World

World News

Fukushima could provide insight into a potential nuclear disaster in Ukraine

4:16pm August 31, 2022

by Kat Lonsdorf

Some experts fear the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, could meltdown in a way similar to what happened in Fukushima, Japan, over a decade ago. What would that look like in a war zone?

World News

Former Australian Prime Minister blames Fox News for America's polarized politics

4:16pm August 31, 2022

Why are American politics so polarized now? NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about why he blames Rupert Murdoch, the former CEO of Fox News.

World News

25 years ago, Princess Diana's shocking death became one of the first viral moments

4:16pm August 31, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Tina Brown, author of The Palace Papers, about the lasting impact of Lady Diana's death 25 years later.

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives in a hotel with a delegation in Zaporizhzia, Ukraine, on Aug. 31. The delegation will travel to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid the Russia-Ukraine war.

What inspectors will look for at Ukraine's war-damaged Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

1:56pm August 31, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

The international atomic watchdog has been to some of the world's toughest locations, but nothing quite like Europe's largest nuclear power plant in an active war zone.

Queue Listen Now

People commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Lady Diana Spencer at the "Flamme de la Liberte" monument in Paris on Wednesday.

World News

Princess Diana showed the world how to use celebrity for good

12:13pm August 31, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Diana, Princess of Wales, was known for championing humanitarian causes and redefining celebrity. She died 25 years ago today.

Queue Listen Now

A soldier who goes by the call sign Petrovich holds a string of beads while he sits outside a coffee shop in Slovyansk.

World News

Along the front lines in Ukraine, cut off from resources, a resilient city holds on

7:10am August 31, 2022

As a stalemate sets in on Ukraine's eastern front line, a city lives in limbo with constant shelling, limited fuel and spotty utilities. The government ordered evacuations but some residents remain.

Queue Listen Now

Luisa García is the director of Profem Tijuana, a Mexican clinic that offers abortions and is near the border with the United States. In July, Americans made up an estimated 50% of patients seeking abortions there.

This Mexican clinic is offering discreet abortions to Americans just over the border

5:00am August 31, 2022

by Lilly Quiroz

In May, Americans made up 25% of patients receiving abortions at one clinic in Tijuana. By July, it was an estimated 50%. The director believes it's due to cost, privacy and convenience.

World News

A Saudi woman gets a 45-year prison sentence for social media use that remains unclear

4:54am August 31, 2022

by The Associated Press

The 45-year prison sentence for Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani are renewing attention on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's crackdown on dissent.

World News

Former U.S. diplomat to Russia Thomas Graham on the life of Mikhail Gorbachev

8:03pm August 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former U.S. diplomat to Russia Thomas Graham about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1992.

World News

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91

7:31pm August 30, 2022

by NPR Staff

Gorbachev was the Soviet Union's last leader and played a central role in ending the Cold War. The hospital that treated him said he died of a serious and protracted disease.