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Studies show when people are given something they are more likely to give back.

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Up First briefing: Defense Secretary visits Israel; Southwest to pay $140 million fine

8:01am December 18, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visits Israel amid concerns about Palestinian casualties. Southwest is ordered to pay $140 million for its 2022 holiday travel meltdown.

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The latest on the war between Israel and Hamas

6:53am December 18, 2023

Hear the latest on the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

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Morning news brief

5:10am December 18, 2023

The latest on the Israel-Hamas war. As lawmakers negotiate border policy, the GOP makes immigration the focus. Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy activist Jimmy Lai goes on trial.

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Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy activist Jimmy Lai goes on trial

5:10am December 18, 2023

Hong Kong media mogul and democracy activist Jimmy Lai goes on trial after more than 1,000 days of pre-trial detention.

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Shipping is under attack in the Red Sea

5:10am December 18, 2023

by A Martínez

Houthi rebels have been attacking ships sailing to and from the Suez Canal. NPR's A Martinez speaks to Martin Kröger of the German Shipowners' Association about threats to Red Sea shipping.

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Ukrainians worry over wavering U.S. and EU support as Christmas approaches

5:10am December 18, 2023

As Ukrainians prepare to celebrate Christmas according to the Western calendar for the first time, they fear the support of their biggest allies – the U.S. and the European Union – is wavering.

A fighter plane takes off for patrol and military exercises around Taiwan carried out by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, April 8.

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China is subtly increasing military pressure on Taiwan. Here's how

5:00am December 18, 2023

China has been sending ships and planes to encircle Taiwan and mounting more sophisticated military drills simulating a blockade of the island.

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People against the draft of a new constitution celebrate after the polls closed in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023.

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Chileans reject conservative constitution to replace dictatorship-era charter

1:45am December 18, 2023

by The Associated Press

The vote came more than a year after Chileans rejected a proposed constitution written by a left-leaning convention. The new document was more conservative than the one it had sought to replace.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, prepares to put on a face mask before entering a court in Hong Kong on May 5, 2020.

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Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent publisher Jimmy Lai

11:40pm December 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

Lai, 76, was arrested in August 2020 during a crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement under the sweeping national security law enacted following huge protests four years ago.

Images from some of our most popular global stories of 2023 (left to right): A woman from Brazil's Awa people holds her bow and arrow after a hunt; an artificial intelligence program made this fake photo to fulfill a request for "doctors help children in Africa" â AI added the giraffe; researchers are learning that a stranger's hello can do more than just brighten your day.

Our top global posts might change how you think about hunters, AI and hellos

2:17pm December 17, 2023

by Marc Silver

Our most popular global stories of 2023 offer insights into the stereotypes of male hunters/female gatherers, the biases of AI, the best way to end poverty and the impact of a stranger's greeting.