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Finland's prime minister got grief for partying. Australia's leader was cheered

6:07am August 23, 2022

Some complained when video showed Finland's Sanna Marin partying with friends. There seemed to be less controversy when Australia's Anthony Albanese turned up at a rock concert and downed his beer.

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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, wearing a face mask, waves as he arrives at the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022.

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Malaysia top court upholds ex-Prime Minister Najib's graft conviction

5:11am August 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The five-member Federal Court panel said it unanimously found the judgment of the high court judge was right and that Najib's appeal was "devoid of any merits."

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A French island's summer regatta is back in full this year

9:00pm August 22, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

Each summer, an Atlantic French island holds a regatta which includes a mix of historic and modern sail boats. After being canceled due to COVID, the race, crowds, yachters and history buffs are back.

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Australian site challenged Fox's Lachlan Murdoch to sue after he accused it of libel

4:55pm August 22, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch threatened to sue Australian news site Crikey for defamation. Crikey says bring it on, though Australian libel laws make such cases much tougher for media companies to win.

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From warehouses to the frontlines: How Ukraine's forces are getting drones

4:14pm August 22, 2022

by Tim Mak

Pound for pound, perhaps no piece of equipment is more valuable on the Ukrainian battlefield than lightweight, remote-controlled drones, which volunteers are bringing to the frontlines in the east.

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A Kremlin-linked mercenary group is now openly recruiting for the war in Ukraine

4:14pm August 22, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with mercenary expert Sean McFate about recent recruiting strategies by the Wagner Group due to Russian losses in Ukraine.

Ukrainians visit an avenue where destroyed Russian military hardware is displayed in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

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Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 22)

12:19pm August 22, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has faced a backlash over videos that surfaced of her dancing and singing with her friends.

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Why women are dancing in solidarity with Finland's prime minister

12:16pm August 22, 2022

by Juliana Kim

Prime Minister Sanna Marin recently took a drug test in response to criticism over videos of her dancing and singing with friends.

Hikers stand by tents along a trekking route on Mount Kilimanjaro in 2014. The Tanzanian government has installed high-speed internet service on the slopes of the mountain.

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Mount Kilimanjaro climbers can share slope selfies in real-time thanks to new Wi-Fi

11:33am August 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Tanzanian authorities installed the high-speed broadband network on the slopes of Africa's tallest mountain last week and say it should reach the summit by the end of this year.

Pakistan's Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.

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Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan

5:44am August 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The terrorism charges come over a speech Khan gave in Islamabad in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest