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Orthodox Church leaders called on to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine

5:11am April 02, 2024

NPR's Michel Martin talks to attorney Lena Zezulin about growing calls for Russian Orthodox Church outposts abroad to break from the Moscow-based church and its support of the war in Ukraine.

Republican People's Party, or CHP, supporters gather to celebrate outside City Hall in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2024.

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In a setback to Turkey's Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local election

8:34am April 01, 2024

by The Associated Press

Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday's local elections, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Relatives of Ukrainian POWs highlight their cases, including allegations of torture

5:12am April 01, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

UN human rights experts say there are credible allegations that Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces. Family members of some spoke to NPR about these cases.

Farmers encircle EU headquarters in tractors to protest agricultural policies

8:02am March 30, 2024

by Teri Schultz

European farmers have staged several protests against agricultural policies recently, the most recent one in Brussels featuring fireworks and liquid manure.

In Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, oil bunkering — the practice of siphoning oil from pipelines — has transformed parts of the once-thriving delta ecosystem into an ecological dead zone, according to the U.N. Environment Programme.

Mercy me: Photos show what humans have done to the planet in the Anthropocene age

9:31pm March 29, 2024

Anthropocene refers to the age of humans — the things we've done to Earth. Geologists just rejected a proposal to declare an official "Anthropocene epoch." But everyone agrees: Damage has been done.

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Moscow's hostage game with Evan Gershkovich and the U.S. diplomats trying to free him

4:33pm March 29, 2024

by Jackie Northam

Evan Gershkovich, the journalist who's been detained in Russia for a year, has become a pawn in a larger game of prisoner swaps. The U.S. has created a special office to deal with hostage diplomacy.

Norwegians face a shortage of a key ingredient for Easter festivities: eggs

7:26am March 29, 2024

Some have turned to their neighbors in Sweden. Demand is so strong that some stores on the Swedish side of the border report running out. Others have limited the number of eggs a customer can buy.

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Morning news brief

5:14am March 29, 2024

Clearing the wreckage of the Baltimore bridge collapse will be arduous. President Biden was joined by two ex-presidents at a fundraiser. It's been a week since gunmen stormed a Moscow concert hall.

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Dangerously high levels of E. coli bacteria overshadow rowing event on the Thames

5:14am March 29, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

Raw sewage spills into England's rivers doubled last year. Organizers of a famous rowing race on the River Thames have installed a disinfecting station at this weekend's finish line.

Lithuania's foreign minister reminds Washington what's at stake in Ukraine war

5:14am March 29, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

Lithuania's foreign minister visited Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. this week to make a pitch to the divided electorate in the U.S. that Europe needs American support to win the war in Ukraine.