Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid as winter sets in. Here’s how one plant copes
Russian strikes continue to destroy Ukraine’s power grid, prompting nationwide power cuts while temperatures drop. Workers at a damaged plant try to restore its operation before the winter freeze.
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Syrian rebels topple Bashar Assad’s regime. The U.S. says it is prepared to work with Syrians creating a new government. President-elect Trump answers questions on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Photos: See the fall of Damascus after Syrian rebels topple Assad’s regime
Assad’s downfall came less than two weeks after an initial incursion west of the country’s second largest city, Aleppo, triggered a cascading series of routs and retreats by the demoralized Syrian military.
Syrians ransack Assad’s private residence in Damascus after the regime’s downfall
The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.
In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of repressive rule
President Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied on the country’s feared security forces.
Assad is granted asylum in Russia as rebels seize control of the Syrian capital
The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday, as rebels seized control of the capital Damascus. Deposed President Bashar al-Assad was granted asylum by Russia, according to state-run Tass news.
In France, Notre Dame Cathedral reopens in grand ceremony
The Notre Dame Cathedral To Re-Open After Devastating Fire
Photos: Notre Dame Cathedral reopens, with its first service since a devastating fire
The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral rang on Saturday evening in Paris for the first time since a fire heavily damaged the Paris landmark in 2019.
Ukrainians face another harsh winter as Russia attacks coal country
Many Ukrainians continue to leave their coal mining towns, with the front line of the war with Russia nearby.
Insurgents reach gates of Syria’s capital, threatening to upend decades of Assad rule
Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs.
How Russia’s weakening economy could impact the war with Ukraine
NPR’s Elissa Nadworny talks with Alexandra Prokopenko, of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, about weakness in the Russian economy and what that might mean for the country’s war in Ukraine.
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