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European allies step up plans for Ukraine stabilization, with U.S. attending meeting

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speak with media reporters during the Ukraine Recovery Conference at La Nuvola convention center in Rome on Thursday. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregorio Borgia/AP ROME — Countries prepared to provide troops for a post-ceasefire force in Ukraine agreed to set up a headquarters

South Korean court approves new arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, centerm arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Kim Hong-Ji/AP/Pool Reuters hide caption toggle caption Kim Hong-Ji/AP/Pool Reuters SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court early Thursday approved the

Greetings from Damascus, Syria, where a crowded bar welcomed post-Assad revelers

Loading... Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. It was exactly a week after the Assad regime fell in Syria last December, and Damascus was euphoric. My colleague and I came across a bar in the center of the city called

Lots of people love tennis. But do you know where it comes from?

Edith Johnson and Dorothea Lambert Chambers face off in the 1910 Wimbledon tournament in London. Lawn tennis — the game we know today — started in the late 19th century but has its roots in a medieval sport. Paul Thompson/European Picture Service/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul Thompson/European Picture Service/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images If

An Australian woman is found guilty of murdering her in-laws by toxic mushrooms

Erin Patterson pictured outside her home in Leongatha, Australia, in 2023. That year, four people became seriously ill — and three of them died — after eating a meal she cooked containing death cap mushrooms. Jason Edwards/Newspix via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jason Edwards/Newspix via Getty Images After nearly two years and a

North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn’t open to most tourists

This photo provided on July 2, 2025, by the North Korean government shows a beach resort in the Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone on July 1, 2025. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP hide caption toggle caption Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP SEOUL, South Korea — When President Trump met

Ukraine says it struck a Russian airbase as Russia sent drones into Ukraine

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP hide caption toggle caption Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to

How the Irish band Kneecap went from rising hip-hop group to global lightning rod

Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí and Móglaí Bap of Kneecap during day four of Glastonbury festival. Leon Neal/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Leon Neal/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe LONDON - When Kneecap performed at Glastonbury music festival this year — a performance that the British Prime Minister opposed before the band even took the