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Shinzo Abe brought transformation to Japan that will last for generations

9:57am July 08, 2022

A Martinez speaks with Michael Green, formerly Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's legacy.

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A Muslim pilgrim prays on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, July 8, 2022.

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Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex

2:03am July 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media as he arrives at the prime minister's office for a cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2020.

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Japan ex-leader Shinzo Abe apparently shot, Japanese public broadcaster reports

11:44pm July 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said.

FIFA to install AI to help make accurate offside decisions

5:06pm July 07, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with ESPN editor Dale Johnson about FIFA's announcement that artificial intelligence cameras will help make offsides calls at the upcoming World Cup.

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The Russian army appears close to taking the entire Donbas region

5:06pm July 07, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

Russian troops have taken Luhansk and are headed for Donetsk, pounding cities along the way. When Donetsk falls, which seems likely, Putin will have "liberated the Donbas." But will he be satisfied?

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Filipino online news site Rapper plans to fight government's shutdown order

4:22pm July 07, 2022

The Filipino government has ordered the online news site Rappler to shut down, but the publication's founder, Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa, says she plans to fight the order in court.

What Haiti looks like a year after its president was assassinated

4:22pm July 07, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Even after a year, much is still unknown about the figures behind the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. It has created a political vacuum filled by instability and gang violence.

Brittney Griner's supporters want you to know what it's like for women in the WNBA

4:22pm July 07, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Nadine Domond, head of women's basketball at Virginia State University, about the work to bring attention to Brittney Griner's case.

Inside the courtroom at Brittney Griner's trial in Russia

4:22pm July 07, 2022

by Charles Maynes

WNBA star Brittney Griner plead guilty to drug charges in Russian court Thursday.

Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing St. to face questions in the House of Commons in London on Wednesday.

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Boris Johnson resigns not over policies but deep concerns about his character

4:08pm July 07, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Britain's prime minister steps down as leader of the Conservative Party after a slew of members of his government said they could no longer serve under his scandal-tarred leadership.