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The new documentary Agent of Happiness follows Bhutanese bureaucrats who survey people about their state of mind. From right: director Dorottya Zurbó, happiness agents Amber Kumar Gurung and Guna Raj Kuikel, and director Arun Bhattarai.

Are you happy? New film follows a Bhutan bureaucrat who asks 148 questions to find out

9:10am February 04, 2024

by Jonathan Lambert

The new documentary Agent of Happiness explores Bhutan's efforts to measure its own "gross national happiness." The film follows one not-especially-happy agent who gathers the data.

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The invasion of Ukraine created a rare opportunity for the CIA to recruit Russian spies

8:30am February 04, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

The CIA says the war in Ukraine has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to recruit spies in Russia. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to former CIA officer Douglas London about recruitment.

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Will U.S. retaliation deter Iran?

8:00am February 04, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks to Abbas Milani, director of Iranian studies at Stanford University, about the conflict between the U.S. and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.

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El Salvador's president is set to return to power, amid shrinking civil liberties

8:00am February 04, 2024

El Salvador's president is predicted to easily win re-election, consolidating his power. His crackdown on gangs has seen the murder rate plummet, but at a cost to civil liberties.

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A Ukrainian kindergarten teacher returns to the classroom

8:00am February 04, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

Iryna Sahan, a kindergarten teacher in Kharkiv, heads back to the classroom for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine.

A paddle boarder heads out into the water in Eilat, Israel. Normally, Eilat's beaches and hotels would be busy with tourists.

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A seaside town shelters thousands of Israeli evacuees, but struggles without tourists

5:01am February 04, 2024

by Jackie Northam

The tourists are gone and many of the hotels are filled with displaced Israelis nearly four months after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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FILE - Namibia President Hage Geingob speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, on Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Namibian president has died in a hospital where he was receiving treatment, his office said Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.

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Namibian President Hage Geingob dies in a hospital where he was receiving treatment

2:17am February 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

In a post on the social media platform X the Namibian presidency said Geingob's medical team at Lady Pohamba Hospital did its best to help him, but Geingob died with his wife and children by his side.

U.S. Central Command released this undated photo as part of its announcement of renewed airstrikes against Houthi targets on Saturday.

The U.S. targets Iranian proxies for a second day in a row

7:54pm February 03, 2024

by NPR Washington Desk

The new round of U.S. strikes is far more extensive and deadly than those that have been launched since October, when the Israel-Hamas war began and pro-Iranian groups began their attacks.

A resident flees an encroaching forest fire in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Saturday. Officials say intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have left several people dead and destroyed hundreds of homes.

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At least 46 were killed in Chile as forest fires move into densely populated areas

7:51pm February 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

The deadliest of the fires were in the Valparaíso region, where authorities urged thousands of people to evacuate their homes.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chairs a meeting with top-ranking officials of the Iraqi armed forces and of the U.S.-led coalition about the future of American and other foreign troops in the country, in Baghdad on Jan. 27.

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Iraq condemns U.S. airstrikes against Iran-linked groups

1:53pm February 03, 2024

by Jane Arraf

Iraqi government officials condemned the retaliatory U.S. airstrikes, saying the attacks showed U.S. forces had become a threat to their host country.

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