Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis
A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet...
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Opinion: Remembering Kevin Klose, former NPR president and broadcasting icon
We remember Kevin Klose, former NPR president, who helped secure financial stability for the network while supporting and encouraging its journalism....
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Tired of waiting for your EV to charge up? One Chinese company has a novel solution
Chinese car company NIO is putting up EV battery swapping stations all around the world. NPR took a ride in one car for the experience....
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Born in south Lebanon, displaced to Beirut, two grandmothers reflect on Israeli invasions
They grew up amid olive groves in southern Lebanon. The son of one married the other's daughter. Now they're living temporarily in a vacant building i...
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She invited her friends to come together to make her casket
Friends gathered at a weaver's studio in Massachusetts to help MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp make her casket....
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Caracas' iconic macaws threatened by vanishing palm trees
In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a un...
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Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again, as ceasefire nears its end
Iran's military said on Saturday the Strait of Hormuz has "returned to its previous state." The announcement came after President Trump had said the b...
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What's it like to negotiate with Iran? We asked people who have done it
Experts who spent months negotiating a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran say mutual mistrust, starkly different negotiating styles, and the complexity ...
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Sitting in a jail cell, alone and hopeless, a man's life is suddenly changed
Jay found himself sitting in a jail cell, alone and hopeless, after attempting to break into a building on his college campus. A fellow inmate's unexp...
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