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At least 10 are dead after stabbing attacks in Canada

6:24am September 05, 2022

Police are searching for two suspects involved in stabbings that took place across 13 locations in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon in Canada's Saskatchewan province.

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The U.N. says famine will reach parts of Somalia later this year

5:13am September 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Mariano Grossi talks to reporters on a road outside the city of Zaporizhzhia after his visit to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Sept. 1, amid the Russian invasion of

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Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Sept. 5)

5:00am September 05, 2022

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Authorities identified Damien Sanderson, left, and Myles Sanderson, who are presently at large, as suspects in a series of stabbings in two communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that left multiple people dead and others wounded.

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10 were killed and 15 injured in stabbing attacks in Canada

10:09pm September 04, 2022

by Emma Bowman

The stabbings took place across 13 locations in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon in Canada's Saskatchewan province. Police are searching for two suspects.

People line up to vote in a plebiscite on a new draft of the Constitution in Santiago, Chile, Sunday.

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Chileans reject new, progressive constitution

8:52pm September 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

The constitution would have put a focus on social issues and gender parity, enshrine rights for Chile's Indigenous population and put the environment and climate change center stage.

A member of Black September appears on the balcony of the apartment where gunmen held members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage on Sept. 5, 1972. It was the first time a terrorist attack had been broadcast live to a global audience.

50 years ago, the Munich Olympics massacre changed how we think about terrorism

4:50pm September 04, 2022

by James Doubek

Gunmen held members of the Israeli team hostage, eventually killing them, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The attack was the first time a global audience had witnessed terrorism as it happened.

Cars and trucks line up for hours at Latvia's Terehova border crossing into Russia on Aug. 3.

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At Latvia's border with Russia, the line grows long, and tempers short

6:01am September 04, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

European sanctions on Russia over Ukraine have caused major traffic backups along the Latvian border. And truckers can feel the mounting tension between Russia and NATO members like Latvia.

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A member of the Texas National Guard looks across the Rio Grande to Mexico from the U.S. at Eagle Pass, Texas, on Aug. 26.

Border Patrol says 8 migrants were found dead in the Rio Grande

2:04pm September 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

U.S. and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of heavy rains that had resulted in particularly swift currents.

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Chileans weigh a new constitution

12:43pm September 03, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Chilean journalist Francisca Skoknic about the upcoming vote to approve or reject a new constitution for the South American country.

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The latest from Ukraine: U.N. nuclear inspectors visit Russian-occupied region

8:43am September 03, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

U.N. nuclear inspectors were finally able to access a nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine this week. They say the plant faces grave risks, especially from shelling.

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