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Syrian Ceasefire Appears To Be Fraying As Regime Launches New Airstrikes

6:36pm April 21, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Bissan Fakih, a senior campaigner with the Syria Campaign, about what life is like in Syria these days as a ceasefire breaks down.

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Deadly Fentanyl Trade Linked To Chinese Companies

4:29pm April 21, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with David Armstrong, senior enterprise reporter for the online health news site STAT, about the deadly opioid Fentanyl, and how it's being shipped into the U.S. and Canada from China in powder form, and pressed into pills that are sold on the street.

The Solar Impulse 2 airplane, piloted by Bertrand Piccard, gains altitude after taking off from Kalaeloa Airport in Kapolei, Hawaii during a test and training flight in April.

Experimental Solar-Powered Plane Takes Flight After 9-Month Delay

1:13pm April 21, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Solar Impulse 2 is attempting to circumnavigate the world using only the sun's power. It has been grounded in Hawaii for maintenance and is now on a three day journey heading to California.

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik in court in March at Skien prison.

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Norwegian Mass Killer Wins Human Rights Case Over Prison Conditions

1:07pm April 21, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Anders Breivik — the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in 2011 — has been treated inhumanely in prison, a Norwegian court says.

Nadiya Hussain won over audiences as a contestant on The Great British Bake Off.

'British Bake Off' Winner Takes On The Toughest Judge Of All: The Queen

12:57pm April 21, 2016

by NPR Staff

This year the task of coming up with a birthday cake fit for a queen fell to Nadiya Hussain, the winner of the most recent season of the wildly popular TV show The Great British Bake Off.

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Migrants Wait In Moroccan Forest For A Chance To Cross Into Europe

5:53am April 21, 2016

by Leila Fadel

Desperate African migrants often camp out in the forest for months or years waiting for a chance to jump fences and walls toward two nearby Spanish enclaves — their opportunity to reach Europe.

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In Chad, U.N. Ambassador Power Visits Anti-Extremist Command Center

5:33am April 21, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

U.S. military officials are worried about the connections between ISIS and Boko Haram. U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power visited the African country of Chad, which is threatened by both groups.

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'Brexit' Vote Worries Britons Living In Germany

4:59am April 21, 2016

by Esme Nicholson

Nearly 2 million Britons live in continental Europe, and many are concerned that their lives will be adversely affected if Britain chooses to leave the European Union in a referendum in June.

Patrons at The Bunyadi will dine by candlelight at natural wooden tables. Oh, and they'll be naked.

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A New Naked Restaurant Says It Has An 8,000-Person Waiting List To Dine

8:55pm April 20, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The pop-up restaurant, to be called The Bunyadi, promises naturally prepared food and natural decor — as well as all-natural patrons. The restaurant opens in June in London.

Mitsubishi Motors says its employees manipulated fuel consumption data on its eK Space and other vehicles — and that it won't sell them until the problems are fixed. Here, a custom version of the eK Space is seen at a 2014 auto show.

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Mitsubishi Says It Tricked Fuel Mileage Tests On Some Cars

7:52pm April 20, 2016

by Bill Chappell

While the scandal seems to be limited to the Japanese domestic market, Mitsubishi Motors says it is now investigating vehicles it made for overseas markets as well.