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The impact of the war in Ukraine on the global food supply

4:44pm April 15, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

From the start of the war in Ukraine, food policy experts have worried that a hunger crisis could be in the making, given how important Ukraine and Russia are to global food supply.

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Ukraine says Russia has used long-range bombers for the 1st time

4:29pm April 15, 2022

by Brian Mann

Fighting continues in the besieged port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine says Russia used long-range bombers for the first time.

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Ukrainian climate scientist says Russia's invasion is a 'fossil fuel war'

4:29pm April 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with leading Ukrainian climate scientist Svitlana Krakovska about how climate change relates to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Not much is known about General Aleksandr Dvornikov personally, but his record leading Russia's military intervention in Syria in 2016 earned him the nickname "the butcher of Syria."

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What the ruthless new commander of Russia's military in Ukraine signals for the war

2:10pm April 15, 2022

General Aleksandr Dvornikov is infamous for his ruthlessness while leading Russia's intervention in Syria. Now he's heading Russia's war in Ukraine, signaling that the violence could intensify.

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A soldier and a woman walk past the headquarters for Russian troops in September 2021 in the town of Tiraspol, in Trans-Dniester, a pro-Russian region that declared independence from Moldova but is internationally unrecognized. Russia has stationed 1,500

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With war next door, Moldova faces a dilemma as Eastern Europe's most vulnerable state

1:56pm April 15, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

One of Europe's poorest countries, Moldova has a separatist region that hosts 1,500 Russian troops. Since the Ukraine war, Moldova has applied to join the EU, even as it keeps a policy of neutrality.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan speak during the Global Citizen festival, on Sept. 25, 2021, in New York. The couple visited Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on Thursday.

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Harry and Meghan visit Queen Elizabeth for 1st time since giving up their royal roles

10:18am April 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The couple stopped by Windsor Castle on their first joint visit to the U.K. since they stepped down as senior working royals and moved to the United States more than two years ago.

Troops from 27 countries wrapped up one of the largest NATO war games since the 1980s in Norway.

NATO troops conducted a routine war exercise in the Arctic. This year felt different

9:00am April 15, 2022

by Quil Lawrence

Troops from 27 countries wrapped up one of the largest NATO war games since the 1980s — in the Arctic. Russia's war in Ukraine made the exercise feel like more than a game.

The Pentagon can't confirm yet how the Russian ship Moskva was destroyed

7:29am April 15, 2022

After Russia's lead warship in the Black Sea sank, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to retired Adm. James Foggo about the impact on Russian dominance in the Black Sea and the war in Ukraine.

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Thursday April 14, 2022.

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U.K. plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda draws outrage

5:41am April 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

Britain announced a deal with Rwanda on Thursday to send asylum-seekers thousands of miles to the East African country, which it said would deter people-smugglers, but has been called inhumane.

Russian President Vladimir Putin asserts that sanctions have failed

5:16am April 15, 2022

More than a month into sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine, we look at whether and how Russians are feeling the impact.