The Israeli military on Monday ordered tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Rafah to evacuate, a move indicating Israel's offensive on Gaza's southmost area could be imminent.
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Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music was more than an hour of feedback and noise with no noticeable structure. A new tribute album called Metal Machine Muzak interprets the spirit behind that work.
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China's president is in Europe for the first time in five years, at a point when Sino-European relations are particularly frosty. Will a Beijing charm offensive turn things around?
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The Israeli military urges civilians to leave Rafah. China's president begins a five-day European tour. NASA and Boeing are set to launch astronauts to the International Space Station Monday night.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with journalist and novelist David Ignatius, whose latest novel is a thriller about an invisible enemy that could disrupt the satellite signals central to our daily lives.
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Tens of thousands of people earn a living on TikTok. But as creators face down the real possibility of TikTok going away, many are trying to switch to new platforms to save their livlihoods.
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A father and daughter discovered fossil remnants of a giant ichthyosaur that scientists say may have been the largest-known marine reptile to ever swim the seas.
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A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.
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NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted.
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NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with comedian Jenny Slate for her new show Wild Card.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with NASA administrator Bill Nelson about the space agency's plans to return to the moon and travel later to Mars.
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There is a split-screen of media coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. Israeli channels focus on the Oct. 7 attack, the soldiers and the hostages, while Palestinian media highlights daily suffering.
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Tens of thousands of people in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have been protesting a Russia-style draft bill they say will hurt free speech and democracy.
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The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo. Meanwhile, Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas attacked it.
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The English actor played Captain Edward John Smith in the 1997 film Titanic as well as King Théoden of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.