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What a Julian Assange conviction could mean for the future of press freedom

5:13pm February 21, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University's Jameel Jaffer about arguments that prosecuting Julian Assange would threaten press freedom.

Boris Nadezhdin, a liberal Russian politician who was disqualified from the March presidential election, awaits a meeting of Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.

Why a disqualified Russian candidate remains a critic of Putin

2:15pm February 21, 2024

When asked whether his political activities put him in danger, Boris Nadezhdin quoted a proverb, "If you are afraid of wolves, you should not go to the forest."

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Emmalene Blake poses for a portrait in front of her mural showing Samia al-Atrash holding her niece Masa Khader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in October.

A grieving Palestinian, an Irish artist and the mural that brought them together

5:00am February 21, 2024

Artist Emmalene Blake's mural on the wall of a Dublin pub became an iconic image of Gaza's grief. Then one day, she got an Instagram message from the Palestinian woman in the image.

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U.K. judges debate whether Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the U.S.

7:12pm February 20, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

On Tuesday, a U.K. court began hearing arguments on whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the United States. The U.S. has charged Assange with espionage.

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Armored car repair shop workers build an experimental version of a military vehicle in the facility of the Ukrainian Armor Design and Manufacturing Co.

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With Western military aid increasingly uncertain, Ukraine builds its own weapons

5:09pm February 20, 2024

Ukraine's domestic arms manufacturers bristle at the notion the country relies entirely on military aid from the U.S. and Europe. The country's weapons development and production, they say, is robust.

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Caregiver Liliya Khodunay cuts Anna's hair in Anna's home in Milan, Italy, in February 2023.

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Ukrainian caregivers in Italy feel effects of war from afar

11:04am February 20, 2024

by Chiara Negrello

Photographer Chiara Negrello documented Ukrainian caregivers in Italy as they try to stay connected to family back home during the ongoing war.

2-day court hearing in London will decide if Assange is extradited to the U.S.

5:09am February 20, 2024

A hearing in a London court will determine whether Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States. Might the the WikiLeaks founder soon face espionage charges in an American courtroom?

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Morning news brief

5:09am February 20, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Assange's latest battle to avoid extradition to U.S. Egypt builds buffer in anticipation of a Palestinian refugee spillover. Louisiana's legislature begins special session on crime.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is shown making a statement to the media gathered outside the High Court in London, Dec. 5, 2011.

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WikiLeaks founder Assange starts final legal battle to avoid extradition to U.S.

3:10am February 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Julian Assange's lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a factory on Thursday.

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Putin's regime is 'running out of fuel,' a Russian opposition activist tells NPR

6:54pm February 19, 2024

If the Russian president continues to burn through his reserves of oil and gas money, ordinary people will become a threat to his power, according to one outspoken activist.

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