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What is the current status of the Ebola outbreak in Africa?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The World Health Organization and Africa's CDC have launched a plan to respond to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the center of the African continent. As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, they're aiming to raise more than $500 million to fund the plan.
It's been three weeks since the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak an international health emergency. It's already one of the largest ever and shows no signs of slowing down. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the plan focuses on strengthening every stage of the response.
Surveillance must lead quickly to testing. Testing must trigger isolation and care. Infection prevention must protect health workers and patients. grounded in trust and responsive to concerns.
How is the United States Postal Service managing its financial challenges?
Officials say the response will cost $518 million through November. So far, they've only gotten pledges of a bit more than half that from countries, NGOs, and philanthropies. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
Regulators say the United States Postal Service won't run out of cash next year, as had been previously feared. And Piers Hansila Wong reports, the updated outlook follows the Postal Service's decision to stop contributing to workers' retirement plans.
With people sending a lot less mail compared to decades ago, Postmaster General David Steiner told Congress back in March that the U.S. Postal Service was on track to be out of money and have to stop deliveries within a year. But the acting chair of the Postal Regulatory Commission, Robert Taub, now tells a House Oversight Subcommittee that regulators have suspended requirements for USPS to make around $15 billion in retirement payments over the next few years.
The commission's action offers some breathing room and extends the time before the Postal Service's reported insolvency and the stated crisis of stopping mail delivery to at least another several years, provided the Postal Service makes judicious decisions about its expenditures starting now.
USPS is a financial supporter of NPR.
Why are we remembering NPR journalists David Gilkey and Sabihullah Tamana?
Hansi Lawang, NPR News.
Today, we are remembering our colleagues, award-winning NPR photojournalist David Gilkey and Afghan interpreter for NPR and photojournalist Sabihullah Tamana. They were targeted and killed in Afghanistan, covering the war there 10 years ago today. Gilkey covered a myriad of stories for NPR, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
It's hard, but you can't get caught up in it and become part of it. You still need to maintain your state of mind that you are helping tell this story.
David Gilkey cared deeply about sharing the stories of U.S. service members fighting wars far from home and how their lives changed when they returned home. David Gilkey and Zabi Tamana are the only NPR journalists to have been killed in the line of duty. You are listening to NPR.
What recent developments occurred in the Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange?
Ukraine and Russia have carried out another exchange of prisoners of war. And Piers Hanna Palomarenko reports from Kiev, 185 Ukrainian servicemen and one civilian returned to Ukraine, and 185 soldiers went home to Russia.
Ukrainian State Border Guard Service shows footage of the released prisoners of war singing the Ukrainian national anthem as they arrived to Ukrainian territory. According to Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets, most of them had been held captive since 2022. He noted that among those released were a father and son who served in the same brigade and were captured only one day apart. Lubinets added that partners from the United States and the United Arab Emirates played a significant role in this exchange, as well as in previous exchanges. Hanna Palomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv.
NASA says it has ordered astronauts aboard the International Space Station to shelter in a capsule. NASA is investigating an oxygen leak from one of the station's compartments. NASA says it's working on a solution for repair.
What actions is NASA taking regarding the oxygen leak on the ISS?
The Senate has passed a bill spending $70 billion to fund federal immigration enforcement efforts.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the current status of the Ebola outbreak in Africa?
0:00–0:52
2
How is the United States Postal Service managing its financial challenges?
0:52–2:01
3
Why are we remembering NPR journalists David Gilkey and Sabihullah Tamana?
2:01–3:00
4
What recent developments occurred in the Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange?
3:00–4:13
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What actions is NASA taking regarding the oxygen leak on the ISS?
4:13–4:52
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What are the implications of the Senate's immigration enforcement bill?
4:52–5:02