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Newly-secured U.S. military assistance flows into Ukraine amid Russian advance

10:20pm June 20, 2024

The White House said it’s fast-tracking the delivery of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. That sense of urgency fits the state of the battlefield, as a new Russian advance tests Ukraine.

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Putin signs numerous deals with Vietnam in a bid to shore up Russia's ties in Asia

3:28pm June 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Russia's president signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart and offered to supply fossil fuels to Vietnam, as Moscow is seeking to offset its international isolation.

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Russia wages a scorched-earth war in Ukraine with retrofitted bombs and new airstrips

6:42am June 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Russia has accelerated its destruction of Ukraine's front-line cities in 2024 to a scale previously unseen in the war using glide bombs and an expanding network of airstrips just across the border.

2 climate activists were arrested after spraying orange paint on Stonehenge

10:43pm June 19, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

The group Just Stop Oil took credit for the Wednesday afternoon action, which they said was a call on the United Kingdom to stop the use of fossil fuels by 2030.

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A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison

1:57pm June 19, 2024

by Charles Maynes

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was sentenced to nearly four years in prison on charges of theft and threatening to murder.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on Sep. 13, 2023.

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Russia's Putin Visits North Korea

5:13pm June 18, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a two-day state visit to North Korea meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. We explore how the two countries might cooperate, with NPR's correspondents in Moscow and Seoul.

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Putin and Kim Jong Un will meet in North Korea, supporter of Russia's war in Ukraine

2:30pm June 18, 2024

by Se Eun Gong

Russia and North Korea's leaders are expected to demonstrate their deepening military and political relationship, built on cooperation on Russia's war in Ukraine. But experts doubt its sustainability.

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Campaigning kicks off as the French prepare to elect a new parliament

1:55pm June 18, 2024

President Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called the snap vote after the far-right party of Marine Le Pen trounced his centrist party in European parliament elections last weekend.

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Is Humanitarian Aid Getting Into Gaza?; Searching for the Origins of James Bond

4:41pm June 17, 2024

Israel has announced a daily pause in fighting in an effort to allow more food and other humanitarian aid into Gaza. But some are criticizing the move. We go to the border crossing.

And in London, our correspondent descends beneath the streets in search of the inspiration behind the world's most famous secret agent.

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It was another day in court for a U.S. military serviceman who faces charges in Russia

2:45pm June 17, 2024

by Charles Maynes

Staff Sergeant Gordon Black is on trial in Russia. He was stationed in South Korea and was about to return to the U.S. when he decided without authorization to enter Russia to see his girlfriend.

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