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Activists demonstrate in front of a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea this spring. The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Russian oil. However, most countries have not, and refineries around the world still import Russian oil.

Despite U.S. sanctions, oil traders help Russian oil reach global markets

10:09am April 22, 2022

by Julia Simon

Russia is still making billions of dollars on oil exports since invading Ukraine. That crude is still flowing abroad thanks in part to a controversial group of oil traders.

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Ronan Farrow on investigating the world's most notorious spyware company: NSO Group

7:27pm April 21, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with Ronan Farrow about his New Yorker investigation into Israeli spyware company NSO Group, and his interview with an employee who quit.

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People fleeing the Ukrainian city of Mariupol arrive at a registration center for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhia on Thursday. They traveled in a small convoy that crossed through territory held by Russian forces, after the opening of a humani

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 21)

4:53pm April 21, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

U.S. Capitol Police ordered the evacuation of the Capitol complex after an unidentified single-engine plane was spotted in a restricted airspace. The plane was part of a planned military flyover of nearby Nationals Park, though the Capitol Police had not

U.S. Capitol Police say an 'extremely unusual' oversight triggered Capitol evacuation

2:31pm April 21, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The evacuation was prompted after a plane tied to a planned flyover of nearby Nationals Park entered restricted airspace. The Capitol Police had not been given advance notice of the approved flight.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pauses while speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., on April 13. Yellen and other finance ministers walked out of a G20 session on Wednesday as Russian officials were speaking.

Janet Yellen and other finance ministers walk out of G20 meeting as Russia speaks

6:30pm April 20, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Yellen's counterparts from the U.K. and Canada joined the walkout to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Residents walk past an apartment building on Wednesday in Mariupol, Ukraine, destroyed during the war with Russia.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 20)

4:47pm April 20, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange supporters hold placards as they gather outside Westminster Magistrates court in London on Wednesday.

Julian Assange is one major step closer to extradition to the U.S.

8:29am April 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain's interior minister for a decision.

A woman walks next to a damaged building after a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland on Tuesday, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 19)

5:02pm April 19, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A Ukrainian soldier stands on an armored personnel carrier near the front lines with Russian troops in Izium, in eastern Ukraine, on Monday. Russia fared poorly when it invaded Ukraine eight weeks ago. Now Russia says it has now launched a new offensive f

As Russia launches a new offensive, what did it learn from the first one?

1:02pm April 19, 2022

by Greg Myre

When Russia invaded Ukraine eight weeks ago, its war plan failed on multiple fronts. Russia has now regrouped and is focused on the east of Ukraine, hoping to avoid the earlier mistakes.

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.

U.S. team is off to Solomon Islands amid concern over draft security pact with China

6:38am April 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

National Security Council Indo-Pacific corrdinator Kurt Campbell will lead the U.S. delegation after the Solomons and China initialed a draft agreement of a security pact last month.