State of the World from NPR
Immerse yourself in the most compelling and consequential stories from around the globe. The world is changing in big ways every day. State of the World from NPR takes you where the news is happening — and explains why it matters. With bureaus spanning the globe, NPR reporters bring you facts and context from the ground so you can cut through the noise of disinformation. NPR's State of the World, a human perspective on global stories in just a few minutes, every weekday. State of the World was p...
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Convicted U.S. spy runs for office in Israel; an anti-smoking fight in China
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The lasting effects of Trump’s tariff war with China
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Trump’s tactics in Iran and the longest intentional internet blackout ever
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China’s expanding nuclear ambitions and Trump’s visit
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Why it’s a muted celebration in Moscow
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The bus with beats and bling
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A fraying ceasefire in southern Lebanon with villages destroyed
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U.S. diplomats depart; the new Grand Egyptian Museum
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The standoff in the Strait of Hormuz
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Economic effects of the war in Iran ripple around the globe
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The search for loved ones in Gaza
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An interview with a powerful Hindu nationalist
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How is Cuba feeling about the United States?
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40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accident, they face war
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An unlikely Indian movie makes it all the way to the Oscars
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Ukraine becomes an international arms dealer
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President Trump extends the ceasefire with Iran, what happens now?
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How Gaza feels after six months of ceasefire
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What are the chances for peace between Israel and Lebanon?
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An Israeli and Palestinian who bonded during war share vision for peace in a new...
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They were promised paradise — in North Korea
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Sudan’s war enters a fourth year
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The last detention camp for ISIS wives and kids
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Hezbollah re-arms… but how?
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A Ukrainian mayor, released from captivity, returns to a radically different cit...
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Life in a Ukrainian city dramatically changed by war
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A ceasefire with Iran is declared, why is there still fighting in Lebanon?
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Daring to dissent in Russia
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What 9,000 year old remains in Germany tell us about human development
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Venezuelans are daring to hope again
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Paramedics pay the price of war in Lebanon
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Is the U.S. threatening to commit war crimes in Iran?
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Humanity’s future with Artificial Intelligence
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A month of the Iran war through the eyes of a writer in Tehran
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How one month of war in Iran is felt in countries around the region
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How is the war in Iran impacting Southeast Asia?
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Changes coming to the UK’s House of Lords
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Israeli public opinion on Iran war; what is moving through the Strait of Hormuz?
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What we know about backchannel conversations between the U.S. and Iran
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The Ukrainian town enmeshed in netting to evade deadly Russian drones
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A U.S. proposal to disarm Hamas; we hear voices from Iran
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How drones are being used globally: in conflicts and by criminals
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Who were the Iranian leaders killed in airstrikes?
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The Global Impact of High Oil Prices
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A glimpse of one Iranian’s life in Tehran during the war
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While the war in Iran gets attention, what’s happening in Gaza?
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Another front in the war with Iran: the Israel-Lebanon border
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What four years of war in Ukraine looks like from Russia
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Does the Iraq war hold lessons for Iran?
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The effects of a widening war in the Middle East
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