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Former Honduran president will be in a New York courtroom for drug charges tomorrow

4:41pm May 09, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Reuters reporter Sarah Kinosian about the former Honduran president's arraignment in New York. He's accused of working with drug cartels to send cocaine into the U.S.

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What reproductive rights look like around the world

4:41pm May 09, 2022

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion, here's a look at abortion rights and access around the world.

An election worker places a voting receipt inside a box at a polling center Monday in Quezon City, Philippines.

Dictator's son far ahead in Philippine presidential vote

2:51pm May 09, 2022

by The Associated Press

With 80% of the votes tabulated, Marcos Jr. had 25.9 million, far ahead of his closest challenger, current Vice President Leni Robredo, who had 12.3 million.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a joint news conference Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Earlier in the day, Trudeau visited the suburb of Irpin to look at devastation left in the wake of Russia's inv

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World leaders weighed in on the war in Ukraine on Victory in Europe Day

12:46pm May 09, 2022

Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned peace is impossible under Russian dictatorship, saying "freedom and security will win the day, just as freedom and security triumphed over oppression, ... 77 years ago."

Patron poses at an award ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday. The Jack Russell terrier is credited with detecting more than 200 Russian explosive devices since the start of the war.

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Patron the bomb-sniffing dog cements his hero status with a presidential medal

11:43am May 09, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The tiny Jack Russell terrier is credited with detecting hundreds of Russian explosive devices since the start of the war. His other pastimes include snacking on cheese and napping at press briefings.

A Sri Lankan government supporter carries a national flag after attacking the anti-government demonstrators outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday.

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The prime minister of Sri Lanka resigns after weeks of protests

11:34am May 09, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has tendered his resignation amid an economic crisis and violent protests against he and his brother, the country's president.

Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Here's what Putin said about Ukraine in his Victory Day speech

9:16am May 09, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Speaking at an annual parade to honor the end of World War II, Russia's president sought to link the past Soviet victory to the battle in Ukraine and signaled no major military or policy shifts.

Rescuers gather at Galawa Beach, about 22 miles from Moroni, Comoros, July 1, 2009, as they prepare to search the area after a Yemenia Airbus passenger plane crashed into the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros as it attempted to land in the dar

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Paris trial to open for 2009 plane crash that left 152 dead and 1 alive

4:51am May 09, 2022

by The Associated Press

The flag carrier airline from Yemen is being tried in Paris over the injuries of a then-12-year-old girl and the deaths of 65 French citizens.

A man who fled from a small village near Polohy rests upon his arrival to a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Sunday.

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More than 60 are feared dead in the bombing of a Ukrainian school

10:20pm May 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

The school was sheltering about 90 people in the village of Bilohorivka.

Kami Rita Sherpa climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time Saturday, setting a new world record for most times summitting the world's tallest peak.

A climber scaled Everest for the 26th time. He broke his own world record — again

5:42pm May 08, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Kami Rita Sherpa has set and broke his own world record for the most successful Mount Everest ascents multiple times in recent years. He's now summited Everest for the 26th time.