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Secretary of State Blinken says Russia will face consequences if it invade Ukraine

5:44pm January 13, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the United States' role in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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Elderly Palestinian American man found dead after being detained by Israeli troops

5:22pm January 13, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

An elderly Palestinian American died shortly after being detained by Israeli forces, prompting an investigation of his treatment.

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Journalists probing Salvadoran government were spied on using military-grade tech

5:22pm January 13, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Julia Gavarrete, a journalist at the digital newspaper El Faro, about a recent study confirming that 22 journalists from El Faro were spied on using the spyware Pegasus.

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2021 was a hot year in a concerningly hot decade, report finds

5:22pm January 13, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

A new climate report finds that 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record. The past decade has also been the hottest since record-keeping began.

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The view from border city Kharkiv, Ukraine, as Russian troops appear ready to invade

5:22pm January 13, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine has a large Russian population, but opinion has turned against Russia since the Kemlin stirred up a separatist war in the nearby Donbas and is threatening invasion.

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German court sentences Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison for war crimes

5:22pm January 13, 2022

by Deborah Amos

A German court sentenced a Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison, in a landmark war crimes trial.

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Prince Andrew to face sex abuse charges as a private citizen

5:22pm January 13, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Britain's Prince Andrew will face sex abuse allegations as a private citizen, Buckingham Palace announced. He has also given up all public duties as well as his military titles and Royal charities.

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Footmen walk alongside the Golden Carriage as Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima arrive at Noordeinde Palace on Sept. 17, 2013.

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Dutch king won't use a royal carriage that's been criticized for a colonial image

5:09pm January 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The king ruled out using, for now at least, the "Golden Carriage," which bears a painting that critics say glorifies the Netherlands' colonial past, including its role in the global slave trade.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed poses for the media after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2019. The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Thursday issued a very rare admonition to Abiy over the war and humanitarian crisis in his

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Nobel body criticizes Ethiopian prime minister, a Peace Prize winner, over Tigray war

4:32pm January 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

"As prime minister and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Abiy Ahmed has a special responsibility to end the conflict and contribute to peace," the Oslo-based committee said in a statement.

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends the ceremonial funeral procession of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in April 2021.

Prince Andrew is stripped of his royal patronages and military titles

2:19pm January 13, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The move comes with Queen Elizabeth II's "approval and agreement," Buckingham Palace said. The announcement comes one day after Prince Andrew lost his bid to quash a sex-abuse lawsuit.