What's happening in Sri Lanka and what comes next
The double whammy of government and economic instability is further complicating recovery, and the country is hurtling toward bankruptcy.
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How the American right became aligned with Hungary and its authoritarian leader
New Yorker journalist Andrew Marantz says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's administration has rewritten Hungary's constitution to consolidate his power. U.S. conservatives are taking note.
How Russia's current war in Ukraine echoes its Crimean War of the 1850s
Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.
Protesters in Sri Lanka brave tear gas and storm prime minister's office
The move on the prime minister's office follows the country's president fleeing the country.
Sri Lanka's president flees the country
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had already agreed to resign. Protesters had stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis.
Ukrainian rail service adds a special train to get people out of Donbas
Russia is pounding eastern Ukraine as it tries to consolidate its control of the entire Donbas region. To help get people the out, the Ukrainian rail service has added a special train from the Donbas.
Witnessing Sri Lanka's protests firsthand
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sri Lankan journalist Marlon Ariyasinghe about the country's protest movement.
Fake cricket league dupes some online bettors
A group of men in India were recently arrested for putting on bogus professional cricket matches and duping bettors in Russia.
Encore: Garbage collectors in Kharkiv dodge mortars to pick up the trash
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night — nor even threats of Russian missiles shall keep the garbage haulers of Kharkiv from their appointed rounds. We hit the streets with one crew.
Biden heads to the Middle East for meetings
President Biden is heading to Israel and Saudi Arabia Tuesday in his first visit to the Middle East as president for meetings that he says he hopes will help advance regional security and stability.