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Early monsoon rains have wrought devastating flooding throughout Pakistan

4:20pm August 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Farah Naureen, Mercy Corps' country director for Pakistan, about relief efforts in the region after catastrophic flooding.

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Germany's energy options are dwindling as it tries to break ties with Russia

4:20pm August 29, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

Millions of Germans are worried about efforts to wean the country off of Russian natural gas and possibly not having heat this winter. But energy experts say German industry should be more concerned.

People attend a ceremony for the fallen soldiers of Ukraine on the Field of Mars on Aug. 24 in Lviv, Ukraine. The day marked six months since the start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as Ukraine's Independence Day.

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 29)

2:57pm August 29, 2022

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Olha Kerod, the wife of a Ukrainian soldier who was captured by Russian forces in Mariupol, poses in front of the Church of Sts. Olha and Elizabeth, where she often prays, in Lviv, Ukraine, on July 18. "I pray for all the soldiers, not just Stas," her hus

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After a deadly jail blast, Ukrainians want answers about war prisoners held by Russia

9:28am August 29, 2022

The families of Ukrainian soldiers imprisoned by Russian forces have embarked on a desperate search for information after a deadly explosion at the Olenivka prison.

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People buy fruits and vegetables from street vendors in Kandahar in August.

In the Taliban's Afghanistan, the near-broke central bank somehow still functions

5:44am August 29, 2022

by Steve Inskeep

A recent visit to Afghanistan showed a country facing an economic crisis. The banking system has seized up. Credit cards aren't working. Afghans abroad struggle to send money to relatives back home.

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Tents for flood-affected people are loaded to a helicopter by frontier constabularies, in Swat valley, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.

International aid reaches Pakistan, where floods have claimed more than 1,000 lives

5:01am August 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday as evacuations were underway for widespread flooding that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer.

Displaced people float belongings salvaged from flood-hit homes on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Sunday.

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Pakistan's floods have killed more than 1,000. It's been called a climate catastrophe

12:49pm August 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The deaths have been climbing since mid-June. Soldiers and rescue workers are evacuating stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and providing food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) transits the Philippine Sea, June 18, 2016. The U.S. Navy is sailing the USS Chancellorsville and the USS Antietam warships through the Taiwan Strait Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in the first such transit

The U.S. sails warships through the Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi's visit

10:56am August 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville are conducting a routine transit, the U.S. 7th Fleet said. It comes at a time when tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy.

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Deadly fighting in Libya's capital sparks fears of wider conflict

7:59am August 28, 2022

by David Gura

An update on the recent deadly clashes in Libya between militias backed by rival administrations.

Espionage case involves a giant sculpture, a fake art patron and a Chinese spying ring on U.S. soil

7:59am August 28, 2022

by Emily Feng

The U.S. has charged 7 people with spying on behalf of China. One target was in an unlikely venue for Chinese politics: A remote sculpture park in the California desert.