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News brief: 5th Jan. 6 hearing, Afghanistan quake, G7 and NATO preview

6:26am June 23, 2022

The Jan. 6 hearing will outline pressure on the DOJ to help overturn the election. The death toll continues to climb after the earthquake in Afghanistan. President Biden will attend the G7 summit.

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Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports is driving a global food insecurity crisis

5:14am June 23, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden will attend the G7 meeting in Germany, where leaders likely will address Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea, which is endangering food security in some countries.

Aerial view of the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works in London. Between February and May, U.K. scientists found several samples containing closely related versions of the polio virus in wastewater at the plant.

Polio found in U.K. for the first time in nearly 40 years. Here's what it means

10:03pm June 22, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Scientists in Britain have detected multiple versions of the virus in wastewater. Officials say the risk to the public is extremely low and urge people to ensure their polio vaccines are up to date.

Ukraine could become a candidate to join the EU. Here's what it takes to get in

6:14pm June 22, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

European Union leaders will meet Thursday in Brussels where they are expected to approve Ukraine as a candidate to join the EU — a process that is neither quick nor easy.

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Service members of the 126th Separate Territorial Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine take part in military exercises in the Odesa region on Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 22)

5:15pm June 22, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Rwanda looks to gain political leverage after it agrees to a refugee deal with U.K.

5:04am June 22, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Phil Clark, a professor of international politics at SOAS University of London, about what a British deal to move asylum-seekers to Rwanda means for the African country.

World News

Why volunteer grave diggers in Ukraine are exhuming Russia's dead

5:07pm June 21, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Ukraine has been collecting the bodies of dead Russians left behind pushed Russian forces back from Kharkiv weeks ago. Two brothers from an outside village are helping unbury the dead.

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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova meet in Krakovets, along the Ukrainian border with Poland, on Tuesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 21)

4:59pm June 21, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Audio postcard: Spending a day on a forest path in the Silh River valley

7:56am June 21, 2022

by Brian Mann

It's tradition in Switzerland to follow "wander" trails. We hear what it's like to walk along a gorgeous river valley in the hills above Zurich.

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Politics & Government

News brief: 4th Jan. 6 hearing, eastern Ukraine, cryptocurrency vulnerability

7:34am June 21, 2022

The House Jan. 6 panel holds another hearing. Russia is close to capturing Severodonetsk, a key city in the eastern part of Ukraine. Analysis shows cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering.

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