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The Pentagon is reinvestigating if troops killed civilians in its 2019 Baghdadi raid

5:00am August 07, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

A prior investigation rejected claims that civilians were killed and wounded in the raid targeting ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Pentagon says it's reinvestigating after an NPR report.

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Protests against Kenya's president have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art

4:03am August 07, 2024

by Emmanuel Igunza

Kenya's antigovernment protestors have a new soundtrack and words of poets to help galvanize their burgeoning movement.

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Author Shahnaz Habib next to the cover of her new book, Airplane Mode.

The beauty and entitlement of traveling as a tourist

3:00am August 07, 2024

Summer is a time when many Americans are taking off from work and setting their sights on far-off vacation destinations: tropical beaches, fairy-tale cities, sun-drenched countrysides. But in her book Airplane Mode, the reluctant travel writer Shahnaz Habib warns of recklessly embracing what she calls "passport privilege," — and how that can skew peoples' images of what the world is and who it belongs to.

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The U.K.’s far right has stirred violent, racist attacks in British cities

10:15pm August 06, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

In several British cities over the past week, racist mobs have attacked mosques, hotels housing immigrants — or anyone of color. The riots that have been enflamed by misinformation online.

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What Putin is like in person, according to the former Ambassador to Russia

10:15pm August 06, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan about his new book, "Midnight in Moscow."

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Anti-government protestors celebrate in Dhaka on August 5.

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Protests Force Bangladesh's Longest-Serving Prime Minister to Flee

6:01pm August 06, 2024

This week the prime minister of Bangladesh fled the country by helicopter, forced out by a protest movement that started peacefully but became violent. We hear from our correspondent about the events that lead to this dramatic change in government. And we hear reaction from a journalist who had been jailed 6 years ago for criticizing that government.

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Hamas names Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar as its new top leader

4:23pm August 06, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Hamas says it has chosen its local leader in Gaza to take over as the Palestinian militant group's new top political leader worldwide, following last week's assassination of the previous leader in Iran.

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A whale got its turn in the spotlight on the last day of Olympic surfing

2:48pm August 06, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Kauli Vaast of Tahiti and Team USA's Caroline Marks both won gold on Monday, capping off a dramatic few days of competition that even included a brief appearance by a whale.

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Morning news brief

1:50pm August 06, 2024

The stock marked suffers a sharp sell-off. Justice Department wins a historic victory against Google in an antitrust lawsuit. Tropical storm Debby is expected to dump significant amounts of rain.

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Athletics - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 9

With their nation under siege, Ukrainian athletes shine at Paris Olympics

12:59pm August 06, 2024

by Brian Mann

As the war drags on with Russia, Ukrainians are desperate for symbols of hope and normalcy. At the Paris Olympics, Ukrainian athletes are doing their part: winning gold to help buoy the country.