Europe

Jakub Orlinski, the breakdancing countertenor, explores his Polish roots

1:13pm May 19, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with rising opera star and break dancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski, whose new album "Farewells" is a collection of Polish opera classics, little known to the rest of the world.

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Russian Army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed Ukrainian man during the first days of Russia's invasion in Ukraine. His case is the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three months ago.

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Courtroom drama: Ukrainian widow confronts Russian who shot her husband

12:39pm May 19, 2022

The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."

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Twitter is the latest social platform to grapple with the misinformation, propaganda and rumors that have proliferated since Russia invaded Ukraine

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Twitter aims to crack down on misinformation, including misleading posts about Ukraine

12:37pm May 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories.

A woman walks through the Oleksiivska station in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Thousands of residents have been sheltering in the city's subway stations, but the mayor says it's safe to emerge now that Russian forces are retreating.

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Kharkiv's mayor says it's time to move out of the city's subway stations

9:49am May 19, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

As Ukrainian troops push Russian forces away from its second-largest city, the mayor urges thousands of residents to emerge from their makeshift shelters in the city's metro stations and trains.

News brief: abortion-rights poll, Buffalo hearing, NATO membership

7:41am May 19, 2022

Two-thirds of Americans oppose reversing abortion rights in a new poll. The accused Buffalo shooter appears in court Thursday. And Turkey opposes Finnish and Swedish bids to join NATO.

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Why does Turkey object to Finland and Sweden joining NATO?

5:11am May 19, 2022

by Peter Kenyon

Sweden and Finland officially applied to join NATO, but Turkey's president may oppose their acceptance into the military alliance. There is an international push to resolve Turkey's objections.

From left, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speak as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, back, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin T

How the war in Ukraine is challenging the long-sought pivot to Asia

5:01am May 19, 2022

by Asma Khalid

President Biden is traveling to Japan and South Korea this week — his first trip to Asia since taking office. Like presidents before him, he's seeking to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward Asia.

Ima hugs Shakira at a shelter provided by the Nigerians Diaspora Organization in Poland.

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They escaped the war in Ukraine. Then they faced fresh trouble in Poland

5:00am May 19, 2022

Millions of people have fled Ukraine since the war started, but not all are Ukrainian. And some citizens of African countries have found that the doors of Europe are much less open to them.

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Symptoms of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's hand, from a 2003 case in the United States. In most instances, the disease causes fever and painful, pus-filled blisters. New cases in the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal are spreading possibly

Health & Safety

Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry?

11:17pm May 18, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The cases point to possible sexual transmission of this cousin of smallpox — a previously unknown method of spread for monkeypox.

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African students who fled to Poland from Ukraine are waiting in limbo

7:02pm May 18, 2022

More than 6 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded. Not all of them are Ukrainian. Some citizens of African countries have found that the doors of Europe are much less open to them.

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