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March 24, 2023 2:34 PM

U.S. and Canada reach a deal to close a popular but unofficial border crossing

President Biden announced a deal that will allow Canada and the U.S. to turn away more migrants at unofficial border crossings. He announced the deal in remarks to the Canadian Parliament.

by Joel Rose

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March 24, 2023 1:21 PM

In a polarized Pakistan, Imran Khan accuses opponents of conspiracies

As a deeply polarized Pakistan confronts political and economic crises, Imran Khan, the embattled former prime minister, speaks with NPR from his home in Lahore.

by Diaa Hadid and Steve Inskeep

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March 24, 2023 7:11 AM

U.S. launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills American worker

A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said.

by The Associated Press

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March 23, 2023 5:10 AM

Biden is visiting Ottawa this week. Concerns about Haiti are at the top of the agenda

It's President Joe Biden's first trip to Canada as president. He and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are expected to discuss their concerns about the security crisis in Haiti.

by Franco Ordoñez

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March 22, 2023 5:26 AM

A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war

Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.

by Geoff Brumfiel and Connie Hanzhang Jin

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March 22, 2023 4:36 AM

The leaders of China and Russia have finished talks. Here are some takeaways

China's Xi Jinping says he has a peace plan for Ukraine and wants to mediate an end to the war. Ukraine and its neighbors are skeptical.

by Emily Feng and Charles Maynes

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March 20, 2023 9:56 AM

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and immediately will save lives, livelihoods and ecosystems around the world, scientists say. And there are lots of ways to go about it.

by Rebecca Hersher

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March 20, 2023 6:29 AM

How do you take a picture of happiness? We asked photographers to surprise us

Monday, March 20 is International Day of Happiness — as proclaimed by the United Nations. The themes this year are gratitude and kindness. We asked photographers to send us images in that vein.

by Gisele Grayson, Marc Silver and Ben de la Cruz

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March 20, 2023 4:00 AM

The start of the Iraq War 20 years later in photos

On March 20, 2003, the U.S. carried out its first airstrikes in Iraq.

by Grace Widyatmadja and Sarah Mosquera

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March 20, 2023 2:31 AM

Emmanuel Macron faces no-confidence votes as pressure builds from pension protests

Since becoming president in 2017, Emmanuel Macron often has been accused of being out of touch. But government officials are hoping to survive a no-confidence vote because the opposition is divided.

by The Associated Press

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