Europe

Local people react to a volunteer from Odesa distributing aid on the main square in front of the Regional Administration Building in Kherson on Wednesday.

World News

Photos: Liberated Kherson celebrates as Ukrainians prepare for an uncertain future

2:27pm November 17, 2022

Kherson is coming back to life after more than 8 1/2 months under Russian occupation. There's no water or electricity, but residents are celebrating — even as they recall the horrors of occupation.

Mexico's defender Edson Alvarez (right) fouls Brazil's forward Neymar during the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between Brazil and Mexico at the Samara Arena in Samara, Russia on July 2, 2018.

The World Cup is almost here. Get your head in the game with these 5 books

1:53pm November 17, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The beautiful game has inspired some beautiful writing: Two experts share their lists of essential reading as the 2022 World Cup prepares to kick off in Qatar.

Asl Tia, a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain, sails on Bosporus to Marmara sea, in Istanbul, on Nov. 2.

World News

Russia and Ukraine renew a grain export deal to help the hungry and keep prices down

10:02am November 17, 2022

by Fatma Tanis

The U.N.-brokered deal to ship Ukrainian grain exports was set to expire on Saturday and will now continue for at least another 120 days.

Examining the missile mishap in Poland and the lessons to take away

7:35am November 17, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Stephen Flanagan, a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation, about the lessons NATO can learn from this week's missile strike near Poland's border with Ukraine.

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Poland says a missile that crashed on its territory was friendly fire from Ukraine

7:13am November 17, 2022

NATO says a missile that left two people dead in Poland likely came from a Ukrainian defense system. Ukraine disputes that and continues to blame Russia.

Street artist Banksy's new works appear in war-torn sites in Ukraine

6:44am November 17, 2022

Banksy spray-painted artworks in different locations of Ukraine, according to the Art Newspaper. It says one work depicts a child in a martial arts uniform flipping a grown man onto his back.

Politics & Government

News brief: GOP wins the House, Trump ex-CFO testifies, missile strike probe

6:44am November 17, 2022

Republicans gain control of the House. Trump's ex-CFO is on the stand in a criminal tax fraud trial. Ukraine and its partners disagree on the source of a missile that exploded in Poland.

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The missile strike in Poland was potentially a stray Ukrainian missile

6:02pm November 16, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

Initial investigations suggest the missile strike in Poland was not a deliberate attack but potentially a stray Ukrainian missile.

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The war in Ukraine is giving the country's scientists a platform

4:23pm November 16, 2022

by Nathan Rott

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is giving Ukrainian scientists and climate negotiators a big stage at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt.

Members of the Polish police inspect the fields near the village of Przewodow, Poland, where an explosion killed two people Tuesday.

Poland says missile strike on its land appears to be an accident by Ukraine

2:05pm November 16, 2022

by Greg Myre

Two Polish citizens were killed when the missile struck in the eastern part of Poland, just a few miles from the border with Ukraine. Polish President Andrzej Duda calls it an "unfortunate accident."