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Ukrainian soldiers appear to be several miles inside Russia’s Kursk region, where they are in several villages. Russia’s top military official says some 1,000 Ukrainian troops are taking part.

The world population has topped 8 billion — but the growth rate is slowing. What does this mean for the decades to come?

A Senate committee looked at the failure of HSBC bank to police money laundering.

GOP strategist Alex Conant breaks down the political impact of challenges to Trump's top policies — tariffs and immigration — and how the administration is performing on these fronts.

A top opponent of the Lukashenko regime in Belarus is at the U.N. General Assembly to champion their cause and call on the Trump administration to help secure the release of political prisoners.

A top campaign issue in Germany's election is the deportation of migrants who are considered dangerous or who don't qualify for asylum. Germany's broken deportation system will make that difficult.

This week on the pop music charts, a film soundtrack has done something that no other soundtrack had done in nearly 30 years.

Top Democrat calls operation 'a violation of the law' and promises Senate vote on President Trump's war powers.

Kick a golf ball back onto the green. Sneak a peek at an opponent's cards in a friendly poker game. Grab a few hundred extra dollars in Monopoly. Duke University professor Dan Ariely studies cheating, and has figured out what drives us to to do it, and how we justify our actions.

Marisa Peñaloza is a senior producer on NPR's National Desk. Peñaloza's productions are among the signature pieces heard on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as weekend shows. Her work has covered a wide array of topics — from breaking news to feature stories, as well as investigative reports.