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Russian Trolls Tried To Influence Debate Over NFL Players Kneeling During Anthem

8:13am October 27, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal about Russian twitter bots attempting to sow political discord in America by tweeting about football.

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Putin Warns Of Nuclear Arms Race

8:13am October 27, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Russian President Vladimir Putin says if the U.S. withdraws from the INF Treaty and deploys missiles in Europe, Russia will have to respond by targeting the countries hosting those weapons.

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Salvadoran Migrant On Journeying In Caravan

8:13am October 27, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Cristian, a Salvadoran migrant traveling with a caravan in Mexico toward the U.S., about his journey and President Trump's efforts to limit asylum seekers like him.

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Brazil Set To Vote In Presidential Run-Off Election That Has Polarized The Nation

8:32pm October 26, 2018

by Philip Reeves

Brazilians vote Sunday in the second round of a presidential election that has riven the nation. The front runner is a far-right candidate who has used misogynistic, racist and homophobic language.

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Supporters of Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro attend a rally at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro last week.

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With Memories Of Dictatorship, Some Brazilians Fear A Hard-Right Turn

7:20pm October 26, 2018

by Philip Reeves

Onetime targets of Brazil's dictatorship are worried that a candidate who openly admires the past military regime is expected to win Sunday's presidential election.

People watch as French urban climber Alain Robert ascends the 46-story Heron Tower in central London on Thursday.

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'French Spider-Man' Arrested After Scaling London Skyscraper Without Ropes

5:44pm October 26, 2018

by Ruben Kimmelman

A man who has climbed many of the world's tallest buildings has done it again, this time in London.

The Remarkable Photos Of Lynsey Addario

2:38pm October 26, 2018

by Rachel D. Cohen

The award-winning photographer tells the stories behind the profoundly moving images in her new book, Of Love & War — and confesses that she still gets nervous before a new assignment.

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A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by U.S. special forces, talks on the radio near Raqqa's stadium as they clear the last positions on the front line on Oct. 16, 2017. The city was an important Islamic State group stronghold.

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'This Is Not Liberation': Life In The Rubble Of Raqqa, Syria

1:21pm October 26, 2018

The city's slow recovery after ISIS rule is causing anger among residents who say they're left with little help from the countries that destroyed Raqqa.

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Ambulance cars take injured children to a hospital after several kindergartners were stabbed by a woman on Friday in Chongqing, China.

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14 Children Injured In Knife Attack At Kindergarten In China

12:38pm October 26, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

A knife-wielding woman injured at least 14 children at a kindergarten in the western Chinese city of Chongqing, police say. A suspect is in custody.

British police say a man tried to steal the Salisbury Cathedral's Magna Carta, one of four original documents that have survived. Here, a schoolboy looks at the Magna Carta in the cathedral's Chapter House.

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Man Tried To Steal Magna Carta, 800-Year-Old Symbol Of The Law, Police Say

12:26pm October 26, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Police in Salisbury, England, have arrested a man accused of trying to steal the Magna Carta — the 1215 document that established basic tenets of the rule of law.