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A suspect is found dead, the other is at large, following a mass stabbing in Canada

5:05am September 06, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to reporter Mickey Djuric of the Canadian Press, about a series of stabbings in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Ten people are dead and 18 were injured.

A Texas town gets its portrait on a silo

5:05am September 06, 2022

by Susan Stamberg

Australian artist Guido Van Helten is known for his large-scale murals, often painted on abandoned industrial sites. Now he's telling the stories of McKinney, Texas, on the sides of its grain silos.

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A sixth reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is now off the grid

4:23pm September 05, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

The Ukrainian government says the sixth reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is now disconnnected from the Ukrainian power grid from Russian attacks.

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What we know about the stabbings in Saskatchewan

4:23pm September 05, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bill Graveland, national correspondent for The Canadian Press, on the recent stabbings in Saskatchewan.

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Liz Truss will succeed Boris Johnson as the U.K.'s next prime minister

4:23pm September 05, 2022

by Willem Marx

Britain's Conservative Party has announced that Foreign Minister Liz Truss will serve as the nation's next prime minister, succeeding Boris Johnson.

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War has decimated tourism in Ukraine, but people are still determined to travel

4:23pm September 05, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

The Carpathian Mountains are a wildly popular domestic getaway spot for Ukrainians in the summer. But Russia's invasion has deeply affected the tourism industry there this year.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 20, 2022.

Russia sanctions 25 more Americans, including Sean Penn and Ben Stiller

1:10pm September 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine.

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, in May.

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Israeli army says a soldier likely killed a Palestinian-American journalist

10:38am September 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Israeli army said there was a "high possibility" that a soldier killed Shireen Abu Akleh in May, as it announced the results of its internal investigation. But it said the shooting was accidental.

Britain's Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss pledged to deliver on a range of issues after being named the new Conservative Party leader on Monday. Truss will be the U.K.'s third female prime minister, following Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

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Liz Truss is the U.K.'s next prime minister

8:52am September 05, 2022

by Willem Marx

Truss, who currently serves as foreign minister, will be the U.K.'s new prime minister, after the Conservative Party named her as its next leader on Monday, replacing the outgoing Boris Johnson.

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Members of the volunteer Sheikh Mansur Battalion (from left) Islam, Mansur and Asadulla speak to an AFP journalist during an interview in Zaporizhzhia on June 9. The Sheikh Mansur Battalion was founded in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea and composed m

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Meet the Chechen battalion joining Ukraine to fight Russia — and fellow Chechens

7:00am September 05, 2022

While many Chechen fighters have deployed in Ukraine for Russia, this group is there to defend the country from the Russians.

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