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Many Ukrainians aren't optimistic about peace with Russia

4:29pm April 22, 2022

by Eyder Peralta

As a Russian general reveals Kremlin plans to take Ukraine's Donbas region to the east as well as all of the country's south, we look at the situation out a village near the frontlines of the war.

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The Queen gets her own Barbie

4:29pm April 22, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 96th birthday and has been honored with her likeness as a Barbie doll. The Platinum Jubiliee doll celebrates the queen's 70 years on throne.

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What this Sunday's election means for the future of France

4:29pm April 22, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director at Le Monde, about what France's election means for the future of the country.

After months of obstacles, a Gaza man reaches a hospital in the West Bank for surgery

4:29pm April 22, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

A Gaza man waited for more than two months before he got Israeli permission to leave Gaza for a Palestinian hospital in the West Bank.

Russians are feeling the impact of sanctions, but the worst is still yet to come

4:29pm April 22, 2022

by Charles Maynes

It's been nearly two months since the US and its allies introduced unprecedented International sanctions against Russia in response to the invasion. For the Russian economy, the worst is yet to come.

A wide gulf exists between the policies of French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. The two face off Sunday, in the second round of France's national election.

Why France's presidential election matters far beyond its borders

2:44pm April 22, 2022

Sunday's contest has implications for the spread of far-right ideology, France's relationship with the rest of Europe and the country's posture toward Russia.

Under the Do LaB's colorful tent, the crowds get doused with water guns.

Coachella's music fan fave Do LaB is back!

1:06pm April 22, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Coachella is back after being shuttered by the pandemic. We take a look at the Do LaB stage, created by three brothers, as a renegade event.

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A mask is seen on the ground at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City. On Monday, a federal judge in Florida struck down the mask mandate for airports and other methods of public transportation as a new COVID variant is on the rise across parts of the

These airlines are letting passengers banned for mask violations back on planes

11:56am April 22, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The cases will be determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on the company. Here's a look at where each of the major U.S. airlines stands.

A waiter hangs a picture of missing 3-year-old girl Madeleine McCann on a restaurant's window on May 10 2007, in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal.

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15 years later, Portugal identifies a suspect in the probe of a missing British girl

10:56am April 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Prosecutors formally accuse a suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who vanished nearly 15 years ago while on a family vacation. She was 3 years old at the time.

Activists demonstrate in front of a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea this spring. The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Russian oil. However, most countries have not, and refineries around the world still import Russian oil.

Despite U.S. sanctions, oil traders help Russian oil reach global markets

10:09am April 22, 2022

by Julia Simon

Russia is still making billions of dollars on oil exports since invading Ukraine. That crude is still flowing abroad thanks in part to a controversial group of oil traders.

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