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Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva speaks on her detainment in Russia

4:33pm August 26, 2024

by Kathryn Fink

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, and her husband Pavel Butorin, about her experience being detained in Russia for more than nine months.

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Australia is the latest country to give workers the 'right to disconnect' after hours

11:26am August 26, 2024

Australia is the latest country to protect workers who ignore work calls and messages after hours, under certain circumstances. The "right to disconnect" hasn't caught on in the U.S. just yet.

Harris now ties Trump in swing states. And, a Babe Ruth jersey shatters record

7:46am August 26, 2024

New polling shows Vice President Harris and Former President Donald Trump are nearly tied in seven critical states in the presidential race. And, a famed Babe Ruth jersey sells for a record $24 million.

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U.S. is criticized for supplying weapons to Israel for its military offensive in Gaza

7:21am August 26, 2024

by A Martínez

Democrats still face criticism from the left about the war in Gaza. NPR's A Martinez talks to Evgeny Stolyarov, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace Action.

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Latest round of Middle East cease-fire talks fail as fears for wider conflict grow

7:15am August 26, 2024

by Hadeel Al-Shalchi

Israel says that early on Sunday it launched a “preemptive” strike against Hezbollah targets . Military officials say they had intelligence that the Iran-backed militants were about to attack.

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Gunmen kill at least 31 people in 2 separate attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan

5:14am August 26, 2024

Security forces killed 12 insurgents, officials said, in one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area.

Former national security adviser McMaster says he won’t work for Trump again

5:12am August 26, 2024

In his new book At War with Ourselves, My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster recounts his experience working for Trump and his inner circle.

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Ukraine says it captured hundreds of Russians during its attack on Russia’s Kursk

4:40am August 26, 2024

by Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Gulliver Cragg, of the French television network France 24, about his trip to a facility in Ukraine, where Russian POWs from the Kursk incursion are being held.

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The number of civilians in Colombia living in conflict zones has increased, NRC says

4:19am August 26, 2024

by Leila Fadel

Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, talks to NPR's Leila Fadel about his visit to Colombia, where he reports a 70% increase in civilians living in conflict zones.

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CEO of messaging service Telegram detained in France, French media report

3:57am August 26, 2024

by A Martínez

The reports say Pavel Durov, the co-founder and chief executive of the messaging service Telegram, was arrested and detained in France on Saturday.

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