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Vendors sell kites in a market area near Mochi Gate ahead of the springtime festival Basant in Lahore, Pakistan. This is the first time in 19 years that the kite festival has been held legally in the city. Betsy Joles for NPR hide caption toggle caption Betsy Joles for NPR LAHORE, Pakistan — Ahead of … Read more
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, sit down with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly at the Munich Security Conference. Source link
An example of Polymarket trades on military operations between Israel and Iran. Prosecutors in Israel have not identified which trades in particular are under investigation. Polymarket / Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption Polymarket / Screenshot by NPR Israeli authorities have arrested several people and charged two on suspicion of using classified information to … Read more
Gold medallist Jordan Stolz of the U.S. celebrates after the men’s 1,000 meters speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption toggle caption Ben Curtis/AP MILAN — Jordan Stolz pictured this moment most of his life, ever since he was 5 and learning to skate … Read more
Chock and Bates, four-time Olympians, were heavily favored for gold. But they lost by just over a point to a French duo who have been clouded by controversy involving their former partners. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP Want more Olympics updates? Subscribe here to get our newsletter, Rachel Goes to the Games, delivered to your … Read more
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Every Sunday, Mexico City shuts down the Paseo de la Reforma, the most important street in the country, to car traffic. That means that each week more than 100,000 people get on bikes and … Read more
Britain’s prime minister is facing calls to resign for naming a friend of Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to the U.S. Police are also investigating if the king’s brother passed trade secrets to Epstein. Source link
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections at the LDP headquarters Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026 in Tokyo. Keisuke Hosojima/Kyodo News/AP hide caption toggle caption Keisuke Hosojima/Kyodo News/AP SEOUL — Japan’s first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, … Read more
FILE – In this photo released by the Narges Foundation Archive, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammad is seen after being released on a medical furlough in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. On her hand written in Farsi is “End gender apartheid.” Narges Foundation Archive/AP hide caption toggle caption Narges Foundation Archive/AP DUBAI, United … Read more
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Widlore Merancourt in Port-au-Prince about what’s ahead for Haiti, as its transition government dissolves this weekend. Source link