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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, arrives for a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 defense budget on April 5, 2022, in Washington.

Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. say they will develop hypersonic missiles

1:19am April 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

The announcement comes amid growing concern by the U.S. and its allies about China's growing military assertiveness and Washington's concern of Russia using the weapons in Ukraine.

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A bakery in western Ukraine has reopened, providing employment to refugees

10:30pm April 05, 2022

In Ivano-Frankivsk, in the western part of Ukraine, a bakery that shuttered for two weeks during the war has resumed business — and even employs Ukrainians displaced from other parts of the country.

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A woman walks past a currency exchange office in central Moscow on Feb. 24.

How Russia rescued the ruble

6:05pm April 05, 2022

by Paddy Hirsch

The Russian ruble lost nearly half its value when Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, it has been the top-performing currency in the world.

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What the city of Kyiv looks like as people return

5:35pm April 05, 2022

Though the city still feels empty, people are slowly starting to return to Kyiv. Signs of war are everywhere in the form of sandbags and big steel and concrete barricades in the streets.

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A resident looks for belongings on Tuesday in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 5)

5:11pm April 05, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

South African actress Khanyi Mbau, one of the stars of Netflix's new original reality show set in Africa, Young, Famous & African.

Opinion: 5 Things I'd change about Netflix's 'Young, Famous & African'

4:52pm April 05, 2022

by Ifeanyi Nsofor

If Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor could have a hand in creating another season of the reality show, he'd ditch the 'Real Housewives' drama and get the cast to talk about COVID vaccines.

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Fractured Taliban leadership intensifies uncertainty in Afghanistan

4:40pm April 05, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kathy Gannon of The Associated Press about the Taliban backtracking on some of its promises for a more inclusive, less repressive Afghanistan.

Davide Martello, an Italian man living in Germany, plays the piano for people who have fled Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland.

Near the Polish border, a musician plays music to welcome those fleeing Ukraine

4:25pm April 05, 2022

Refugees streaming across the border at the Medyka border crossing into Poland leave behind the air raid sirens and the sounds of war and are welcomed by musician Davide Martello.

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Residents of Kyiv who left because of the conflict begin to return

4:23pm April 05, 2022

Some people who fled Kyiv because of the war in Ukraine are starting to return. At the train station, they share their reasons for returning and fears about the future.

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Images and reporting from Bucha, Ukraine, raise serious questions about war crimes

4:23pm April 05, 2022

by Nathan Rott

In Bucha, Ukraine, Russia is accused of carrying out war crimes against civilians. The United Nations has said an independent investigation is needed to ensure accountability.

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