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Why countries that usually don't see dissent are now seeing their people protest

6:18pm December 03, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Larry Diamond, a Stanford professor who teaches courses on democracy and American foreign policy, about recent protests in Russia, Iran and China.

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Statues at the site of the discovery of two dozen well-preserved bronze statues from an ancient Tuscan thermal spring in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy on Nov. 3.

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Discovery of ancient bronze statues in Italy may rewrite Etruscan and Roman history

5:01am December 03, 2022

by Sylvia Poggioli

The discoveries shed light on what the Italian Culture Ministry calls a "unique multicultural and multilingual haven of peace" between Etruscans and Romans at a time when they were mostly at war.

An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, Oct. 11, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. The deadline is looming for Western allies to agree on a price cap on Russia oil.

World News

What to know about the West's new efforts to slash Russia's oil revenue

3:14pm December 02, 2022

by Jackie Northam

Plans take effect next week that would ban most Russian oil imports from Europe and put a price cap on the oil going elsewhere. But Russia could still make money off oil to fund its war in Ukraine.

The Royal Mint Court office complex, bought by the Chinese government for 255 million pounds ($311 million) in May 2018, in London, on Friday. China's controversial plan to build a new embassy on the site near the Tower of London was rejected in a Tower Hamlets council meeting on Thursday.

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London says no to a big Chinese Embassy, in a blow to Beijing ties

3:02pm December 02, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Local officials in London rejected plans for a massive, new Chinese Embassy, a bitter setback for China's government that once promised a "golden age" for its British relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an event via video on Wednesday. The Kremlin is downplaying the prospect of Ukraine peace talks after President Biden said he would speak to Putin if "he's looking for a way to end the war."

Putin turns down Biden talks and defends Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid

12:04pm December 02, 2022

by Charles Maynes

The Kremlin dismissed the idea of talks with President Biden to end the war in Ukraine and said its assault on Ukrainian infrastructure was an "inevitable" response to Kyiv's attacks.

The U.S. aims to ensure that the aid to Ukraine goes where it's supposed to go

6:39am December 02, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Mark Cancian, senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies' International Security program, about government oversight of U.S. aid to Ukraine.

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Britain's Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales, watch an NBA basketball game between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat on Wednesday in Boston.

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Prince William deplores his godmother's racial comments

11:51am December 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

His said "racism has no place in our society" as he sought to prevent the backlash over his godmother's treatment of a Black advocate for survivors of domestic abuse from overshadowing his U.S. trip.

The EU aims to find a way to hold Putin responsible for war crimes in Ukraine

8:41am December 01, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Luis Moreno Ocampo, former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, about an EU proposal for a special war crimes court in Ukraine.

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U.S. and European allies are about to launch efforts to limit Russia's oil profits

7:28am December 01, 2022

The U.S. and the European Union are taking aim again at Russia's oil profits, which it uses to fund the war in Ukraine. New rules start next week.

Politics & Government

News brief: West vs. Russia oil profits, FTX founder speaks, Macron state dinner

6:29am December 01, 2022

The West will impose more sanctions on Russian oil to defund its war in Ukraine. FTX founder ignores legal advice and takes questions. France's president will be Biden's first guest at a state dinner.

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