Hostage deal, Altman 2.0, Dutch uncertainty and Thanksgiving politics
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israel's government and Hamas have agreed to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of ho...
Hamas’ truce, Gaza rains, Ukraine aid and Cruise’s problems
21 Nov 2023
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The chief of Hamas tells Reuters the militant group is nearing a truce agreement with Israel. Winter...
Altman’s Microsoft move, Argentina’s shock, hostage hopes and TikTok dupes
20 Nov 2023
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OpenAI’s former CEO Sam Altman joins Microsoft days after being ousted. Hopes for a hostage deal i...
Who gets the weight loss drugs when supply doesn’t meet demand?
18 Nov 2023
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A revolutionary new class of drugs is transforming weight loss. But around the world, demand is skyr...
Israel’s tunnel video, hockey death arrest and how an Indian startup hacked the world
17 Nov 2023
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Israel says it’s found a tunnel and weapons belonging to Hamas at Gaza’s Al Shifa – but Hamas ...
Biden and Xi talk, cheap turkey, hostage negotiations and Myanmar's rebels
16 Nov 2023
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed tangible progress in their first f...
A doctor's view inside Al Shifa, Iran's proxy scramble and Starship's relaunch
15 Nov 2023
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A surgeon inside the Al Shifa describes Israel's troops entering Gaza’s largest hospital after a g...
Israel's front with Lebanon, speaker's shutdown bill and Europe's teen migrants
14 Nov 2023
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Lebanon front with Israel heats up, stoking fears of a wider war. The US House speaker tries to avoi...
Pleas for Gaza newborns, David Cameron's return and tiny Tuvalu's big deal
13 Nov 2023
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Israeli forces are pushing to enter Gaza’s main al-Shifa hospital, where medics said patients incl...
Biden meets Xi in San Francisco
12 Nov 2023
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Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are set to meet face to face in San Francisco this week. The hig...
Worker injuries at SpaceX soar in Elon Musk's rush to Mars
10 Nov 2023
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Through interviews and government records, reporter Marisa Taylor documented more than 600 injuries ...
US forces under fire, Iran's warning and Biden polling
10 Nov 2023
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US forces are under fire in the Middle East. As Iran warns an expansion of Gaza conflict is ‘inevi...
Israel's tactics, Zelenskiy's dogs and champagne in Hollywood
09 Nov 2023
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The UN Secretary-General tells the Reuters NEXT conference Gaza's death toll shows there’s somethi...
Gaza and the UN, Democrat wins, electric Ram trucks and Parkinson's hope
08 Nov 2023
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The UN is calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. We are live with Secretary General Anton...
Netanyahu on Gaza’s future, Election Day and the Aussies’ China reset
07 Nov 2023
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A month after the Hamas attacks, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel may oversee Gaza for an "...
Blinken’s Mideast meetings, Biden-Trump poll and Israel’s troubled tech sector
06 Nov 2023
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaches Turkey in his whirlwind diplomatic tour of the Middle E...
Inside the legal fight by Black women over hair relaxers
05 Nov 2023
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Generations of Black women have used cosmetic treatments to straighten their hair. Now, thousands cl...
Remember the other war?
04 Nov 2023
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The world is watching every development in Israel and Gaza. A thousand miles to the north, Ukraine w...
SBF verdict, Blinken's push for a pause and factchecking Matthew Perry's death
03 Nov 2023
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Sam Bankman-Fried's fall from grace complete as he’s convicted of multi-billion dollar fraud. US S...
The rules of war in Gaza, rate pauses on both sides of the pond and Musk in the UK
02 Nov 2023
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Israel’s justification for airstrikes on a Palestinian refugee camp has sparked a debate over the ...
Gaza departures, back to the Taliban and Arab American votes in key states
01 Nov 2023
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Limited evacuations from Gaza have been agreed as fighting intensifies. Israel said its fighter jets...
Tunnel warfare, antisemitism, the UAW's wage wins and Halloween
31 Oct 2023
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Israel says they are fighting Hamas in tunnels under Gaza as they press their ground offensive – w...
Pro-Israel ads in video games, the 'second phase' and the stocks hit by weight-loss drugs
30 Oct 2023
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Israel's self-declared "second phase" of the war against Hamas sees 600 militant targets hit in Gaza...
What Israel faces in Hamas’ tunnels
28 Oct 2023
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This special episode is an extended interview with correspondent Jonathan Saul and host Kim Vinnell....
US responds to Iran-backed militia, Israel poll on ground invasion and Ukraine aid fight
27 Oct 2023
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US launches strikes in Syria as concerns grow that the Israel-Hamas conflict may spread in the Middl...
Gaza ground incursion, Maine shooting, SBF to testify and US-China talks
26 Oct 2023
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Israel’s ground forces make a big incursion into Gaza – and then withdraw. In southern Lebanon, ...
