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NASA Harvest analysis of unharvested crops (in purple), along the front line of the war in Ukraine.

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Up First briefing: Ukraine's land scarred by war; Iranian activist wins Nobel Prize

7:58am October 06, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

The vast Ukrainian farmland abandoned due to war can be seen from space. Jailed Iranian human rights activist and journalist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

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An Iranian human rights activist and journalist wins Nobel Peace Prize

7:56am October 06, 2023

The Nobel Committee has awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi of Iran, currently imprisoned, for her efforts to ensure human rights for women.

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, emergency workers search the victims of the deadly Russian rocket attack that killed dozens of people in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.

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Russian strike kills dozens of Ukrainian civilians attending a wake, Zelenskyy says

2:13am October 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

Rescuers searched for survivors in the remains of the only cafe in the village of Hroza. Around 60 people, including children, were attending a wake at the cafe when the missile hit, officials said.

How the war in Ukraine impacted David McCloskey's Russia spy thriller

9:43pm October 05, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with David McCloskey, whose new spy versus spy novel Moscow X is about a CIA officer scheming to recruit a Russian intelligence officer — and vice versa.

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In this file photo, a U.S. military vehicle patrols near the northeastern Syrian town of Qamishli in December 2022. The U.S. said it shot down an armed Turkish drone in the region on Thursday when it came close to U.S. forces.

U.S. shoots down armed drone flown by NATO ally Turkey

6:29pm October 05, 2023

by Tom Bowman

An American F-16 shot down an armed Turkish drone in northeast Syria. Officials said it was the first time the U.S. shot down an aircraft from Turkey, a NATO ally.

Immigrants from Venezuela crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S. last month in Eagle Pass, Texas.

U.S. will resume deportation flights to Venezuela even as thousands flee that country

5:28pm October 05, 2023

by Joel Rose

The Biden administration says flights will resume immediately, its latest attempt to discourage Venezuelan migrants from making the dangerous journey to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Bedbugs take Paris

5:12pm October 05, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

French health authorities are grappling with a bedbug infestation in Paris that is harming the image of the city in advance of the 2024 Olympic Games.

How corruption charges against a New Jersey senator are tied to meat prices in Cairo

4:42pm October 05, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cairo-based reporter Nada Arafat about allegations that Sen. Bob Menendez used his power to boost a halal meat business in New Jersey.

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In this image taken from video, smoke rises from the crash of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region of Russia, on Aug. 23. Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, and his top lieutenants were among the 10 people killed in the crash northwest of the Russian capital.

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Grenade fragments were found in bodies in Prigozhin's plane crash, Putin claims

3:06pm October 05, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin says hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane.

Charloth Chirino poses for a portrait in her apartment in Medellín. Originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela, Charloth has been living in Colombia for seven years, three of those in Medellín. She has lived her life as a proud trans woman since she was 15 years old, when she also began working as a sex worker.

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Displaced and Queer: These Venezuelans find community despite the obstacles

2:16pm October 05, 2023

by Lexi Parra

As a crisis continues to grip Venezuela, millions of its citizens have fled to Colombia and the city of Medellín, where many find a progressive reputation little more than an empty promise.