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Special envoy John Kerry on helping small island nations dealing with climate change

4:26pm April 18, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, about the current outlook on climate change and the global endeavor to combat it.

Ukrainian children are being separated from extended family at the U.S.-Mexico border

4:26pm April 18, 2022

by Adrian Florido

Ukrainian refugees arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border are enjoying expedited admission to the U.S. But children who arrive with family other than their parents are still being separated and detained.

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Riot police watch a city bus burn on a street in Malmo, Sweden, on Saturday. Unrest broke out in southern Sweden late Saturday despite police moving a rally by an anti-Islam far-right group, which was planning to burn a Quran among other things, to a new

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Sweden links riots to criminal gangs that target police

3:54pm April 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Swedish police said riots that have shaken several cities are extremely serious crimes and suspect some protesters are linked to criminal gangs that intentionally target police.

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200,000 could lose their jobs as Western companies withdraw, Moscow mayor says

1:26pm April 18, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The city is preparing to retrain some workers and give temporary public works jobs to thousands more as a growing number of Western companies distance themselves from Russia.

Israeli army soldiers guard a section of Israel's separation barrier last year in the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah. Two Palestinian men were critically injured by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health M

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Israeli troops wound 2 Palestinians during new Israeli-Palestinian violence

11:16am April 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Israel has carried out a wave of arrest raids after Palestinian assailants killed at least 14 people inside Israel. At least 25 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in recent weeks.

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Jerusalem sees unrest during convergence of Passover, Ramadan and Easter

7:07am April 18, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to International Crisis Group analyst Mairav Zonszein about unrest in Jerusalem and what it means for the already volatile region.

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Firefighters work to extinguish fire at an apartment building after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 17, 2022.

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Missile strikes in western Ukraine kill 6 as country braces for new assault in east

5:35am April 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Russian missile strikes on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv killed six people and wounded at least eight, the regional governor said, which appeared to target military infrastructure facilities

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker disinfects another after taking samples for COVID-19 tests in a residential area in Shanghai, China, Saturday, April 16.

Shanghai reports 1st deaths from current COVID-19 outbreak

3:04am April 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Authorities reported the first COVID-19 deaths of the latest outbreak in China's most populous city and said all three were elderly, had underlying conditions and had not been vaccinated.

Israeli police is deployed in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 17, 2022.

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Clashes erupt again near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

7:16pm April 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

Israeli police entered the compound in the Old City to secure the way for Jewish visitors to the holy site, fueling clashes that left 17 Palestinians wounded.

A woman walks past a destroyed house following bombardment in the Ukrainian town of Borodianka, in the Kyiv region, on Sunday.

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 17)

5:33pm April 17, 2022

by NPR Staff

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