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NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with military analyst Kelly Grieco about how the use of drones in the war in Ukraine is changing the very nature of war.

Police in Pakistan have arrested that country’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for concealing assets.

Authorities have been unable to find the bear that killed a woman near Yellowstone National Park late last month. The attack has renewed calls to take grizzlies off the endangered species list. (Image credit: Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service )

Saudi Arabia is hosting a conference to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, but Russia is not invited.

Firefighters from Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia teamed up with French colleagues as the blaze ravaged some 435 hectares (1,100 acres) of land, with an estimated 2,500 hectares threatened. Local people were evacuated overnight from several villages as a precaution

Friday night’s jackpot was already a whopping $1.35 billion, but since there again was no winner the next one could break the $1.537 billion record set in 2018. (Image credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

The strike on a vessel working for Moscow’s military could bring the war into a new phase that threatens Russia’s vital shipping lanes.

Ukraine hits Russian oil tanker with sea drone hours after attacking naval base  CNN Ukraine’s Nighttime Drone Assault Wrecks A Russian Warship  Forbes Russia says tanker hit in Ukrainian attack near Crimea  BBC Ukraine drone attacks on Russia likely to boost Putin’s support  openDemocracy

Ukraine hits Russian oil tanker with sea drone hours after attacking naval base  CNN Putin critic Navalny handed 19 more years in prison; Kremlin says Ukraine launched attack on key oil export hub  CNBC Video shows badly damaged Russian ship being towed

Germany’s dense green spruce forests are being decimated by parasites and climate change. It’s unclear if planting different kinds of trees would help stop the decline (Image credit: Esme Nicholson/NPR)