Death, displacement and diplomacy in Gaza, Ozempic counterfeits and Trump flippers
25 Oct 2023
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Listen to senior correspondent Nidal al-Mughrabi in Khan Younis where mass displacements have follow...
Freed grandma on Hamas' tunnels, Texas' biggest abortion travel ban and Venezuela's opposition
24 Oct 2023
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An 85-year-old grandmother talks about being taken into Hamas' tunnels in Gaza. She's one of two hos...
Tehran's tightrope, new war fronts and Argentina's surprise
23 Oct 2023
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The bombardment of Gaza intensifies as Israel strikes southern Lebanon and clashes with Palestinians...
The hostages and the grassroots diplomacy to free them
21 Oct 2023
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On Part Three of our series on the Israel-Hamas war, our journalists examine the challenges around f...
Israel's Gaza endgame, Venezuela in from the cold and Hollywood's holiday drama
20 Oct 2023
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Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza is expected soon. But what’s its endgame for the enclave? Presi...
What it takes to prosecute a war crime, the day after Biden's mission and worldwide protests
19 Oct 2023
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Our International Criminal Court correspondent explains how prosecutors would investigate what happe...
Biden's Israel stand. Plus, the blame game and fury over hospital blast
18 Oct 2023
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Joe Biden, in Israel, pledged solidarity in its war against Hamas and said that a blast that killed ...
Biden’s Israel trip, American views of the conflict and Poland’s tectonic shift
17 Oct 2023
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President Biden is to visit Israel on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens. A Reuter...
Rafah, Blinken's diplomacy and tributes to a Reuters journalist
16 Oct 2023
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We're at the Rafah border crossing as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says it will re-open to l...
Hamas' calculus and the fracturing of Palestinian and Israeli politics
15 Oct 2023
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On Part two of our weekend special, our journalists examine Hamas' planning and what it sees as its ...
The tactics of a Gaza ground assault and the threat of a larger war
14 Oct 2023
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On Part One of our weekend special, our journalists report on what to expect from a ground invasion ...
Israel's evacuation order, the global fog of war and critical votes in Poland, New Zealand and Australia
13 Oct 2023
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Israel tells more than 1 million people to leave northern Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion....
Answering the global call to fight and crowdfunding for bulletproof vests. Plus, the latest from Iran, Saudi and Egypt on Gaza.
12 Oct 2023
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From New York to Lithuania, Israeli reservists are answering the call to return home to fight. Crowd...
‘Hell’ at an Israeli kibbutz and Hamas’ secretive mastermind
11 Oct 2023
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Who is the alleged mastermind of the Hamas attack and Israel’s most-wanted man? The harrowing firs...
Nowhere to hide in Gaza, hostage fears and a US general's Iran warning
10 Oct 2023
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Israel secures its border, three days after Hamas launched its audacious attacks. Why the taking of ...
Israel's response, inside Hamas' planning -- and the roles of Biden and a divided Congress
09 Oct 2023
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Israeli rockets are pounding Gaza and its soldiers continues to battle Hamas militants inside their ...
IMF-World Bank meeting: Old problems and new headwinds
07 Oct 2023
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The IMF-World Bank annual meeting takes place in Marrakech just weeks after a deadly Moroccan earthq...
A tale of two borders, Biles' return and the Peace prize. Plus deadly Ukraine and Syria strikes.
06 Oct 2023
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The Biden administration's surprise announcement on the border wall comes as Slovakia joins other Eu...
Europe's Ukraine rally, Haiti's force, Nobels and Speaker latest
05 Oct 2023
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European leaders rally around Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a summit in Spain. Plans for a...
McCarthy’s ouster, Britain’s divided Conservatives, a bond rout and Mexico’s fentanyl banners
04 Oct 2023
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A first in the U.S. House of Representatives: Speaker Kevin McCarthy is ousted as party infighting p...
Russia’s punishment squads, Trump’s real estate peril and more drama on the Hill
03 Oct 2023
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Russia is deploying punishment squads on the frontlines in Ukraine. What Donald Trump stands to lose...
Ukraine wobbles, 40 days after Wagner death and SBF's trial
02 Oct 2023
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Ukraine gets left behind on two fronts as Congress avoids a shutdown by stripping funding for Kyiv a...
Part 2: What comes next for Big Tech?
01 Oct 2023
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The second episode in our two-part weekend series digs into how immigration policy affects the talen...
Part 1: It's Google's 25th birthday - but what lies ahead for Big Tech?
30 Sep 2023
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Our two-part weekend series digs into three factors that will shape the future of Big Tech: innovati...
Rape at the border, the NFL’s Swift effect, and sneaker culture moves on
29 Sep 2023
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There has been a surge in sexual violence against migrants at the Mexico border. Experts say the Bid...
