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BEIJING — China on Thursday said U.S. accusations that a downed Chinese balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program amount to “information warfare against China.” The Pentagon on Wednesday said the Chinese balloon shot down off the South Carolina

Many users said they could not post tweets or message one another on Wednesday as the #TwitterDown hashtag began trending.

China’s fleet of high-altitude balloons have carried out surveillance on five continents, the Biden administration said, as it tries to bring international attention to the scope of the program.

The U.S. has dangled the release of $3.5 billion in Afghan sovereign wealth, now held in a fund in Switzerland, but hasn’t effected a change in objectionable policies.

Moscow has shown scant regard for the lives of its conscripts, but the battle for Bakhmut is also costly for Ukrainian defenders.

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Tehran.

Arfon Jones’ daughter finally found a kidney she desperately needed. He didn’t have to donate to his own kidney for it to happen, but donated it to a stranger anyway.

As the death toll soars, the cold continues and rescue teams dig at the rubble — the window for saving people following the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria is closing.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Brookings Institution visiting fellow Asli Aydintasbas about whether policy failures and building shortcuts in Turkey may have contributed to the earthquake’s death toll.

Turkey-Syria earthquakes death toll passes 15,000  The Washington Post Rescue Mission Continue After A Powerful 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rocked Turkey And Syria | News18  CNN-News18 Desperate search continues for earthquake survivors in Turkey, Syria  CBS News Turkey-Syria earthquake: This is not about Assad.