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Red Cross prepares for the worst in eastern Ukraine

4:20pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Pascal Hundt, the head of delegation at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine, about helping evacuate and bringing aid to the country.

Artem Chapeye, a writer fighting in Ukrainian army, on his love story for his country

4:20pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Artem Chapeye, author of the book The Ukraine, who is currently serving as a private in the army fighting for Ukraine.

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Spain bans harassment of women entering abortion clinics

3:49pm April 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Under the new law, anyone harassing a woman going into an abortion clinic will be committing a crime that can be punished with up to one year in prison.

Personal belongings of victims and burned vehicles are seen after an alleged rocket attack Friday at the railway station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

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50 people were killed in a Russian strike on a train station, Ukrainian officials say

2:45pm April 08, 2022

by NPR Staff

A missile struck the station in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, which was a hub for people trying to evacuate. Russia denies any involvement.

NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday.

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NATO chief warns of heavier fighting in 'new phase' of Ukraine war

2:16pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about Ukraine's renewed request for weaponry, and the latest predictions on how Russian forces will fight the war in the future.

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The children of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are the latest targets of Western sanctions.

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UK sanctions the daughters of Putin and foreign minister Lavrov

2:03pm April 08, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The United Kingdom is going after what it calls the "lavish lifestyles" of the daughters of Russia's president and foreign minister.

Workers plow wheat in Husakiv village in western Ukraine late last month. Russia and Ukraine account for a large percentage of global wheat exports.

Global food prices hit their highest recorded levels last month, driven up by the war

1:32pm April 08, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says prices of food commodities like grains and vegetable oils soared in March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Men take up most of the seats on global health boards.

Men — especially from rich countries — still fill the boards of global health groups

1:02pm April 08, 2022

by Joanne Lu

That's the finding in a new study from Global Health 50/50. They report that some progress has been made. But the statistics are, as one woman global health leader puts it, "shocking."

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan president at the Presidential Palace in Kabul in 2020.

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After a week of political chaos in Pakistan, more turmoil lies ahead

11:30am April 08, 2022

The county's Supreme Court said a move by Prime Minister Imran Khan to dissolve parliament rather than face a no-confidence vote was unconstitutional. What happens next isn't entirely clear.

Aleksandra Makoviy said she isn't the only Ukrainian mother to write emergency contact info on their children since the war began.

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A Ukrainian mom scribbled her contact info on her daughter's back as the war erupted

7:05am April 08, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

As bombed rained down on the streets of Kyiv, Aleksandra Makoviy wanted to make sure that her 2-year-old would be safe. The only way to do that was by writing her phone number on the girl's back.