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Sudan's military takes back key strategic city from RSF paramilitary group

4:06am January 13, 2025

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Sudan's military has recaptured a strategic city from the paramilitary group accused of genocide. Could this be a key moment to mark a turning point in the conflict?

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An update on cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas

4:03am January 13, 2025

by A Martínez

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the peace talks in Qatar amid signs that Israel and Hamas had moved somewhat closer to a cease-fire deal.

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China's exports in December up 10.7%, beating estimates as higher U.S. tariffs loom

3:31am January 13, 2025

China has raced to fill orders ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's promised tariffs on Chinese goods. Exports have surged in the country since the pandemic.

India kicks off a Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering

1:35am January 13, 2025

Over the coming weeks, Hindu pilgrims with gather at the confluence of three rivers where they will begin a journey to reach Hindu philosophy's ultimate goal: the release from the cycle of rebirth.

Italy releases Iranian man wanted by U.S. over drone attack that killed 3 soldiers

6:53pm January 12, 2025

The release of Mohammad Abedini follows Iran's recent freeing of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, sparking speculation that Sala may have been a bargaining chip.

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How one U.S. conservationist's work is helping to preserve Chile's wilderness

6:00am January 12, 2025

Chile is set to gain its 47th national park early this year — largely due to the efforts of U.S. conservationist Kristine Tompkins and her organization.

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Why are so many Indigenous Panamanians contracting HIV — and dying of AIDS?

10:49am January 11, 2025

The government provides HIV medicines free of charge. Yet in one Indigenous territory, cases and deaths are increasing at an alarming rate.

Bomb threats shadowed international reporters who covered Chinese celebrity dissident

8:00am January 11, 2025

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them wondering if it was the work of the Chinese government or someone else.

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'He brought us back alive': A former hostage remembers Jimmy Carter

8:00am January 11, 2025

Former diplomat Barry Rosen was a hostage during the Iran crisis. In an interview with All Things Considered, he reflects on former President Jimmy Carter's quest to free him.

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Is Trump's rhetoric on Greenland, Canada and Panama Canal a 'Madman Strategy'?

5:01am January 11, 2025

The president-elect's undiplomatic talk in recent days of reclaiming the Panama Canal — and annexing Greenland and even Canada — have some experts comparing his strategy to Nixon's "Madman Theory."