Europe

Finland has officially applied to join NATO and a brewery shows support

7:35am May 20, 2022

A Finnish brewery is making the case with a case of beer. The brew is called OTAN, a play on a Finnish expression that means "I'll have a beer." It's also the French abbreviation for NATO.

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Politics & Government

News brief: Mariupol latest, Biden's Asia visit, DHS Disinformation Board

6:17am May 20, 2022

Concerns mount over Ukrainian soldiers from Mariupol in Russian hands. Joe Biden makes his first presidential trip to Asia. A disinformation expert leaves her post heading a new government board.

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Ukrainians wait in a miles-long jam full of trucks, buses and cars to cross to the border at Medyka, Poland.

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Millions rushed to leave Ukraine. Now the queue to return home stretches for miles

5:00am May 20, 2022

If you want to get into Ukraine by vehicle, you might have to wait hours at the Medyka border, where people sit in a line of cars that stretches for miles and takes hours to move.

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The UN security council discussed how the war in Ukraine may worsen global hunger

5:18pm May 19, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. is using its presidency of the UN Security Council to focus on food security, as much of the world worries about the ripple effects from the war in Ukraine.

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A visit to one of the busiest border crossings between Ukraine and Poland

5:12pm May 19, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro spends a day at the Medyka border crossing to see how the flow of refugees has changed over the nearly three months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Biden, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 19)

4:58pm May 19, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

How the U.S. and Russia feel about Finland and Sweden joining NATO

4:28pm May 19, 2022

Finland and Sweden have long kept a neutral position between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Today, the leaders of the two Nordic nations were at the White House.

Jakub Orlinski, the breakdancing countertenor, explores his Polish roots

1:13pm May 19, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with rising opera star and break dancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski, whose new album "Farewells" is a collection of Polish opera classics, little known to the rest of the world.

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Russian Army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed Ukrainian man during the first days of Russia's invasion in Ukraine. His case is the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three months ago.

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Courtroom drama: Ukrainian widow confronts Russian who shot her husband

12:39pm May 19, 2022

The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."

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Twitter is the latest social platform to grapple with the misinformation, propaganda and rumors that have proliferated since Russia invaded Ukraine

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Twitter aims to crack down on misinformation, including misleading posts about Ukraine

12:37pm May 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories.