Enlarge this image Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP Shares in China Evergrande were removed from the Hong
Mounted police officers scuffle with demonstrators during a protest by anti-migrant Abolish Asylum System and counter protesters at Castle Park in Bristol, England on Saturday. Ben Birchall/PA hide caption toggle caption Ben Birchall/PA LONDON — Opponents and supporters of migrants faced off in angry confrontations at demonstrations held around Britain over the holiday weekend as
Street performers entertain passersby on the Royal Mile as crowds of entertainers and festival-goers gather for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2025. The Fringe, one of the world's largest performing arts festivals, features over 3,800 shows across 265 venues and draws an audience of roughly 3
Enlarge this image Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP Shares in China Evergrande were removed from the Hong
Mounted police officers scuffle with demonstrators during a protest by anti-migrant Abolish Asylum System and counter protesters at Castle Park in Bristol, England on Saturday. Ben Birchall/PA hide caption toggle caption Ben Birchall/PA LONDON — Opponents and supporters of migrants faced off in angry confrontations at demonstrations held around Britain over the holiday weekend as
Street performers entertain passersby on the Royal Mile as crowds of entertainers and festival-goers gather for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2025. The Fringe, one of the world's largest performing arts festivals, features over 3,800 shows across 265 venues and draws an audience of roughly 3
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, shown speaking Aug. 15, is due to meet with President Trump during his first visit to Washington, D.C. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — En route to his first summit with President Trump, South Korea's president has pushed back against U.S. pressure to refocus
A warehouse worker uses a scanner to identify cartons of parcels of goods on a conveyor belt in a hangar at DHL's parcel distribution and express freight warehouse in Valence, France, on December 12, 2024. Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Many European parcel companies
Enlarge this image Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP Shares in China Evergrande were removed from the Hong
Mounted police officers scuffle with demonstrators during a protest by anti-migrant Abolish Asylum System and counter protesters at Castle Park in Bristol, England on Saturday. Ben Birchall/PA hide caption toggle caption Ben Birchall/PA LONDON — Opponents and supporters of migrants faced off in angry confrontations at demonstrations held around Britain over the holiday weekend as
Street performers entertain passersby on the Royal Mile as crowds of entertainers and festival-goers gather for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2025. The Fringe, one of the world's largest performing arts festivals, features over 3,800 shows across 265 venues and draws an audience of roughly 3
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, shown speaking Aug. 15, is due to meet with President Trump during his first visit to Washington, D.C. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — En route to his first summit with President Trump, South Korea's president has pushed back against U.S. pressure to refocus
A warehouse worker uses a scanner to identify cartons of parcels of goods on a conveyor belt in a hangar at DHL's parcel distribution and express freight warehouse in Valence, France, on December 12, 2024. Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Many European parcel companies
Palestinian men and boys wait to receive food from a charity kitchen Gaza. Contributor/AFP hide caption toggle caption Contributor/AFP The people of Northern Gaza are starving. That’s according to an official declaration by a United Nations-backed group of experts, who comprise the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC. They say that famine has officially
Hundreds of Palestinians carrying sacks of U.N. flour they have risked their lives for at the Zikim Corridor in northern Gaza, on Aug. 3. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR In the Gaza Strip thousands of exhausted, hungry people seek meager food at a distribution site in the north. Those lucky enough to
Hannah Bloch/NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. While returning to the U.S. a dozen years ago from a reporting assignment in Kabul, I had a long layover at the Dubai International Airport and got to know it well —
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories Six states have now promised to send their National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., which will result in over 1,100 new soldiers
People look at wooden Kiruna Church at its final location after a two-day move from the old town to the new city center, in Kiruna, northern Sweden, on August 20. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images A 113-year-old church in Sweden arrived at its new home Wednesday
Israeli soldiers uses binoculars to look at damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip, from southern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption toggle caption Ariel Schalit/AP JERUSALEM — An Israeli military official said on Wednesday that the country's top generals had approved plans to call up tens of thousands of reservists in order
President Donald Trump, left, greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he arrives at the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and seven European leaders met at the White House to talk about ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.
An Air Canada plane gets a pushback from its gate at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Quebec, on Tuesday. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP hide caption toggle caption Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP TORONTO — Air Canada said it will gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement early on Tuesday with
A resident runs past the flames Monday as they try to put out the fire near Rebordondo village, close to Ourense, in northwestern Spain. Pablo Garcia/AP hide caption toggle caption Pablo Garcia/AP MADRID — Spain tackled several major wildfires on Tuesday in one of the country's most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, despite temperatures
Enlarge this image Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP Shares in China Evergrande were removed from the Hong
Mounted police officers scuffle with demonstrators during a protest by anti-migrant Abolish Asylum System and counter protesters at Castle Park in Bristol, England on Saturday. Ben Birchall/PA hide caption toggle caption Ben Birchall/PA LONDON — Opponents and supporters of migrants faced off in angry confrontations at demonstrations held around Britain over the holiday weekend as
Street performers entertain passersby on the Royal Mile as crowds of entertainers and festival-goers gather for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2025. The Fringe, one of the world's largest performing arts festivals, features over 3,800 shows across 265 venues and draws an audience of roughly 3
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, shown speaking Aug. 15, is due to meet with President Trump during his first visit to Washington, D.C. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — En route to his first summit with President Trump, South Korea's president has pushed back against U.S. pressure to refocus
A warehouse worker uses a scanner to identify cartons of parcels of goods on a conveyor belt in a hangar at DHL's parcel distribution and express freight warehouse in Valence, France, on December 12, 2024. Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Many European parcel companies
