A visit to the mosque was not the only thing on Shakoor’s mind after he got his freedom back. Like many formerly incarcerated people re-entering society, there was a long list of needs to attend to, many complicated by his status as a person with a felony conviction: securing housing, catching up with loved ones, … Read more
A group of Syrian children with their parents return home in the cabin of a truck, after more than eight years taking shelter in the Rukban camp for displaced people in al-Tanf, Syria, at the edge of the Jordanian border, Dec. 14. Manu Brabo for NPR hide caption toggle caption Manu Brabo for NPR RUKBAN … Read more
State Department unit established in 2016 closes after US Congress fails to extend funding amid Republican accusations. A leading United States government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department has said, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Republican criticism. The Global Engagement Center (GEC), a State … Read more
Children play with water in springtime outside a temporary classroom built for the evacuated residents of Kibbutz Be’eri. With over 90 residents killed and 30 taken hostage last Oct. 7, the kibbutz was one of the hardest hit communities that day. Nine hundred of its residents evacuated to a Dead Sea hotel and worked to … Read more
NewsFeed A series of Israeli attacks on displacement camps and designated “safe zones” in Gaza has killed several Palestinians, including children. Published On 23 Dec 202423 Dec 2024 Source link
Biden commutes the sentences of 3,740 people on federal death row. NIH invests $300 million to research treatments for long COVID. Officials in Lebanon assess war’s damage to cultural heritage sites. Source link
Trump also hinted at China’s growing influence around the canal, which connects the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. United States President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to demand control of the Panama Canal after accusing Panama of charging excessive rates on US ships passing through one of the busiest waterways in the world. “Our Navy and … Read more
<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000×1997+0+0/resize/3000×1997!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb2%2Ffa%2F8339e4224b7abba026f8860417b9%2Fdikan-center-11.jpg' alt='Paul Ninson of Ghana embraced photography as a career — and was inspired to create a library of photobooks about Africa. Above: Ninson in the Dikan Center in the capital city of Accra, which marked its second anniversary this month. He's holding a copy of the center's oldest book, The Gold Coast Yesterday … Read more
Here are the key developments on the 1,031st day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Saturday, December 21: Fighting Ukraine targeted the town of Rylsk in Russia’s Kursk border region on Friday, deploying US-supplied missiles in an attack that killed six people. US President Joe Biden recently authorised Ukraine to use … Read more
Ferns are growing where there used to be cattle pastures at the El Globo habitat bank and nature reserve in Antioquia, Colombia. In the background are hills that neighbors cleared for cattle pasture. Stan Alcorn/NPR hide caption toggle caption Stan Alcorn/NPR Ferns are growing where there used to be cattle pastures at the El Globo … Read more