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Author of 'Taliban' reflects on how the group has changed since it was last in power

4:55pm August 09, 2022

In 2001, author and journalist Ahmed Rashid wrote the definitive account of the Taliban and its origins. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly now speaks with Rashid, a year after the Taliban re-took Afghanistan.

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With many voters discouraged, turnout was low for Kenya's presidential election

4:40pm August 09, 2022

by Eyder Peralta

Kenyans are going to the polls Tuesday to elect a new president. The two front runners are familiar names in the East African nation.

The new CHIPS and Science Act will bring semiconductor chip manufacturing to the U.S.

4:40pm August 09, 2022

President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 into law Tuesday, which allocates $53 billion dollars in federal funding to manufacture semiconductor chips domestically.

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Many Sri Lankans have switched to cycling due to the economic crisis

4:21pm August 09, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Fuel shortages have forced many Sri Lankans to ditch their cars and cycle instead. Colombo's mayor unveiled new bike paths. Doctors & environmentalists call it a silver lining, but will it last?

Vision divine du 11 Mars 1948, is a series of eight drawings by Ivoirian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. They depict a vision that Bouabré said he experienced that year: "seven colored suns" creating a "circle of beauty around their 'mother-sun.' " Thi

A vision of 7 suns led a self-taught Ivoirian artist to draw the everyday and the holy

3:13pm August 09, 2022

by Max Barnhart

The Museum of Modern Art shows the colorful works of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, a prolific artist from the Ivory Coast who documented his Bété culture — and even created a pictograph language.

How to STAY COOL without an air conditioner: Tips from Indian heat wave researcher Gulrez Shah Azhar. Get a swamp cooler. Nap during the hottest parts of the day. Hang damp curtains to cool the air. Hydrate with water and juice. Wear a wet scarf around yo

11 more tips on how to stay cool without an A/C, recommended by NPR's readers

3:13pm August 09, 2022

by Malaka Gharib

NPR readers share their favorite tips on how to cope with heat without an air conditioner. Among the tips: take a shower with a sheet on, then wear it to bed.

Smoke rises from a deadly fire at a large oil storage facility in Matanzas, Cuba, on Tuesday. The fire was triggered by lighting that struck one of the facility's eight tanks late Friday.

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A raging fire at a Cuban oil facility worsens the island's energy crisis

2:42pm August 09, 2022

by The Associated Press

Flames engulfed a fourth tank at an oil storage facility as the fire consumes critical fuel supplies on an island grappling with a growing energy crisis.

A man works on the evening broadcast from TOLOnews, Afghanistan's first 24/7 new channel.

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Inside a TV news station determined to report facts in the Taliban's Afghanistan

11:30am August 09, 2022

Once a mortal threat, the Taliban have let Afghanistan's leading news channel stand. But every day is a struggle for the journalists who still work there.

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The Kherson region of Ukraine has been under control of the Russian forces since the early days of the invasion.

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A young man attempts to escape Russian-occupied Ukraine — then he goes silent

5:00am August 09, 2022

by Kat Lonsdorf

Vitaliy is a 22-year-old Ukrainian college student living in occupied Kherson. He had been sending NPR voice memos for months describing life in the city. Then he decided to leave.

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Kenyan presidential candidate George Wajackoyah on the campaign trail in Kenya on Aug. 5.

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In Kenya, promises of marijuana paradise electrify the electorate

9:47pm August 08, 2022

by Eyder Peralta

One of Kenya's presidential candidates is promising to legalize weed. His long-shot campaign has entertained, but it might also mark a different kind of politics for the East African nation.

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