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U.S. domestic instability might make the world a more dangerous place, diplomat says

11:09am July 12, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks with Richard Haass, author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, about the war in Ukraine, NATO and the future of U.S. foreign policy.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on prior to a bilateral meeting with the German chancellor and delegation on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023.

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Up First briefing: Zelenskyy at NATO; SAG-AFTRA deadline; #whitepeoplefood

7:37am July 12, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

Biden will meet with Zelenskyy today at NATO. The contract between Hollywood studios and the actors' union is set to expire. American-style lunches are going viral on Chinese social media.

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The consequences of war are evident at a prosthetic center in Yemen

5:08am July 12, 2023

by Fatma Tanis

The war in Yemen is slowing down but one of the lasting effects can be seen in the large numbers of people — many of them children — who need prosthetic limbs.

Sweden's deal with Turkey to enter NATO stirs concern in Kurdish community

5:27pm July 11, 2023

Attorney Miran Kakaee talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about how Kurds in Sweden are responding to the concessions the country has made in response to Turkey's demands over their NATO membership.

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Israel's protests start again after prime minister tries to weaken judiciary

5:12pm July 11, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

The Israeli prime minister's move to take up measures that weaken the judicial system have revived Israel's democracy protests, where the move is seen as a threat to democracy.

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Giraffes wait in a truck before they are unloaded at Iona National Park in Angola.

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For the first time in decades, Angolan giraffes now populate a park in Angola

5:12pm July 11, 2023

by Megan Lim

After a logistically complicated journey of over 36 hours, 14 juvenile giraffes have made it to their subspecies' native homeland in Iona National Park.

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What's happening at the NATO summit

4:40pm July 11, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

Thirty-one countries are meeting in the capital of the Baltic country of Lithuania for a crucial NATO summit that is taking place in the midst of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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A covered body across from an armored vehicle on a street in the West Darfur state capital El Geneina on June 16, amid ongoing fighting between forces led by two generals in Sudan.

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In Sudan's Darfur, a rights group calls for an investigation into mounting atrocities

4:40pm July 11, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Human Rights Watch is calling for the International Criminal Court to investigate attacks the rights group says amount to war crimes in West Darfur.

View of a collection of defused cluster bombs and grenades used by an international bomb disposal group for training in Savannakhet, Laos, on May 2, 2006.

The U.S. promised Ukraine cluster bombs. In Laos, they still kill civilians

12:37pm July 11, 2023

by Lewis M. Simons

The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance on Laos, including cluster bombs, in the 1960s and '70s. To this day, many people are killed, crippled and disfigured by them, writes Lewis M. Simons.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands in front of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg prior to their meeting, on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Monday.

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Up First briefing: Sweden's NATO approval; Israel protests; Emmy predictions

7:46am July 11, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

Turkey agreed to allow Sweden to join NATO. Protests resume in Israel over a planned judicial overhaul. It's a weird year for the Emmys. Here are the NPR culture desk's predictions.