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Firefighters transfer a rescued person in Shari, in the northern island of Hokkaido on Sunday.

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4 people from missing tour boat in northern Japan have been found

10:09pm April 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The vessel sent a distress call that it was sinking, the coast guard said. After 19 hours of intense search, four of the 26 who went missing have been found but their condition is unknown.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced plans to meet on Sunday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

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2 U.S. Cabinet officials will meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv

6:03pm April 23, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Sunday. The State Department declined to comment to NPR.

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The growing demand for clean energy sources could mean a resurgence in mining

5:56pm April 23, 2022

by Willem Marx

Materials like lithium are used in batteries for things like electric vehicles. For Cornwall, England, that's already led to a small mining boom.

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People leave a residential area after Russian shelling struck the Ukrainian city of Odesa on Saturday. At least six people were killed, according to Ukrainian officials.

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 23)

4:59pm April 23, 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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EU trade official calls the economic impact of defending Ukraine a price worth paying

4:52pm April 23, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis about the economic impact of Russia's ongoing assault on Ukraine.

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China looks to learn from Russia's shortcomings in Ukraine

4:52pm April 23, 2022

by John Ruwitch

Russia's military has not performed as expected in Ukraine. The Chinese People's Liberation Army, which regularly drills with Russia, is watching closely.

A firefighter sits on a swing next to a building destroyed by a Russian bomb in Chernihiv on Friday.

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Ukraine says Russian forces try to storm Mariupol steel plant

12:52pm April 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ukrainian officials have estimated that about 2,000 of their troops are inside the plant along with the civilians sheltering in the facility's underground tunnels.

A Ukrainian national flag is seen through a window of a destroyed apartment, on Thursday in Borodianka, Ukraine.

Opinion: The failed promise of 'never again'

9:28am April 23, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of a 91-year-old woman who surived the Holocaust, but could not survive Russia's weeks-long assault on Mariupol.

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Residents of a Ukrainian city prepare for a seige

9:28am April 23, 2022

As Russia renews its offensive on southern and eastern Ukraine, the city of Mykolaiv, near the Black Sea, are preparing for a siege.

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Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians continue at the Al-Aqsa mosque

8:59am April 23, 2022

Repeated clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians have taken place this week at the most sensitive site in Jerusalem: the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.