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News brief: NATO meets on Ukraine, Judge Jackson vote, student loans

7:41am April 07, 2022

Secretary of State Blinken meets with European foreign ministers. The Senate is to vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Some student loan borrowers have gotten good news.

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The Russia-Ukraine war is the focus of NATO foreign ministers' meeting

7:22am April 07, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is attending the meeting in Brussels. The U.S. and Europe are imposing new sanctions on Russia and promising to speed up deliveries of weapons to Ukraine.

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, walks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as they arrive for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.

Ukraine seeks more arms as U.S. and allies consider new penalties for Russia

6:34am April 07, 2022

by Dustin Jones

NATO foreign ministers meet Thursday as part of a larger effort by the U.S., its allies and Ukraine to bolster Ukrainian defenses, and impose new penalties on Russia for invading its neighbor.

As fighting moves on, some Ukrainian businesses are reopening

5:12am April 07, 2022

by Rott

In places where fighting has lessened in Ukraine, businesses and people are trying to get back to work with the goal of maintaining the country's economy.

Badly damaged Ukrainian hospital struggles to provide emergency services

5:12am April 07, 2022

by Ari Daniel

In the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv at least half a dozen hospitals have been damaged by Russian attacks. One had to close most of its departments and reduce operations to emergency cases.

An 85-year-old man receives a booster vaccination in the so-called "vaccination express" tram in central Frankfurt, on Nov. 4, 2021.

Lawmakers in Germany are weighing compulsory COVID shots for people over 60

5:12am April 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Chancellor Olaf Schmidt said the measure is necessary to prepare for a new rise in cases and a possible new variant later in the year.

Internally displaced people arrive at a center in Zaporizhzhia, northwest of Mariupol, on Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 6)

4:57pm April 06, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

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Diplomats are expressing outrage over reports of Russian atrocities in Ukraine. In Brussels and Washington, officials announced more sanctions to step up the pressure on President Vladimir Putin.

Europe

News brief: NATO meets on Ukraine, Judge Jackson vote, student loans

The Russia-Ukraine war is the focus of NATO foreign ministers' meeting

Ukraine seeks more arms as U.S. and allies consider new penalties for Russia

As fighting moves on, some Ukrainian businesses are reopening

Badly damaged Ukrainian hospital struggles to provide emergency services

Lawmakers in Germany are weighing compulsory COVID shots for people over 60

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 6)

Communities have formed among those who have stayed in Kyiv through Russian attacks

What U.S. intelligence got right and wrong about the war in Ukraine

Blinken says U.S. and Europe are following through on Ukraine commitments