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Ukraine struggles to export its grain — as Russia repeatedly strikes its ports

5:10am August 03, 2023

Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports have intensified since Moscow suspended participation in a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets.

Yuriy Kopishynskyi stands with a horse at his family's horseback riding school on Khortytsia, an island on the Dnipro River just outside Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

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The Cossacks' traditions live on near the front lines in Ukraine

11:36am August 01, 2023

Zaporizhzhian Cossacks are warriors who have been revered for centuries in Ukraine. A family is maintaining the Cossack traditions by training people with swords, maces and their bare hands.

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U.S., France and African leaders give coup leaders in Niger one week to step down

4:56pm July 31, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

African leaders backed by the U.S. and France have given a week for coup leaders in Niger to step down and restore the democratically elected president.

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Local residents inspect a crater left after a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, July 29.

Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine's counteroffensive makes some gains

11:34am July 31, 2023

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Morning news brief

5:59am July 31, 2023

A bombing kills dozens on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Ukraine retakes a small village from Russia. Some 30,000 people are losing their jobs as trucking company Yellow shuts down.

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Ukraine's troops are slowly pushing Russian forces out of occupied Ukrainian land

5:09am July 31, 2023

As Ukraine claims a strategic victory in a long, grinding counteroffensive, its troops say they need more long-range weapons to fight increasingly entrenched Russian troops.

Investigators examine a damaged skyscraper in the "Moscow City" business district after a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, early Sunday, July 30, 2023.

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A drone attack on Moscow briefly shut one of its airports and injured one

8:22am July 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure for traffic of one of four airports near the capital.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a phone screen as he attends a joint statement with President of Comoros Azali Assoumani at the Russia Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 28, 2023.

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African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or path to peace in Ukraine

5:53am July 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war.

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In the Paris suburb where riots erupted, protests have died down but anger remains

8:05am July 29, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

A visit to the Paris suburb where riots first broke out in France, following the police killing of a young man of North African descent.

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Cyclists and car drivers in Berlin fight over road space

5:40pm July 28, 2023

by Esme Nicholson

Berlin's conservative mayor ran on a pledge to stand up for car drivers against encroachment from bicyclists. But bike-riders have pushed back, forcing the government to backpedal.

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