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What we know about King Charles III's cancer diagnosis

4:50pm February 05, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

Less than 18 months into his reign, King Charles is suspending public duties. Buckingham Palace says he'll continue the paperwork of state business as he undergoes outpatient treatment for cancer.

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Blinken is back in the Middle East as U.S. responds to attack

4:50pm February 05, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East, reassuring the region that the U.S. is seeking to de-escalate tensions and pushing for more aid to get into Gaza

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Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, center, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. A Seoul court acquitted Lee of financial crimes.

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Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger

2:43am February 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

The ruling could ease the legal troubles for the Samsung heir less than two years after he was pardoned of bribing a former president in a scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government.

The new documentary Agent of Happiness follows Bhutanese bureaucrats who survey people about their state of mind. From right: director Dorottya Zurbó, happiness agents Amber Kumar Gurung and Guna Raj Kuikel, and director Arun Bhattarai.

Are you happy? New film follows a Bhutan bureaucrat who asks 148 questions to find out

9:10am February 04, 2024

by Jonathan Lambert

The new documentary Agent of Happiness explores Bhutan's efforts to measure its own "gross national happiness." The film follows one not-especially-happy agent who gathers the data.

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The invasion of Ukraine created a rare opportunity for the CIA to recruit Russian spies

8:30am February 04, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

The CIA says the war in Ukraine has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to recruit spies in Russia. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to former CIA officer Douglas London about recruitment.

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Will U.S. retaliation deter Iran?

8:00am February 04, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks to Abbas Milani, director of Iranian studies at Stanford University, about the conflict between the U.S. and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.

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El Salvador's president is set to return to power, amid shrinking civil liberties

8:00am February 04, 2024

El Salvador's president is predicted to easily win re-election, consolidating his power. His crackdown on gangs has seen the murder rate plummet, but at a cost to civil liberties.

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A Ukrainian kindergarten teacher returns to the classroom

8:00am February 04, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

Iryna Sahan, a kindergarten teacher in Kharkiv, heads back to the classroom for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine.

A paddle boarder heads out into the water in Eilat, Israel. Normally, Eilat's beaches and hotels would be busy with tourists.

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A seaside town shelters thousands of Israeli evacuees, but struggles without tourists

5:01am February 04, 2024

by Jackie Northam

The tourists are gone and many of the hotels are filled with displaced Israelis nearly four months after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

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FILE - Namibia President Hage Geingob speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, on Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Namibian president has died in a hospital where he was receiving treatment, his office said Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.

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Namibian President Hage Geingob dies in a hospital where he was receiving treatment

2:17am February 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

In a post on the social media platform X the Namibian presidency said Geingob's medical team at Lady Pohamba Hospital did its best to help him, but Geingob died with his wife and children by his side.