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David Walker, a sailor killed in the WWII attack on Pearl Harbor, is memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Soon, a rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate that he has been accounted for.

8 decades later, remains of a Virginia sailor killed in Pearl Harbor are identified

6:07pm March 30, 2024

by Juliana Kim

David Walker from Norfolk, Va., was 19 years old when Japanese torpedoes sunk his battleship, the USS California, during the surprise attack on the Hawaii naval base in 1941.

Judge Alla Nazarova attends a hearing in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in Moscow on Nov. 25, 2021.

Opinion: Russian Jehovah's Witnesses remain devout despite facing bans

10:26am March 30, 2024

by Scott Simon

Russia's ban on Jehovah's Witnesses has led to raids, arrests and imprisonment. NPR's Scott Simon says that the religion the Russian government calls "extreme" would be better described as "devout."

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A South Korean company is paying employees to have more children

9:40am March 30, 2024

by Scott Simon

A company in South Korea is offering financial incentives to help boost the country's lagging birth rate.

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The U.S. and Israel's relationship is at a contentious balancing point

8:48am March 30, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Princeton Professor Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, about how the relationship between the U.S. and Israel has changed with the war in Gaza.

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These Israeli military veterans are against Gaza occupation

8:02am March 30, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

A group of Israeli military veterans say they know the reality behind their country's occupation of Palestinian territories, and want it to stop.

Farmers encircle EU headquarters in tractors to protest agricultural policies

8:02am March 30, 2024

by Teri Schultz

European farmers have staged several protests against agricultural policies recently, the most recent one in Brussels featuring fireworks and liquid manure.

A view of the Hong Kong skyline is pictured before the lights were turned off to mark the Earth Hour environmental campaign on March 25, 2023.

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Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong operation over safety concerns for its staff

7:12am March 30, 2024

U.S. government-funded Radio Free Asia is closing its Hong Kong operation after the city enacted a tough new national security law known locally as Article 23.

A group gathering in Qaryut village southeast of Nablus, West Bank, on March 15, 2015, plant an olive tree as they mark the 12th anniversary of the death of U.S. activist Rachel Corrie, who died when she was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003.

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21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie

5:01am March 30, 2024

by Jane Arraf

The 23-year-old was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer as she protested the demolition of homes in Gaza in 2003. Her memory remains cherished among Palestinians, including the family she lived with.

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In Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, oil bunkering — the practice of siphoning oil from pipelines — has transformed parts of the once-thriving delta ecosystem into an ecological dead zone, according to the U.N. Environment Programme.

Mercy me: Photos show what humans have done to the planet in the Anthropocene age

9:31pm March 29, 2024

Anthropocene refers to the age of humans — the things we've done to Earth. Geologists just rejected a proposal to declare an official "Anthropocene epoch." But everyone agrees: Damage has been done.

People walk by a poster to promote the movie Oppenheimer on Friday in Tokyo.

'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions

7:27pm March 29, 2024

by Anthony Kuhn

The film's release in Japan, more than eight months after it opened in the U.S., had been watched with trepidation because of the sensitivity of the subject matter.

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