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A United Nations agency is seeking information about the voyage of over 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees who landed on an Indonesian beach this week, and warned Tuesday that there will likely be more.
NPR NewsCompanies welcomed China's decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an important step to revive slumping business activity.
NPR NewsAs COVID has become less virulent, the debate over vaccine mandates has faded. But some workers who were fired for refusing the shots are still fighting to be reinstated.
NPR NewsPsychedelic drugs were a hot topic at this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting. Researchers hope the drugs can help people with disorders like depression and PTSD.
NPR NewsDrag has grown in visibility in recent years as a way to celebrate gender fluidity and self-expression, especially among the LGBTQ community and its allies. That's made it a target of the right wing.
NPR NewsThe nation has the highest rate of maternal mortality among wealthy countries. A long-standing program, Nurse-Family Partnership, which supports new parents, works to address this deadly trend.
NPR NewsAs of late Monday, lottery officials estimate Tuesday's Mega Millions prize at $565 million — or more than $293 million if delivered in cash.
NPR NewsIn a crucial moment during an overtime battle with the Phoenix Suns, Denver forward Aaron Gordon seemed to fly to the rim. Analysts are calling it the dunk of the year.
NPR NewsThe disruptions add to chaos that has left people stranded at airports across the country, many of them with little idea of when they can get home or where their bags are.
NPR NewsThe disruptions add to chaos that has left people stranded at airports across the country, many of them with little idea of when they can get home or where their bags are.
NPR NewsThe scrapping of the quarantine requirement starting Jan. 8 is a major step toward reopening travel with the rest of the world, which the government severely curtailed in a bid to keep the virus out.
NPR NewsUkraine's foreign minister told the AP that his government is aiming to have a summit, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General António Guterres as a possible mediator.
NPR NewsA kind of transparent frog achieves near invisibility by hiding its red blood cells during the day, scientists found. "I had never seen anything like that," researcher Carlos Taboada says.
NPR NewsSouth Korea's military says it detected five drones, and that one traveled as far as the northern part of its capital region.
NPR NewsWhitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century, died on Christmas Eve. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour.
NPR NewsPeople in western New York struggled with massive snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles as travelers across the country see canceled flights and dangerous roads.
NPR NewsThe Russian military reported on Monday that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an airbase deep inside Russia, after it three servicemen were killed from the debris.
NPR NewsProtesters say Apple has kept tools that help circumvent censorship in China off its App store inside the country. Now it has to contend with pressure from Chinese citizens who aren't happy about it.
NPR NewsFor decades, advocates knew that when their allotted time had expired, they were done. Not so anymore.
NPR NewsThe buying frenzy of a year ago is long gone. Home buyers have pulled away, sellers are holding back, and the whole housing market is locked in a deep freeze.
NPR NewsGermany is firing up coal plants and importing liquefied natural gas to shore up energy supplies. Activists are carrying out increasingly disruptive protests, gluing themselves to roads and runways.
NPR NewsCall it "precision waking" — the alleged ability to decide when you want to wake up and then doing so, without an alarm. If you think you can do it, you're not alone, though how is still mysterious.
NPR NewsHeavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said Monday.
NPR NewsAvatar: The Way of Water sailed to the top of the box office in its second weekend, bringing in what studios estimate Sunday will be a strong $56 million in North America.
NPR NewsIt appears to be the latest action in an escalating battle between some state governors, and the federal government, over immigration policy.
NPR NewsThe scope of the storm has been nearly unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico.
NPR NewsPutin said in a state television interview, excerpts of which were released Sunday afternoon, that Russia is "prepared to negotiate some acceptable outcomes with all the participants of this process."
NPR NewsChina's National Health Commission said in a statement it would no longer publish daily data and that "from now on, the Chinese CDC will release relevant COVID information for reference and research."
NPR NewsPope Francis used his Christmas message to make a plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, which he decried as "senseless." He also addressed long-running conflicts in the Middle East.
NPR NewsThe frigid Christmas storm has killed at least 18 people across the country, trapping some residents inside homes with snow drifts, and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes.