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Get a peek inside this Saudi Arabian date festival
Saudi Arabia is one of the world's top producers and exporters of dates, and dozens of varieties are sold every year at the Buraydah Date Festival.
NPR NewsNPR NewsNorth Korea fires a missile as U.S. and South Korea get ready for military exercises
South Korea called an emergency National Security Council meeting where members denounced the launch as a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
NPR NewsItaly is set to usher in its first far-right government since World War II
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party is on track to be the biggest party in parliament, according to early projections based on vote counts.
NPR NewsTrump and his lawyers keep ghosts of Nixon and Watergate alive and haunting
When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.
NPR NewsStocks and bonds both get clobbered this time. Here's what's behind the double whammy
Stocks are down more than 20% this year. Usually when that happens bonds hold their value. But right now both are down sharply, hurting retirees and people saving for college in 529 plans.
NPR NewsTropical Storm Ian is tracking toward Florida and may soon hit hurricane status
Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian in the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane.