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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Slate's Fred Kaplan, author of The Bomb: Presidents Generals and the Secret History of Nuclear War, about whether Russia might use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.

The megarocket that will take NASA's Artemis 1 mission to space is being moved to the launchpad. It's the first step in the Artemis program's goal to take humans back to the moon.

As more and more cultural institutions cut ties with Russian artists and performers, there are questions about whether such actions are effective and ethical.

The Biden administration is encouraging U.S. oil companies to increase their production to help curb record high gasoline prices. But boosting output is easier said than done.

Two years after the pandemic began, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about the latest omicron subvariant, children's COVID-19 vaccines and the end of most mask mandates.

Hundreds of seafarers are stranded on ships in the Black Sea or in ports as the war in Ukraine grinds on. Many of the stranded are Ukrainians who want to get home. Some are Russian.

A British aid worker detained in Iran for nearly six years has begun her trip home to her family.

The powerful quake struck off the coast of Fukushima on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and cutting power to more than 2 million Tokyo homes. No casualties have been reported so far.

Recently, five people from Somalia were among 19 who died trying to cross the border to Greece. Allegations have surfaced that they were pushed back by border patrols.

More than 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine in what the U.N. is calling the greatest refugee crisis since World War II.