatal chopper crash in 2022.
News24 | Powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake rattles Japan, tsunami warning issued
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan, the weather office said, days after an even larger tremor shook the region and injured at least 50.
News24 | Britain’s King Charles III to give health update, year after cancer diagnosis
King Charles III, who is battling cancer, will give an update on his health in a video address on Friday, Britain’s PA news agency reported.
Clair Obscur sweeps The Game Awards with nine wins
The French-made role-playing game is named game of the year and also picks up prizes for music and performance.
News24 | Alleged Charlie Kirk killer appears in court, faces the death penalty if convicted
The man accused of killing right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk appeared in person in a US court for the first time on Thursday.
Indiana Republicans defy Trump to reject new voting map
Some say they were targeted with death threats and other forms of intimidation over the vote.
Crypto fraudster sentenced for ‘epic’ $40bn stablecoin crash
In August, Do Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud and apologised for his actions.
Tricked, abducted and abused: Inside China’s schools for ‘rebellious’ teens
Young people tell the BBC that military-style schools deceive and abuse students they claim to help.
Fears grow that world’s rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods
A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest apes, has alarmed conservationists.
Myanmar’s army says it wants to eradicate scam compounds. Is it really doing that?
The junta has been demolishing buildings in KK Park, one of the largest and most notorious scam compounds.
Chief of S Korea’s high-stakes exam quits over ‘insane’ English test
Some critics say the questions were unnecessarily complex, while others argue that’s their intended purpose.
US sanctions six more ships after seizing oil tanker off Venezuela
The White House plans to move the tanker to a US port and seize the oil on board, a move Caracas has labelled as an act of “international piracy”.
Venezuela: What’s next for the opposition and U.S. pressure on the regime?
After more than a year in hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado surfaces in Oslo, as the U.S. seizes an oil tanker near Venezuela.
From Venezuela to Ukraine, Trump is shaking up American diplomacy around the world
On this week’s episode of Sources & Methods, NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks to correspondents Greg Myre and Eleanor Beardsley about the future of the U.S. alliance with Europe under President Trump.
U.S. and Japan flex military muscles in a show of force amid Tokyo’s feud with Beijing
This follows joint drills by Chinese and Russian strategic bombers and fighters on Tuesday that prompted Japan and South Korea to scramble planes to monitor them.