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The window for saving people after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria is closing

6:05pm February 08, 2023

by Peter Kenyon

As the death toll soars, the cold continues and rescue teams dig at the rubble — the window for saving people following the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria is closing.

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As Turkey earthquake death toll grows, so does criticism of the Turkish government

5:06pm February 08, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Brookings Institution visiting fellow Asli Aydintasbas about whether policy failures and building shortcuts in Turkey may have contributed to the earthquake's death toll.

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Aid groups are having difficulty help areas under the control of the regime in Syrian

5:06pm February 08, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

Getting help to areas of Syria devastated by this week's earthquake is means navigating around a government that is still at war with some of its own people.

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Robert Blanchard, the World Health Organization's team leader in Dubai for emergency operations, stands in one of the organization's warehouses in International Humanitarian City.

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A look at the impact of delivering aid to Turkey and Syria through Dubai's global hub

3:26pm February 08, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

A 1.5 million square-ft. zone of Dubai known as International Humanitarian City is the world's largest aid hub, with warehouses for U.N. agencies, Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations and others.

A woman pays her respects as she displays a note near the entrance to a female lavatory at Sindang station in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2022. Seoul Metro employee Jeon Joo-hwan was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing his colleague to death in the metro station's women's public toilet the day before a court was set to sentence him on charges of stalking her.

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A South Korean man is sentenced to 40 years in a stalking and murder case

11:41am February 08, 2023

by Se Eun Gong

The man was convicted of killing a female colleague in a Seoul subway station last year, a day before he was to be sentenced on stalking charges. This has led to calls for better protection for women.

People walk among the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014. All 298 people on board were killed.

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Malaysian Airlines shootdown probe finds 'strong indications' Putin approved missiles

11:05am February 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

Investigators said they found that the Russian president likely approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a feast to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army.

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Kim Jong Un celebrated North Korea's army. Will he also display new weapons?

9:55am February 08, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

His young daughter Kim Ju Ae also attended. Some observers interpret this as Kim's message that nuclear weapons will protect future generations of North Koreans.

A girl stands next to destroyed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey on Wednesday.

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Search teams race to find quake survivors as the death toll climbs past 11,000

9:53am February 08, 2023

Rescue workers in Turkey and Syria pushed into a third day of recovery operations on Wednesday as the death toll from this week's massive earthquake reached a grim milestone.

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Search and rescue teams from all over the world are descending on Turkey

7:23am February 08, 2023

by Jackie Northam

It's a highly coordinated effort, but war and complicated politics can hamper progress. Dozens of countries have offered to help, including Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

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Elián González, pictured in 2014, has been nominated to join Cuba's parliament. Elections are planned for March 26. González was at the center of a bitter custody battle in 2000 between relatives in Miami and his father in Cuba.

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Elián González nearly became an American. Now, he's poised to become a Cuban lawmaker

7:00am February 08, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

Nearly 23 years after being ripped from a relative's home in Miami, González has been nominated to become a member of the communist country's parliament.