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The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group
by Eleanor Beardsley
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Its members are survivors of the August 1945 U.S. nuclear bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
How much influence do Russian oligarchs really have on Putin?
by Adrian Ma
Sanctions imposed on Russia have targeted some of its wealthiest individuals, its oligarchs, for their ties to President Vladimir Putin. In reality, this group has varying degrees of influence.
Russia strikes targets in Kyiv as Mariupol theater rescue efforts continue
by Eric Westervelt
A fourth day of peace negotiations ended with no breakthrough. Ukraine's president said workers continued rescue efforts at the Mariupol theater where scores of civilians were sheltering.
Legendary Di Fara Pizza owner Domenico 'Dom' Demarco dies at age 85
by Emily Lang
Pizza makers in New York are remembering Domenico "Dom" Demarco, the founder of the beloved Brooklyn pizzeria Di Fara, who has died at the age of 85.
Can Ukraine really win this war?
As the fighting enters its fourth week in Ukraine, a question looms: could Ukraine actually win? NPR's Juana Summers talks with CEPA's Steven Horrell about the prospects of Russian defeat in Ukraine.
Mariupol theater rescue continues as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its 4th week
by Tim Mak
Rescue efforts continue at the Mariupol theater that was bombed and American officials said a U.S. citizen has been killed in Ukraine.
More than 44,000 Afghans tried for a fast track to the U.S. About 200 have gotten it
by Laura Benshoff | Keystone Crossroads
The U.S. immigration system is slow. Only a small amount of Afghans have been granted humanitarian parole — a fast track to enter the United States — since the initial evacuation of Kabul.
President Biden's virtually met with Irish prime minister for St. Patrick's Day
by Scott Detrow
The president is taking a moment for a brief bit of joy to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the traditional White House way. Expect him to quote the Irish poets and of course Grandpa Finnegan.
Putin's rhetoric is a worrisome reminder of Russia's dark past
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, about how almost three weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 7,000 Russian troops have been killed.
Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova leaves Bolshoi Ballet in protest of Russian invasion
Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova will leave Moscow's Bolshoi ballet and Russia in protest of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. She told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about her experience with the Bolshoi in 2018.
'The Bond King' details the rise and fall of notorious financial investor Bill Gross
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mary Childs, one of the hosts of NPR's Planet Money, about her new book The Bond King, which tells the story of a notorious financial investor.
How the pandemic housing market spurred buyer's remorse across America
Working from home, low interest rates and coming of home buying age have pushed millennials into the housing market. What were some of the pitfalls and who was left out of home buying altogether?