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What have U.S. sanctions on Russia achieved since the war in Ukraine began?

4:06am February 19, 2025

by Michel Martin

Three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, what have U.S. sanctions achieved? NPR talks to Edward Fishman, author of "Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare."

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Germany's economic woes loom large with elections just days away

4:05am February 19, 2025

by Rob Schmitz

Germany's economy, which thrived during the boom years of globalization, is stagnating. And economic woes are looming large with voters heading to the polls this weekend.

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Pope Francis stays in touch with Catholic parishioners in Gaza from his hospital bed

4:03am February 19, 2025

by Ruth Sherlock

While Pope Francis recovers in hospital, he is still managing to keep in touch with a parish in Gaza with daily phone calls to the priest and congregation there.

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More than 150 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia's Tasmania state

1:50am February 19, 2025

The reasons for the beachings are unclear. Reasons could include disorientation caused by loud noises, illness, old age, injury, fleeing predators and severe weather.

Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

1:38am February 19, 2025

Despite promises to improve the system, problems within prisons keep mounting. Critics say the Dominican Republic continues to push for pretrial detentions in cases where no charges have been filed.

Nearly 300 deportees from U.S. held in Panama hotel

1:28am February 19, 2025

The migrants hailed from 10 mostly Asian countries the U.S. has difficulty deporting migrants to directly. Panama is being used as a stopover.

Brazil's former president faces charges over alleged coup plot

9:40pm February 18, 2025

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged for allegedly helping to mastermind far right coup plot to upset the country's 2022 election result.

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Many German voters will have defense policy on their minds at the polls on Sunday

6:01pm February 18, 2025

by Rob Schmitz

Germany's federal elections are on Sunday. With Trump calling to end the war in Ukraine and for Europe to boost defense spending, many voters worry their country hasn't done enough to defend itself.

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A voice of the Syrian revolution was killed. But the man who wrote his anthems lives

6:01pm February 18, 2025

The Syrian soccer player Abdel Basset Al-Sarout became the poster child for the Syrian revolution with his iconic protest anthems. In death, he has become its saint. But he didn't do it alone.

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The U.S. and Russia meet to discuss the war. Ukraine wasn't there

5:47pm February 18, 2025

by Michele Kelemen

In the first high level U.S.-Russia talks since the invasion of Ukraine, both sides have agreed to "lay the groundwork" for future co-operation.

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