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2024-08-19 20:00:57

Ukraine has gotten a lot of attention for its army’s shocking incursion into Russian territory, a risky and potentially game-changing move. But Ukraine is fighting its war with Russia over 600 miles of front lines and in three different directions. NPR has a breakdown of how the war is going on each front.
https://flip.it/4aRX-n
#Russia #Ukraine #War #Putin #Army

2024-05-15 14:05:42

Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and taken to the hospital.
@npub1u4s…nkvc reports the incident took place in Handlova, Slovakia, about 150km northeast of Bratislava, the capital.
https://flip.it/7RscNo
#Slovakia #RobertFico #Europe #News

2024-05-08 17:28:30

The Taliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers — especially women.
NPR reports on a new message from Haibatullah Akhundzada, the group's supreme leader. "You may call it a violation of women's rights when we publicly stone or flog them for committing adultery because they conflict with your democratic principles... [But] I represent Allah, and you represent Satan," Akhundzada said.
https://flip.it/n9VqC6
#Taliban #Afghanistan #WomensRights #News

2023-12-06 17:14:07

Ousted U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will step down from Congress, leaving GOP with slimmer majority.
@npub1vxs…esc9 reports: https://flip.it/hm-XBA
#McCarthy #KevinMcCarthy #Congress #USPolitics #Politics #News

2023-08-18 21:37:16

North Carolina is the latest in a wave of states passing anti-trans laws.
Vox reports: "Republicans in the N.C. legislature recently overrode the Democratic governor’s veto."
https://flip.it/Enwy4Y
#Trans #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBT #NorthCarolina #USPolitics #Politics

2023-08-14 23:49:44

Earth just had its warmest July on record “by a long shot” according to the U.S. organizations NASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. The new milestone follows what was the warmest June in recorded history. NBC News has more: https://flip.it/VbbRT5
#News #Science #ClimateChange

2023-07-31 20:38:11

Music “causes moral corruption,” the Taliban claim. Musical equipment worth thousands of dollars was torched in a bonfire Saturday in Afghanistan’s western Herat province. BBC reports: https://flip.it/U1qE4W
#Music #Taliban #Afghanistan #MiddleEast