Europe

A man from the Czech Republic breaks the record for longest abdominal plank

5:47am June 08, 2023

The record is now 9 hours, 38 minutes and 47 seconds, according to officials at Guinness World Records. Josef Salek achieved the record for a man holding plank in May.

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What the flooding is like in Kherson, Ukraine, after the Kakhovka dam breach upstream

5:11pm June 07, 2023

Journalist in Ukraine Olena Nikolova describes what it's like in Kherson following flooding from a massive breach in the Kakhovka dam, which occurred upstream from the city.

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Argentina's Lionel Messi waves after receiving the Golden Ball award for best player at the end of the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Dec. 18, 2022.

Soccer shocker: Lionel Messi says he will join Miami's MLS team

4:29pm June 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

After months of speculation, Messi announced his decision Wednesday to join Inter Miami, a franchise that has been led by another global soccer icon in David Beckham since its inception.

Prince Harry testified that tabloids illegally hacked his phone in the early 2000s

10:57am June 07, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talk with The Guardian's Jim Waterson about Prince Harry's testimony against Mirror Newspaper Group. Harry is one of many suing it for using illegal methods to get information.

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Ukraine is still assessing the damage caused when a dam was destroyed

7:20am June 07, 2023

Russia and Ukraine traded accusations over who was to blame for damage to a key dam on Ukraine's Dnipro River which has flooded homes and forced evacuations in the south of the country.

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Shaping operations are underway for Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia

7:20am June 07, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dan Rice, former special adviser to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, about Ukraine's anticipated counteroffensive, and whether it can be successful.

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Morning news brief

5:48am June 07, 2023

Ukraine and Russia trade blame for breach in a major dam. Former VP Mike Pence is in Iowa to announce his presidential bid. The two biggest organizations in golf announced a ground-shifting merger.

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Dam destruction in Ukraine threatens floods

4:41pm June 06, 2023

In Ukraine, a major dam has been breached, threatening towns and cities in the country's south with floods. Russia and Ukraine are blaming each other for the destruction.

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The burst dam in Ukraine is causing problems for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

4:41pm June 06, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

A major dam in Ukraine has collapsed. The failure is a grave blow to the region's water supply and is putting further stress on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

The Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine suffered a catastrophic breach overnight, in what Ukrainian officials say was an attack by Russia.

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What we know about a large dam's catastrophic breach in Ukraine

3:19pm June 06, 2023

The near obliteration of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has triggered evacuations and raised concern about Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which uses the reservoir to cool its reactors.