Dua Lisa Kautau

Ukraine and Russia have carried out another prisoner exchange.

NPR's Hanna Palomrenko reports 185 Ukrainian service members returned home, while a similar number went home to Russia.

The World Health Organization and Africa CDC have launched a plan to respond to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports they're aiming to raise more than half a billion dollars to fund the plan.

This is NPR from New York City.

The magic carpet ride continues for the New York Knicks.

As Bruce Kahnweiser reports, they now have a commanding position in the NBA Finals.

Armenia holds parliamentary elections this Sunday.

Incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyi, who is backed by President Trump and opposed by Russia's Vladimir Putin, hopes to build closer ties to the European Union and the West.

South Korea's president is observing Memorial Day at Seoul National Cemetery with some 3,000 service members and government officials.

The country's official Yonhap News Agency reports Lee Jae-myung told the crowd respect for devotion is the driving force,

that sustains and advances the national community.

Meanwhile, North Korea's official state-run media release images of leader Kim Jong-un and his teenage daughter reportedly visiting a new 5,000-ton warship

part of the country's five-year defense plan.

The destroyer needed repairers following a failed launch last year.

Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Lisa Kautau.

For the first time ever, the annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala was hosted by a U.S.

president.

Donald Trump and his wife Melania were photographed in formal black attire, visibly joyful during tributes to the actors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Crawford, the singers Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, and the band KISS.

Before the Star-Studded festivities, President Trump updated reporters about the current negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.