Europe

The commander of a Territorial Defense Unit fighting in Kherson region, who goes by the name Playboy, poses for a portrait last month.

World News

With winter approaching, Ukraine prepares to fight on frozen ground

10:52am November 16, 2022

The coming winter may provide Ukraine with more opportunities to retake land from Russia, Western military analysts say. It will also bring a change in battlefield tactics.

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A Russian-made missile explodes in Poland — killing 2 people

8:07am November 16, 2022

President Biden says preliminary information contests the idea that a deadly explosion in Poland, along the border with Ukraine, was the result of a missile fired by Russia.

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The Ukrainian capital of Kyiv came under sustained Russian missile attacks

7:24am November 16, 2022

A Russian missile hit an apartment building in Kyiv. There were reports of more strikes in other cities, east to west, north to south. This included Lviv in the west, near the border with Poland.

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NATO investigates a missile strike in Poland that killed 2 people

7:24am November 16, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to former State Department official Joel Rubin about NATO's possible response. It's unclear at this point where the Russian-made missile was fired from.

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Politics & Government

News brief: Missile strike in Poland, explosions in Ukraine's capital, Trump 2024

6:47am November 16, 2022

NATO held an emergency meeting after a missile explosion in Poland. Russian missiles strikes hit Ukraine's capital Kyiv. And, former President Donald Trump announces he's running again in 2024.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Sixth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 13.

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Turkey is friendly with both Russia and Ukraine. Now it wants them to talk peace

5:00am November 16, 2022

by Fatma Tanis

Turkey, a NATO ally, has positioned itself as a neutral player in the Ukraine war — as being pro-Ukrainian without being anti-Russian.

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Biden backs investigation into origins of missile that struck Poland

1:26am November 16, 2022

by Emily Feng

Russia fired a barrage of missiles at Ukraine Tuesday, killing at least one person. Hours later, Poland said there was an explosion on its territory near its border with Ukraine.

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Firefighters work to put out a fire in a residential building hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Tuesday.

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Biden says it's 'unlikely' that missile that hit Poland was fired from Russia

10:35pm November 15, 2022

by Greg Myre

President Biden and other G-7 leaders gathered in Bali for an emergency meeting to discuss the explosions in Poland. "We're going to find out exactly what happened," he said.

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Ukraine came under attack from Russian missiles, and Poland reports explosions

6:49pm November 15, 2022

by Greg Myre

Ukraine says it came under a massive attack from Russian missiles Tuesday. Explosions were also reported in Poland.

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The Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics unveiled their mascots, two cartoonish Phrygian caps.

World News

The Paris 2024 Olympic mascots are ... hats. Here's why

4:07pm November 15, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Organizers call it a tip of the chapeau to the spirit of the French revolution. Critics see something different.