Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95
Nhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace.
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French diplomat talks about the stakes of the ongoing Ukraine conflict
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Emmanuel Bonne, the diplomatic and national security advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, about Russia and Ukraine.
Despite fears of a Russian invasion, one Ukrainian family tries to keep life normal
"You have to find ways to live a normal life," says a mother of four in Kyiv. She and her family keep their car full of fuel and plan to take refuge in a village outside the capital if Russia attacks.
What a ban from the global messaging system for banks would mean for Russia
As Russia places troops on the Ukrainian border, there's a financial nuclear weapon that Europe and the U.S. can use: ban Russia from the system most banks use to transfer money internationally.
India's Supreme Court steps in after Hindu leaders call for violence against Muslims
Video from a meeting in northern India shows Hindu leaders calling for attacks on Muslims. The crowd included politicians with ties to Prime Minister Modi. Two men have been arrested for hate speech.
2 big energy firms exit Myanmar over human rights abuses by the military government
Total Energies and Chevron say they are stopping all operations in Myanmar, citing rampant human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the military overthrew the elected government.
The U.S. and Russia are talking, and Ukraine's fate hangs in the balance
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, ended talks in Geneva with no major breakthroughs but an agreement to keep talking.
A nuclear-test monitor calls Tonga volcano blast 'biggest thing that we've ever seen'
A station to detect nuclear weapons tests picked up the volcanic eruption in Tonga from Antarctica. Some experts say the blast could be more than 50 megatons, while NASA estimates 6-10 megatons.
A Saudi-led airstrike on a Yemen prison kills, injures more than 100, Red Cross says
The strike against a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels is part of a pounding aerial offensive that hours earlier saw another airstrike take the Arab world's poorest country off the internet.
China is limiting the Olympics torch relay to three days
The flame will be displayed only in enclosed venues that are deemed "safe and controllable," according to officials.