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Some Gazans are paying tens of thousands of dollars to escape with their families

4:40pm March 01, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Gaza's borders are tightly controlled and most Palestinians can't escape. Some are managing to enter Egypt by paying thousands of dollars to a company with reported ties to Egyptian security services.

Scientists have new details on an Antarctic glacier crucial to future sea level rise

4:22pm March 01, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with glaciologist Ted Scambos about the conclusion of a multi-year study of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, the "plug" holding back a formidable amount of ice.

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Thousands of people paid respects at Alexei Navalny's funeral in Moscow

4:13pm March 01, 2024

by Charles Maynes

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was buried in Moscow Friday. Thousands of mourners were there along with a large police presence. The event remained peaceful.

A rehearsal of Émigré by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall on Wednesday.

A story of Jewish Shanghai, told through music

4:13pm March 01, 2024

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A fictional tale of the real-life Jewish community in Shanghai during World War II — with a cross-cultural love story at its heart — is premiering at the New York Philharmonic on Thursday.

A prescription is filled on Jan. 6, 2023, in Morganton, N.C. A ransomware attack is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide this week.

Health care company ties Russian-linked cybercriminals to prescriptions breach

1:58pm March 01, 2024

by Jenna McLaughlin

A ransomware attack targeting a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is disrupting pharmacies and hospitals nationwide, leaving patients with problems filling prescriptions or seeking medical treatment.

A medical worker walks to enter Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.

South Korea launches legal action to force striking doctors back to work

11:07am March 01, 2024

by Anthony Kuhn

The South Korean government is targeting a medical group, as a doctor-walkout throws the country's health care system into chaos.

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People watch as workers carry the coffin of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Relieve My Sorrows" in Moscow, Friday.

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Supporters chant 'We are not afraid' as Russia's Navalny is laid to rest

10:27am March 01, 2024

by Nick Spicer

Despite fears of a police crackdown, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral in southeast Moscow went on peacefully, two weeks after his mysterious death in an Arctic penal colony.

Flowers lay next to a picture of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a makeshift memorial organized at the monument to the victims of political repressions in Saint Petersburg.

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Navalny's funeral draws police presence; over 100 in Gaza killed while seeking aid

8:04am March 01, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

Alexei Navalny's funeral draws crowds and a heavy police presence. Israeli troops fired on Palestinians getting aid in Gaza.

Doctors in South Korea walk out in strike of work conditions

7:57am March 01, 2024

by Anthony Kuhn

A walk-out by South Korean doctors has hobbled the country's medical system. Most of them have defied a government ultimatum to return to work by Thursday.

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Firefighters work to contain a fire that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday.

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A fire at a shopping mall in Bangladesh's capital has killed at least 46 people

7:00am March 01, 2024

by The Associated Press

A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka had no fire exits, the country's prime minister said Friday. Rescuers are continuing their search for more victims.