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Japan is examining its security and defense policy as Russia continues war in Ukraine

4:40pm July 11, 2022

by Jackie Northam

Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister who was killed July 11, championed for more robust defense and security policies. With current world events, those ideas are increasingly important in Japan.

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Encore: Climate change is threatening thousands of years of winemaking in Turkey

4:24pm July 11, 2022

by Peter Kenyon

Climate change is posing challenges to vineyards in Turkey, endangering the future of an ancient industry.

Protesters in Sri Lanka say they won't leave the president's palace until he's ousted

4:24pm July 11, 2022

by Raksha Kumar

Sri Lanka is slipping further into crisis — first with bankruptcy and now a power vacuum. Thousands descended on the president's residence in protest of the government's economic mismanagement.

Challenges low income countries are facing

4:24pm July 11, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Atul Gawande of USAID about the challenges facing low-income countries as they tackle continued COVID surges, a lack of monkey pox vaccines and climate disasters.

'Legacy of Violence' documents the dark side of the British Empire

1:33pm July 11, 2022

by Arun Venugopal

By by 1920, the British Empire covered 24% of the Earth's land mass. Historian Caroline Elkins says British rulers portrayed themselves as benevolent, but used systematic violence to maintain control.

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Iryna Shulimova, 59, weeps at the scene in the aftermath of a Russian rocket that hit an apartment building in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday. At least 30 people were killed and others may still be trapped in the rubble.

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Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (July 11)

1:08pm July 11, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

People throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday.

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Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum as angry protesters occupy leaders' homes

10:32am July 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

Opposition leaders have yet to agree on who should replace its current leaders, while protesters who are angry over acute shortages of fuel, food, medicine and other necessities vow to stay put.

Rescue workers put out the fire of a destroyed car after a Russian attack in a residential neighborhood in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday.

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3 people are killed, and scores injured, in Russian attacks on Kharkiv

10:18am July 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Ukrainian official says Russian shelling and missile strikes in Kharkiv hit only civilian buildings such as a shopping center, a a school and a shopping center, and are "absolute terrorism."

Runners fall during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 11, 2022.

Three runners are gored in a tense 5th Pamplona bull run

3:39am July 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

It was the first run with gorings in the festival so far this year. Three more daily runs before it finishes Thursday.

A staff member of a local election administration watches a voter preparing his ballot in the upper house elections at a polling station Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Tokyo.

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Shinzo Abe's party scores a major victory in Japan's election

9:54pm July 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The victory may be propelled by what is seen as a wave of sympathy votes in a country still reeling from the shock of the former prime minister's assassination.