The White House accuses Saudi Arabia of aiding Russia and coercing OPEC oil producers
A major oil output cut by Saudi Arabia, Russia and other oil producers has drawn sharp accusations in Washington.
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Only 4 countries side with Russia as U.N. rejects annexations in Ukraine
"The world had its say," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, calling Russia's push for annexation "worthless."
A rare protest in Beijing calls for change ahead of a key Communist Party meeting
Online images showed banners that demanded "votes not leaders, dignity not lies" and urged students and workers to strike. Censors quickly scrubbed social media posts of the protest.
See the buzzworthy winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
This year's top prizes went to a teen from Thailand and an American who is just the fifth woman to win in 58 years. Karine Aigner spoke with NPR about the significance of the photo and the award.
China's major party congress is set to grant Xi Jinping a 3rd term. And that's not all
China's ruling party kicks off a national congress on Sunday in which Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as party boss and chief of the military.
A blood shortage in the U.K. may cause some surgeries to be delayed
Part of the reason for the shortage is that there are fewer donors visiting blood collection centers in cities and towns in the aftermath of the pandemic, the National Health Service said.
For Israel and Lebanon, a U.S.-mediated deal settles a long-running maritime dispute
After a decade of negotiations, this week's agreement resolves questions of who gets to drill for natural gas in disputed waters off the Mediterranean coast. But its implementation isn't a sure thing.
477 stranded whales die on remote New Zealand islands
The whales beached themselves on the Chatham Islands, about 500 miles east of New Zealand's main islands. None of the whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized.
Russia arrests 8 people for the blast on a Crimea bridge as Ukraine denies involvement
Security agents arrested five Russians, two Ukrainians and an Armenian as suspects in the explosion, which disabled a critical link between Russia and the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014.
Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn thousands more
As part of his project "The Currency," Damien Hirst released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could keep either the non-fungible token or the painting.