Europe

People leave the aid camp at the Poland-Ukraine border in Medyka, Poland.

World News

The flow of Ukrainian refugees has changed direction in Poland. And so has aid relief

11:27am May 23, 2022

Medyka is the busiest border crossing between Poland and Ukraine. Aid workers flocked there to set up tents offering assistance when the war started. But these days, the flow of refugees has shifted.

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A sign on a Moscow Starbucks informs visitors that the coffee chain had suspended its work in Russia.

World News

Starbucks is exiting Russia, shutting 130 stores

11:10am May 23, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

The coffee chain joins McDonald's in taking its brand out of the country. Starbucks had temporarily paused operations in March.

Ukrainian judge hands down a sentence in the first war crimes trial in that conflict

8:14am May 23, 2022

The court gave a life sentence to a 21-year-old Russian army sergeant for shooting and killing an unarmed Ukrainian man during the first days of the war. Its the first war crimes trial of the war.

Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin waits for the start of a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Judges went on to sentence him to life in the first war crimes trial since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

World News

A Russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine's first war crimes trial

8:11am May 23, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Vadim Shishimarin, 21, had pleaded guilty last week to shooting an unarmed Ukrainian man in late February. On Monday, a panel of judges in Kyiv sentenced him to life in prison.

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Health & Safety

News brief: Biden on Taiwan, monkeypox cases, Ukraine-Polish border

6:40am May 23, 2022

Biden was asked whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily if China invades. Epidemiologists investigate suspected U.S. cases of monkeypox. Long lines form as refugees try to return to Ukraine.

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Millions of Ukrainians rushed to leave — the line to return home stretches for miles

5:10am May 23, 2022

by Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro visits a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine to chronicle the journeys of Ukrainians returning to their homeland.

Sports

WNBA Players' Association calls for White House to take action on Griner's release

5:08pm May 22, 2022

WNBA athlete Brittney Griner is still detained in Russia. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nneka Ogwumike, president of the WNBA Players' Association, about efforts to get Griner released.