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Imelda Staunton on the joys and challenges of playing Queen Elizabeth II

5:43pm December 18, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with actress Imelda Staunton, who plays Queen Elizabeth II on Netflix's sweeping historical drama The Crown, which is ending its six-season run with a final batch of episodes.

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Ukrainians worry over wavering U.S. and EU support as Christmas approaches

5:10am December 18, 2023

As Ukrainians prepare to celebrate Christmas according to the Western calendar for the first time, they fear the support of their biggest allies – the U.S. and the European Union – is wavering.

Images from some of our most popular global stories of 2023 (left to right): A woman from Brazil's Awa people holds her bow and arrow after a hunt; an artificial intelligence program made this fake photo to fulfill a request for "doctors help children in Africa" â AI added the giraffe; researchers are learning that a stranger's hello can do more than just brighten your day.

Our top global posts might change how you think about hunters, AI and hellos

2:17pm December 17, 2023

by Marc Silver

Our most popular global stories of 2023 offer insights into the stereotypes of male hunters/female gatherers, the biases of AI, the best way to end poverty and the impact of a stranger's greeting.

This is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli.

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More than 60 people drowned when a migrant vessel capsized off Libya, U.N. says

9:47am December 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

The shipwreck, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday, was the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea along a key but dangerous route for migrants seeking a better life in Europe.

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British PM Sunak is facing opposition to a controversial immigration policy

7:53am December 17, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Robert Shrimsley, executive editor of the Financial Times, about the UK's controversial proposed policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on Aug. 27, 2022.

A cardinal is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican trial

11:55am December 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was convicted in a complicated financial trial that aired the Vatican's dirty laundry.

Prince Harry wins court victory against tabloids in phone hacking case

7:31pm December 15, 2023

Prince Harry and 100 other celebrities sued UK tabloids for allegedly hacking their phones to get scoops in the 1990s & early 2000s.

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Ukraine has $52 billion EU aid package veoted by Hungary

6:04pm December 15, 2023

At a summit this week, EU leaders voted to begin membership negotiations with Ukraine. But Hungary's leader Viktor Organ vetoed a $52 billion aid package.

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A controversial exchange frees Russian convicts if they agree to fight in Ukraine

6:04pm December 15, 2023

Russia has freed violent convicts in exchange for their military service in Ukraine. Their victims' families say justice has been denied.

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Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, on June 7, 2023. Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit on Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000).

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Prince Harry wins landmark phone hacking case against one of Britain's major tabloids

11:23am December 15, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

A U.K. judge ruled against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, finding that the paper used phone hacking to gather information unlawfully on the Duke of Sussex.