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Why Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating the threat of war with Ukraine

8:08am January 23, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Sarah McCammon talks with U.S. national security expert Andrea Kendall-Taylor about what is motivating Russian President Vladimir Putin as he escalates the threat of war with Ukraine.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks about the COVID-19 situation while visiting New Plymouth on Thursday. New Zealand is among the few remaining countries to have avoided any outbreaks of the omicron variant — but Ardern said the nation wou

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New Zealand adds new restrictions and Ardern delays her wedding as omicron spreads

7:27am January 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

After nine cases were detected in the region, the country will impose gathering size limits and other measures. Until this month, New Zealand had avoided any outbreaks of the omicron variant.

A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea, on Tuesday.

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Britain says Russia is planning to install a pro-Moscow leader in Ukraine

10:09pm January 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.K. said its claim is based on an intelligence assessment. Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops near the Ukraine border, stoking fears of an invasion.

Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, is pictured in 2004. The Pacific island nations of Kiribati and Samoa have announced rare COVID-19 lockdowns after dozens of international travelers tested positive for the virus.

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Kiribati and Samoa implement rare lockdowns after travelers test positive

7:59pm January 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Dozens of travelers from Fiji tested positive in Kiribati, prompting the island nation to implement its first lockdown. Samoa's order followed a cluster of cases in airline passengers from Australia.

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Former NSA McMaster proposes climate policy to pressure Russia

5:31pm January 22, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former National Security Advisor, General H.R. McMaster, about how climate policy can be used to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin's agenda.

Why Russia's thawing permafrost is a global problem

5:04pm January 22, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Joshua Yaffa, Moscow correspondent for the New Yorker, about a major climate change threat confronting Russia.

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Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the armed forces, train in a city park in Kyiv. Tensions remain high between Ukraine and Russia as the United States and its NATO allies have tried to intervene diplomatically.

90 tons of U.S. military aid arrives in Ukraine as border tensions with Russia rise

1:30pm January 22, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The aid, which includes ammunition, is part of a $200 million package that President Biden approved in December and is meant for Ukraine's front-line defenders should Russia choose to invade.

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NATO is threatening Russia with sanctions to protect Ukraine, but do sanctions work?

12:39pm January 22, 2022

by Jackie Northam

Sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia since 2014 seem to have had only a limited effect. So why does NATO believe it can prevent an invasion of Ukraine by threatening similar actions?

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Ethnic tensions are mounting in Bosnia-Herzegovina again

9:33am January 22, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

A quarter century after the end of a brutal civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, tensions are once again on the rise and threatening to tear apart the multi-ethnic government.

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Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen kills more than 70 and wounds hundreds

8:02am January 22, 2022

by Ruth Sherlock

Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen have intensified and this week took a heavy toll. Aid groups say 70 people being held in detention by Houthi rebels were killed in an attack.

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