NPR News: This rising painter reimagines Renaissance art in a cocoa plantation in Cameroon

This rising painter reimagines Renaissance art in a cocoa plantation in Cameroon
A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon.

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NPR News: Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia, and other Middle East news

Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia, and other Middle East news
Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.

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NPR News: Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know

Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know
It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday.

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NPR News: Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know

Solar eclipse to occur next week. Here is what to know
It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday.

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NPR News: The Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debut

The Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debut
The Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season.

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NPR News: Switzerland is a neutral nation but has more nuclear bunkers than any country in the world

Switzerland is a neutral nation but has more nuclear bunkers than any country in the world
Instead of scrapping its network of bomb shelters after the Cold War, Switzerland kept building them. The country has more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. Some are now used to house migrants.

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NPR News: Senate votes to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general

Senate votes to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general
The Senate narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general early Saturday morning, elevating President Trump's former personal lawyer to head the Justice Department.

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