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Nepal's hesitance to accept foreign help for flood relief under scrutiny

A drone view of the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli river amidst fresh water surge warning in the Trishuli Bazaar area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A group of the country's private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people trapped in hydropower tunnels

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U.S., Venezuela strike oil deal. And, the staggering hidden toll of U.S. heat deaths

President Trump waves after stepping off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Aug. 28, 2026.

The U.S. and Venezuela have entered into an oil deal. And, NPR spent two years tracking heat-related deaths and found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat more than the official counts show.

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Russia's jet-powered drones bring empty Kyiv supermarket shelves and rattle Ukrainians

This photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service shows a site of a residential building damaged by a Russian guided bomb in the city center of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.

Russian forces relentlessly battered Kyiv and cities in the region around the Ukrainian capital for a fifth straight day, leaving some supermarket shelves bare after repeated strikes on warehouses.

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Attacks flare between U.S., Iran after month-long pause

FILE - A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP, File)

U.S. threats erupt into attacks in the Strait of Hormuz; Iran retaliates against U.S. targets in the UAE and Jordan in the first exchange of fire since July 29

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Singapore is scrambling to stabilize birthrates. Experts say there are lessons for the U.S.

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Singapore has unveiled a national initiative built entirely around its collapsing birthrate. Some demographers say the plan includes policy ideas that could help American parents.

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Why too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don't have

study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction.'/>

A recent study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction.

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The U.S. Venezuela oil deal won't lower your gas prices. Here's what you need to know

A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela

The Trump administration announced a deal Friday to develop a vast amount of Venezuela's oil reserves, with the U.S. taking a majority stake. Energy experts say there are many reasons to be skeptical.

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NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll

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An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.

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Hit shows from Edinburgh's Fringe festival are coming to America. Here are our top picks

Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonard-Hopper are the duo the behind the musical Hole!, coming to New York this December.

The annual "anything goes" performing arts festival featured more than 4,200 performances this year. These are the ones we're still talking about.

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Trump says U.S. struck a deal to take control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, U.S. and Iran resume exchanging strikes, funding at the top of the agenda as House reconvenes.

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Arizona's taps won't run dry, but water bills will go up under federal plan for Colorado River

The Central Arizona Project canal winds through Phoenix on March 26, 2026. The 336-mile canal system pumps water from the Colorado River to the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Water supplies for the canal

New federal rules mean Arizona will be getting a lot less water from the Colorado river. City leaders say they've been planning for years and no one will run out, but keeping taps flowing is expensive.

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What Argentina gets right about youth soccer — and what the U.S. gets wrong

Children wait to play football in the minor leagues of Newell

Argentina has produced some of the world's greatest soccer players. Could its youth system offer lessons for the United States?

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Families of pilgrims likely caught in floods are desperate for news from Nepal

A young boy is helped by a women to put up a photograph of her missing relative on a wall alongside photographs of missing and deceased people displayed outside a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026.

Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing.

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Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and Niagara West Member of Provincial Parliament Sam Oosterhoff unveil a sign for Lake Ontario at the Fifty Point Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.

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Exclusive: Meet the inaugural winner of Fat Marmot Week

The first ever Fat Marmot Week ends on August 30, 2026.

Dawn was crowned fattest marmot by popular vote.

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Politics chat: more tariffs, mail-in voting order, Kushner-Jeffries meeting

Real economic sanctions on Canada and economic threats to countries trading with Iran may work against Republicans in the midterm elections.

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Are you sure that Kimmel clip was real? Late-night AI deepfakes are spreading online

A fake video of Jimmy Kimmel.

While social media is rife with AI celebrity deepfakes, videos featuring late night TV hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart are are easier to create than other kinds of deepfakes and potentially more disruptive.

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WATCH LIVE: NASA's newest space telescope launches today

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The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.

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How a comic book store got swept into the tariff storm

Marc Bowker, owner of Alter Ego Comics in Lima, Ohio, says tariffs have created stress and uncertainty for his small business.

Tariffs continue to rile all kinds of American businesses more than a year after Trump unveiled his first set of tariffs — including a comic book store owner in Ohio.

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From Appalachia to Africa: Why Dolly Parton was beloved across the continent

Nigerian country singer Ochiora Okogeri, popularly known as The Country Man, performs Dolly Parton songs during International Cowboy Day celebrations in Nairobi in July 2026.

Dolly Parton's songs traveled far beyond Nashville. Across Africa, musicians embraced her stories of hardship, heartbreak and humble beginnings — and made them their own.

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Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as communities grapple with devastation

A drone view shows rescue workers inspect the area and damaged structures following recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026.

Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River.

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Medicare's pilot GLP-1 discount program has a catch. Some sick patients don't qualify

In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound, but he couldn

Medicare launched a pilot program that could streamline the process to get GLP-1s, with some seniors paying just $50 a month. But many people with the most serious illnesses won't get that discount.

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Trump administration deports relative of Afghans who helped US military to Central African Republic

FILE - An arial view of Bangui, Central African Republic on March. 8, 2024.

His family in Afghanistan had received threats from the Taliban because of the work performed by his brothers in support of the U.S. military.

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AI chatbots may be better than search engines in guarding against foreign propaganda

NPR and NewsGuard developed queries for AI chatbots and search engines using false narratives spread by China, Iran and Russia and compared their performances.

In a test, popular AI chatbots mostly debunked falsehoods spread by other countries and avoided uncritically spreading falsehoods better than search engines. AI summaries above search results fared worse.

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Icelanders vote on whether they want to join the EU

An election worker assists a voter at a polling station inside Reykjavik City Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026.

The final vote is expected to be extremely close, with ballot counting continuing through the night.

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Milo Yiannopoulos, far-right critic of U.S. immigration, is deported from U.S.

British far-right political pundit Milo Yiannopoulos hosts the "Bishops Enough Is Enough" rally at the MECU Pavilion in November 2021 in Baltimore.

The controversial commentator, who criticized feminism and Islam, was an enthusiastic supporter of President Trump's immigration crackdown. ICE says he was an "illegal alien."

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Russian strike near Kyiv kills 37, in one of the year's deadliest attacks

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire in a warehouse following a Russian drone attack near Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday.

The deadly strike comes amid 72 hours of near constant drone strikes across Ukraine, severely disrupting daily life.

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Photos: See the aftermath of deadly flash floods in Nepal

An aerial view shows the aftermath of flooding along the Bhotekoshi River, which affected low-lying areas and settlements near the riverbanks in Nuwakot, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.

Nepal officials say the death toll has continues to rise in Wednesday's floods that washed away communities in Nepal and Tibet, which is held by China. About 2,500 people are missing in both areas.

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Opinion: Remembering Dolly Parton

Country Singer Dolly Parton at the 1989 Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Oct. 9, 1989.

She said she wasn't offended by dumb blonde jokes because "I know I'm not dumb...and I also know I'm not blonde!" We take a moment to remember the smart, funny and uniquely talented Dolly Parton.

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The bridges of Rwanda open up new worlds

Naomi Nibishaka crosses the newly constructed pedestrian bridge over a river. She

A charity built 96 bridges to connect communities separated by rivers and gorges. A new study looks at the life-changing impact of a concrete-and-steel pedestrian crossing.

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