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'The Bullet Swallower' sees the Texas-Mexico border through a magical realism lens

4:26pm January 23, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Elizabeth Gonzalez James about her new book The Bullet Swallower, and how it transports readers back to the old west along the Texas-Mexico border.

People shout slogans during a protest against Sweden's NATO membership called by Turkish Vatan, or Patriotic Party, in Istanbul on Tuesday.

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Turkey's parliament votes to let Sweden join NATO

3:43pm January 23, 2024

by The Associated Press

Turkish legislators endorsed Sweden's membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country's entry into the military alliance.

'Forgottenness' wrestles with the meaning of Ukrainian identity — and time

1:51pm January 23, 2024

by Martha Anne Toll

In writer Tanja Maljartschuk's novel, the narrator's malaise and weakening attachment to time serve as a metaphor for today's Ukraine, as well as for other struggling democracies, including our own.

A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 19, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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Dozens of people killed as Israel intensifies offensive in southern Gaza's Khan Younis

12:04pm January 23, 2024

by Hadeel Al-Shalchi

The Israeli military says it has encircled Gaza's second largest city, where fierce battles with Hamas continue. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands have fled further south.

The Hand in Hand Jerusalem school principal Efrat Meyer, who is Jewish, and vice principal Engie Wattad, who is Arab Muslim, are longtime colleagues and friends. The school is mixed and bilingual.

A school in Jerusalem brings Arab and Jewish kids together to boost understanding

10:29am January 23, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

Jewish and Arab children learn alongside each other at the Hand in Hand school. They're taught in Hebrew and Arabic, in a program unusual in Israel for integrating students of different backgrounds.

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People react at the site of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

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Russian missiles target Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv, killing at least 6

4:57am January 23, 2024

by The Associated Press

Russian missiles targeted Ukraine's two biggest cities on Tuesday morning, damaging apartment buildings and killing at least six people.

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows an aircraft launching from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations in the Red Sea on Monday.

The U.S. and U.K. bomb more Houthi sites in Yemen

8:39pm January 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

The U.S. and U.K. said they used warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to take out Houthi missile storage sites, drones and launchers.

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Director Norman Jewison, known for 'Moonstruck' and 'Fiddler on the Roof,' dies at 97

6:06pm January 22, 2024

by Fred Wasser

Norman Jewison has died. He directed a number of celebrated classics, including In The Heat Of The Night, Moonstruck and the musical adaptations of Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ Superstar.

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New kelp fossils may help explain the Pacific Ocean's underwater jungles

4:41pm January 22, 2024

by Ari Daniel

Newly discovered kelp fossils peg their existence to 32 million years ago. These fossils may help explain how the Pacific Ocean's underwater 'forests' came to be.

Many in India celebrate as Modi's consecration of controversial, unfinished temple

4:20pm January 22, 2024

by Diaa Hadid

Much of India celebrates as the prime minister consecrates a controversial temple to Lord Ram. Critics say its done with an eye to elections, and there's unease among Muslims.

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