US shutdown looms, Travis King back in the US and weight-loss drugs scrutinized
28 Sep 2023
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The United States is heading towards a partial government shutdown after Republican House Speaker Ke...
Trump’s Michigan trip, a Black Sea commander mystery and Amazon’s antitrust fight
27 Sep 2023
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A New York judge finds Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud. The ruling comes ahead of t...
The US line in Niger, UNGA wraps and when we get our TV back
26 Sep 2023
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A senior navy commander has been shown on Russian state TV, a day after Ukraine said he had been kil...
Hollywood deal, Kosovo monastery siege and ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh
25 Sep 2023
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Hollywood writers reach a preliminary labor agreement with major studios. Thousands of ethnic Armeni...
How the killing of a Sikh plumber in Canada led to a diplomatic war with India
23 Sep 2023
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On this special podcast episode, we examine the fallout from the killing of 45-year-old Hardeep Sing...
Ukraine aid standoff, Murdoch's legacy and covering catastrophe in Libya
22 Sep 2023
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President Joe Biden promises more aid for Ukraine but must overcome opposition from Republican hardl...
The spy network under the sea, Poland halts weapons for Ukraine and Assad in China
21 Sep 2023
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The United States and China are overhauling their espionage systems, out of sight and deep underwate...
Biden’s Israel-Saudi gambit and Russia's ceasefire deal in backyard conflict
20 Sep 2023
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Ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh agree to a Russian proposal fo...
Canada’s killer accusation, the Fed’s triple threat and Elon’s UNGA agenda. Plus, freed prisoners on US soil
19 Sep 2023
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India responds to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s accusation that New Delhi was behind a ...
US-Iran detainee swap, China's disappearing leaders and Ukraine and Russia face off at Hague
18 Sep 2023
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Five Americans are expected to be freed today in a swap deal with Iran. The disappearance of China's...
Speed dating for diplomats: An inside guide to the UN General Assembly
16 Sep 2023
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The UN General Assembly meets in New York this week with a backdrop of war and increasingly fragment...
Autoworkers strike, Biden woos rural America and Australia’s cat crackdown
15 Sep 2023
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Billions of dollars in federal funding have flowed to rural areas since Joe Biden was elected presid...
Nipah virus fears, killer cough syrup, AI on Capitol Hill and US inflation
14 Sep 2023
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India rushes to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala. How lax testing in India fuelled a ...
McCarthy under threat, lithium battles in Europe and Hollywood's strike loopholes
13 Sep 2023
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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a threat from the Republican far right, despite Biden invest...
Catastrophe in Libya, Kim Jong Un in Russia and Apple’s China challenge
13 Sep 2023
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Thousands are feared dead after devastating floods in Libya. North Korea’s leader arrives in Russi...
Morocco’s wait for aid, Biden on China’s problems and Armenia angers Russia
12 Sep 2023
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Moroccans are left sleeping out in the open as aid struggles to reach those hit by the deadliest qua...
Weekend episode: The legacy of the Oslo Accords, Israel’s Supreme Court weighs its own fate and Northern Ireland’s controversial amnesty
09 Sep 2023
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Thirty years since the first of the Oslo Accords were signed, peace in the Middle East is as elusive...
Haley’s hawkish strategy, Mexico’s future woman in charge, fact checking Burning Man
09 Sep 2023
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Nikki Haley wants to stand out in the crowded Republican field – will her hawkish foreign policy h...
Russia’s jail ‘carousel’, Australia hit by misinformation, Ukraine war divides the G20
07 Sep 2023
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Australia’s upcoming referendum on Indigenous rights finds itself the target of online misinformat...
US funding fight, Ukraine’s wartime symphonies and how to teach with AI
06 Sep 2023
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The clock starts ticking to prevent a partial government shutdown as Congress returns. Teachers tack...
Secret intercepts from the Russian frontlines and China’s Xi stays at home
05 Sep 2023
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Excerpts of Russian soldiers’ calls from the frontlines talk of losses, discontent and disarray. K...
Ukraine’s defense reshuffle, rare protests in Syria and Erdogan’s Russia push
04 Sep 2023
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President Volodymyr Zelensky replaces his defense minister – will the move change things for Ukrai...
Weekend episode: Stagnating Germany – can Europe’s biggest economy snap out of it?
02 Sep 2023
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It’s Europe’s biggest economy – so how worried should people be about Germany’s stagnation? ...
Bahrain’s prisoner challenge, reviving Indigenous languages in Australia and Taylor Swift heads for the Big Screen
01 Sep 2023
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A mass hunger strike by political prisoners in Bahrain marks the biggest challenge to the country’...
Deadly blaze in South Africa, recycling fast fashion and the British Museum’s theft scandal
31 Aug 2023
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Dozens of people are dead after a fire at a building in Johannesburg. The British Museum’s theft s...
