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In Iran, the brutal crackdown that followed Mahsa Amini's death continues

5:26pm September 11, 2024

by Jackie Northam

Next week will mark the two-year anniversary of the death Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who died while in custody of Iran’s morality police. The police crackdown that followed continues today.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterates support for Ukraine in Kyiv visit

12:28pm September 11, 2024

Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who wants the White House to lift restrictions on long-range missiles, and announced more aid.

Vietnam death toll rises to 197 as typhoon aftermath takes its toll

11:57am September 11, 2024

Another 128 people were reported missing and 800 injured as landslides and flash floods from Typhoon Yagi continued to take their toll.

Fact-checking the Trump-Harris debate. And, food delivery could help the environment

7:45am September 11, 2024

Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off last night on several hot topic issues. NPR fact-checked the claims made. And, how food delivery could be environmentally friendly.

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Top U.S. and U.K. diplomats are in Ukraine to meet with the new foreign minister

7:18am September 11, 2024

by Leila Fadel

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his U.K. counterpart are in Kyiv after Russia received shipments of close-range ballistic missile systems from Iran.

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'The Bibi Files.' Benjamin Netanyahu fails to block documentary from screening

6:57am September 11, 2024

An Israeli court this week rejected a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block a documentary about his legal troubles from screening at a Canadian film festival.

In exile, Russian book publishers revive Soviet-era tactics to defy Kremlin censors

6:00am September 11, 2024

In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, writing about the war in Ukraine, the church or LGBTQ+ life could land you in jail. A new organization helps authors publish books in Russian they couldn't back home.

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Germany will soon start checks along its 9 land borders

4:43am September 11, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

Beginning next week, Germany will start to introduce border checks along all of its nine land borders. The country aims to reduce what it calls “irregular migration.”

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Morning news brief

3:39am September 11, 2024

by Michel Martin

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump faced off at a presidential debate. Congress barrels toward a government shutdown deadline. Secretary of State Blinken is in Ukraine with Britain’s foreign secretary.

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Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large

5:47pm September 10, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza are being vaccinated against the polio virus, but parents say the main threat to their lives are Israeli airstrikes.

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