State of the World from NPR

A new exhibition at Paris' Musée d'Orsay showcases artwork suspected to have been stolen by Nazis during World War II. Experts are trying to find the true owners or their descendants.

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Opponents of Israel’s hardline prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, are trying to oust him by building a new coalition. To do so, they may have to cross a red line drawn by most Israeli parties: work with Arab colleagues.  

A devastating single storm compounds the suffering of Gaza’s fourth winter of war. Gaza authorities say more than 20,00 tents were flooded in just two days.

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Ukrainians say they don’t put much stock in the latest  round of peace talks with Russia underway in Abu Dhabi. But they do sense optimism after a seismic political shift in the U.S. midterm elections. 

In Russia, meanwhile, the country’s best-known independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta,  is shutting down after more than 30  years amid state pressure and wartime censorship laws.

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The Czech Republic’s distinctive pilsner beer owes its crisp, bitter taste to a specific variety of hops. But climate change is making it harder to grow the plants. Now, Czech researchers are developing hop varieties that can survive hotter, drier summers.
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Eight years after the death of Anthony Bourdain, people around the world still mourn the beloved chef, author and TV star. At a movie theater in Moscow, hundreds of Russian fans gathered recently for the premiere of ‘Tony,’ the new Hollywood film based on Bourdain’s early life. Among them was a man Bourdain loved to call “international man of mystery,” someone who became essential to Bourdain’s success in Russia and beyond. Our Moscow correspondent introduces us to him. 

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