44+ min ago (427+ words) The Venezuelan government has condemned President Trump's statement on Saturday calling for the airspace above Venezuela to be closed. In a Truth Social post, Trump said "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY." The Venezuelan government responded with a statement saying Trump's comments violate international law and are a "colonialist threat" to the country's sovereignty. "No authority outside the Venezuelan institutional framework has the power to interfere with, block, or condition the use of international airspace," the statement said. As of Sunday afternoon, Flightradar24 shows planes continuing to fly in Venezuelan airspace. This comes a day after the Senate and House Armed Services committees said they would investigate the Pentagon after The Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to kill…...

7+ hour, 5+ min ago (62+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a pardon of the breach of trust, bribery and fraud charges he's been facing for the past several years. Netanyahu seeks pardon from corruption charges he faces in Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a pardon of the breach of trust, bribery and fraud charges he's been facing for the past several years....

7+ hour, 5+ min ago (72+ words) NPR's Lauren Frayer speaks to immigration attorney Mariam Masumi about President Trump's vowed crackdowns on Afghans and other immigrants following the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC. Trump is threatening to strip some Afghans of citizenship. What does the law say? NPR's Lauren Frayer speaks to immigration attorney Mariam Masumi about President Trump's vowed crackdowns on Afghans and other immigrants following the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (435+ words) Updated November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM CST Airbus on Friday requested airlines take immediate action to upgrade software of its A320 aircraft, warning there could be an issue with flight controls. The aircraft manufacturer said in a statement it found the issue after an analysis of an incident involving an A320 plane found that "intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls." "Airbus has worked proactively with the aviation authorities to request immediate precautionary action from operators via an Alert Operators Transmission (AOT) in order to implement the available software and/or hardware protection, and ensure the fleet is safe to fly," the company said. The company also said "a significant number" of A320 aircraft currently in use may be impacted. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has ordered an immediate software change to a number of its Airbus A320. The…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (830+ words) A lot of students in the U.S. just never learn that much about Native Americans in school. In recent years, some states have worked to include more Native perspectives and lessons. A new animated film is being offered as a resource for teachers, a way to talk about contemporary Natives with their students. NPR's Kadin Mills reports. KADIN MILLS, BYLINE: The film starts out in an old-school pixel video game animation style. It follows Jake, an aloof boy whose family is dragging him to a powwow. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "POW!") UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Hey, big Jakester (ph). The powwow is about to start. Why don't you put that game away and get ready for grand entry. MILLS: His dad wants him to participate, but Jake really can't be bothered. In fact, he barely utters a word in the film. Instead,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (532+ words) One of the most talked about films on the festival circuit this fall has been "Hamnet," based on a 2020 novel about William Shakespeare. The thing that's being talked about is how many moviegoers, even hardened critics, leave the film sobbing. NPR's Bob Mondello admits that he was one of them. BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: I certainly didn't start out that way. The opening images are of a woman in scarlet, curled up among tree roots in a forest near Stratford. It's the 1580s, and Agnes, as she's known, is awaiting the return of a hawk. When she spots it on a branch and signals, it flies to her arm. (SOUNDBITE OF WINGS FLUTTERING) MONDELLO: Agnes, played by Jessie Buckley, has the same effect on Will, a young Latin tutor played by Paul Mescal. One look out the window at her and her…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago (668+ words) Updated November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM CST After an Afghan national was named as being behind a shooting in Washington, D.C., that left one member of the National Guard dead and another in critical condition, the Trump administration says it is halting all asylum decisions. Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said Friday night that the agency is pausing decisions "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible." "The safety of the American people always comes first," Edlow wrote on X. The decision follows President Trump's promise of a sharp crackdown on immigration from countries he described as "third world." Writing on social media on Thursday night, Trump railed against immigrants from impoverished nations, accusing them of being a burden on the nation's welfare system and "preying" on natural-born citizens. "I will permanently…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago (690+ words) KYIV, Ukraine " Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, whose residence was searched earlier in the day by anti-corruption investigators. Yermak has been Ukraine's lead negotiator in peace talks with Russia and the United States. He has also been a trusted confidante of Zelenskyy's for years. The unprecedented searches at the heart of Ukraine's government come at a time when Kyiv is under intense U.S. pressure to sign a peace deal nearly four years after Russia invaded. Two national agencies fighting entrenched corruption in Ukraine said their searches targeted Yermak. Oleksii Tkachuk, a spokesperson for Yermak, said the anti-graft agencies had not served Yermak a notice of suspicion, meaning he was not a suspect in an investigation. Tkachuk added that Yermak had not been told what the searches related to. Yermak, a…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago (668+ words) Updated November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM CST After an Afghan national was named as being behind a shooting in Washington, D.C., that left one member of the National Guard dead and another in critical condition, the Trump administration says it is halting all asylum decisions. Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said Friday night that the agency is pausing decisions "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible." "The safety of the American people always comes first," Edlow wrote on X. The decision follows President Trump's promise of a sharp crackdown on immigration from countries he described as "third world." Writing on social media on Thursday night, Trump railed against immigrants from impoverished nations, accusing them of being a burden on the nation's welfare system and "preying" on natural-born citizens. "I will permanently…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago (536+ words) The Monkey King is having a moment in America " and it's been centuries in the making. Wildly popular across Asia for generations as the focus of hundreds of adaptations on page, stage and screen, the Chinese superhero is also the star of a 2023 Netflix animated film, a blockbuster 2024 video game, and right now, a sold-out new opera at San Francisco Opera. Not bad for a character who made his literary debut in a 16th century Ming Dynasty novel. The Monkey King " known as Sun Wukong in Chinese " first burst fully-formed out of a rock in the classic 1592 novel Journey to the West, widely attributed to the poet Wu Cheng'en. Steeped in Buddhist teachings and symbols, the story follows Sun Wukong's epic journey towards enlightenment. "He wants to be someone," Frank Djeng, a cultural historian who has written about the character, said…...