‘Uninvestible’ China, coup bid in Gabon and tased and tattooed at Axon
31 Aug 2023
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The military claims it has seized power in Gabon. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says American fir...
Trump trial date, vacationing in a conflict zone and France's Muslim abaya ban
29 Aug 2023
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Trump gets a trial date – smack in the middle of the 2024 campaign. The tourists heading to Crimea...
China’s bankers take up cards, Wagner’s leaderless fighters and Spain’s isolated soccer chief
28 Aug 2023
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China’s bankers are learning to play a poker-like card game to woo domestic investors. Russian mer...
Weekend episode: Jackson Hole and the Powell Rorschach test, Zambian rock returns and Europe reins in Big Tech
26 Aug 2023
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We check in on the state of the global economy at the annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole. Plu...
Trump’s mugshot, Wagner’s money and DeSantis tests the orchestra pit theory
25 Aug 2023
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Donald Trump surrenders in Georgia and posts his mugshot on X. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s lucrative legac...
What now for Russia after Prigozhin? Plus, Trump in Georgia
24 Aug 2023
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The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is believed to have been killed ...
Thailand’s political drama, Zimbabwe election hopes and ‘General Armageddon’ removed
23 Aug 2023
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Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been moved from prison to hospital, just h...
Fukushima's release, Prigozhin's video, Panama Canal gridlock and HRW's Saudi report
22 Aug 2023
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Japan said it would begin the release of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nucle...
Hilary hits California, Russia fails but moon race goes on and Ukraine dusts off old tanks
21 Aug 2023
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Tropical storm Hilary has lashed southern California with flash floods, prompting some to flee. Russ...
Weekend episode: Afghans in limbo two years on, and we remember Danish Siddiqui
19 Aug 2023
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It's been two years since the Taliban took back Afghanistan. Yet, many of the Afghans who worked for...
Georgia threats, Canada’s wildfires, World Cup fever and what we know about Ukraine's gains
18 Aug 2023
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Ukraine claims gains in its counteroffensive – how significant are they? A whole Canadian city is...
Pakistan church violence, Israel-Lebanon border tensions and a divided Fed
17 Aug 2023
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Increasing tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border have elevated the risk of outright conflict. A s...
Anger on Maui, Pyongyang's racism claim and reporting a 'campaign of fear' in Georgia
16 Aug 2023
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A Reuters journalist talks about the reporting that revealed the involvement of three people charged...
Trump's new charges, Russia's rouble moves and China's gloom - plus the waltzing Matildas
15 Aug 2023
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Donald Trump and 18 advisers face racketeering charges in Georgia over his attempts to reverse the e...
Argentina's far-right surprise, Black Sea warning shots and the latest from Maui
14 Aug 2023
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A shock win to a far-right candidate in Argentina’s election as the country grapples with 116% inf...
Weekend episode: The hype and hope around superconductors
12 Aug 2023
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A claim by scientists in South Korea has reignited a global race to prove the existence of a practic...
Clinging to life in Hawaii, what the US has to lose in Niger, Russia's moonshot and Iran prisoners
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A father of five describes clinging on to a floating board with his wife and kids in the water. He's...
'Apocalypse' in Hawaii, Ecuador’s assassination and fentanyl by the numbers
10 Aug 2023
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Deadly wildfires in the resort town Lahaina leave people scrambling for their lives. We have the lat...
Rising U.S. political violence, a Kremlin aide's neo-Nazism association, Wegovy's push and China’s woes
09 Aug 2023
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Reuters identifies more than 200 cases of political violence since the Capitol attack. Wegovy’s la...
War and Wagner pose dilemma for Belarus exiles. Plus the Amazon summit and Haiti violence
08 Aug 2023
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Belarus’ opposition cautiously hope that Russia’s faltering invasion of Ukraine could give them ...
Russia and Ukraine up the ante, Niger’s deadline passes and an interview with the U.S. czar fighting long COVID
07 Aug 2023
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Russia and Ukraine step up their attacks on each other as oil prices hit four-month highs. The deadl...
Weekend episode: Gold mining's impact on Amazon animals and actors talk Hollywood at the bar
05 Aug 2023
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Travel with reporter Jake Spring to Los Amigos Biological station in the Amazon rainforest of Peru's...
Trump, Worldcoin, Ukraine ‘peace talks’ — and World Cup shocks
04 Aug 2023
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Donald Trump appeared in a D.C. federal court as new Reuters/Ipsos polling shows half of Republicans...
Drone wars: A Ukrainian gamer turns pilot and Moscow’s financials district adjusts
03 Aug 2023
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Former President Donald Trump expected in a DC courtroom. In Ukraine, a former video gamer now uses ...