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Hong Kong's Star Ferry shuttles passengers back and forth across Victoria Harbor. This spring, the Star Ferry reported a loss of about $9 million since the middle of 2019. Ridership has plummeted.

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Hong Kong's Star Ferry faces an uncertain future, as ridership falls and debt climbs

12:44pm July 27, 2022

by John Ruwitch

A drop in tourism due to political turmoil and the pandemic led to financial woes for the ferry, which has taken passengers across Victoria Harbor for decades. Now there are fears it may go bankrupt.

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Taliban fighters guard the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. Last month, several explosions and gunfire ripped through a Sikh temple in Afghanistan's capital.

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After decades of opposing the Taliban, India may be forming a relationship with them

7:38am July 27, 2022

As the Taliban struggles to maintain control over Afghanistan, India may become an unlikely ally to help them stabilize.

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Boulders fall as a vehicle negotiates a road during an earthquake in Bauko, Mountain Province, Philippines, on Wednesday.

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Strong earthquake kills at least 4 and injures dozens in the northern Philippines

6:16am July 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines in Wednesday. In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified people rushed outdoors.

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The EU has agreed to cut gas consumption by 15% in order to reduce reliance on Russia

8:37pm July 26, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

Russia's gas company Gazprom has once again reduced the flow of natural gas to Europe. To counter that move, the EU has agreed to reduce its gas usage by 15%. But that's easier said than done.

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Russia to quit the ISS after 2024

8:37pm July 26, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Russia says it will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024. This echoes intentions previously set by Russia and comes amid tensions with the U.S. and the West over the war in Ukraine.

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Shireen Abu Akleh's niece on her family's meeting with Blinken to push for U.S. probe

5:26pm July 26, 2022

The family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh meets with Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abu Akleh's niece, Lina.

CIA Director William Burns testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in March. Burns has focused the agency more on U.S. rivalries with Russia and China. He's been involved in the public release of U.S. intelligence on Russia's military plans in U

At 75, the CIA is back where it started - countering the Kremlin

5:00pm July 26, 2022

by Greg Myre

As the CIA's marks its 75th anniversary, Russia's war in Ukraine is giving the spy agency a new direction after dark periods during the U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

After decades of opposing Taliban, India may be forming a relationship with them

4:39pm July 26, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with international security expert, Asfandyar Mir of the U.S. Institute of Peace, about India's budding, unexpected relationship with the Taliban.

Fossil shows fish evolved to walk on land — then went back to the water

4:27pm July 26, 2022

After an ancient fish developed legs, its newly discovered descendent Qikiqtania wakei went back to swimming in open water.

The Line is an ambitious part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plan to diversify the kingdom's economy and remake part of its geography.

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A 105-mile-long city will snake through the Saudi desert. Is that a good idea?

3:42pm July 26, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The futuristic, walled city in the desert will have a mirrored facade and will use renewable energy. Known at The Line, it will be taller than the Empire State Building and only about 220 yards wide.