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News brief: COVID kids' vaccine, Russian natural gas supply, Boris Johnson

7:57am February 01, 2022

A COVID vaccine for kids under 5 may be ready soon. There's concern Russia could weaponize its natural gas exports in retaliation for sanctions. Britain's prime minister meets with Ukraine's leader.

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U.K.'s Boris Johnson survived another round of calls for his resignation

7:35am February 01, 2022

There were calls for the prime minister to resign following a report on parties his government threw when events like that were banned because of COVID. Johnson meets Tuesday with Ukraine's president.

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25 years later, a message in a glass bottle turns up in northern Norway

6:57am February 01, 2022

For a school project, Joanna Buchan wrote a letter, put it in a bottle and dropped it into the sea off the coast of Scotland. The woman who found the bottle got in touch with Buchan via social media.

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What could make Russia turn its energy sector into a weapon?

5:59am February 01, 2022

by Jackie Northam

Europe gets 40% of its natural gas from Russia. If Russia cuts supply as retaliation for possible future sanctions, it would be an immediate blow to the West and also a long-term blow to Russia.

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World News

A bridge separates 2 realities at the frontier of Russian-occupied Ukraine

4:54pm January 31, 2022

Russia is threatening to invade Ukraine. But in the eastern region of Donbas, war has been underway since Russia-backed separatists moved in and declared breakaway republics in 2014.

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The world worries of a Russian incursion. In Donbas, Ukrainians already live with war

4:54pm January 31, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from Donbas region of Ukraine as its residents live under the threat of a Russian incursion and cope with eight years of tensions and fighting along the border.

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Boris Johnson apologizes again as investigation into his lockdown parties continues

4:35pm January 31, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

A report into social gatherings held by the U.K. government at a time of strict lockdowns has found some of the events "difficult to justify."

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U.S. and Russia clashed over the Ukraine crisis at the U.N. Security Council meeting

4:35pm January 31, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

The U.N. Security Council had a contentious session on Russia's pressure campaign against Ukraine. Most council members are urging Russia to take a diplomatic path.

Ukrainian foreign minister says global democratic order at stake in Russia standoff

4:27pm January 31, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, about the global stakes of Ukraine's standoff with Russia and his call for U.S. support.

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A woman lights a candle in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, in 2006 as part of a remembrance of the estimated 3 million to 5 million Ukrainians who died in a famine in 1932-33. The Ukrainians starved to death when Soviet dictator Josef Stalin forced farmers from

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From Stalin to Putin, Ukraine is still trying to break free from Moscow

12:19pm January 31, 2022

by Greg Myre

Josef Stalin caused a famine when he tried to remake Ukraine's farms. Vladimir Putin is threatening to invade Ukraine — again. For a century, Ukraine has been trying to escape Moscow's grip.

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