NPR News: 07-31-2026 11PM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The U.N. Secretary General is urging Israel and Hamas to follow through on a peace plan and says Syria needs more international help to recover from its long civil war. And as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports, he says the world also needs more diplomacy.
Just back from a trip to Syria, Jordan and Cyprus, Secretary General Antonio Guterres tells reporters that there's one message that's impossible to ignore.
The region and the world cannot afford more war.
Guterres says the war in Iran is driving global instability, upending energy and food markets. He's calling for a return to diplomacy. The only good news in recent days, the UN chief says, is a Trump administration announcement that Hamas and Gaza will disarm and Israel will withdraw. as part of a plan announced last year. Now there's a roadmap and the U.N. chief is urging all sides to follow it. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
Chevron today reported its highest quarterly earnings ever, while Exxon and Shell also did well. The news comes as problems shipping crude through the Strait of Hormuz continue. Amperes Camilla Dominovsky says the profits for the oil giants were huge.
If you take Shell, Exxon and Chevron together, these are the three big oil companies that reported this week, Combined, they made $404 million in profit every day for the last quarter on average.
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For Shell, these were the second highest quarterly earnings ever. Exxon doubled its profits compared to this time last year. And this is even though Shell and Exxon in particular have operations in the Middle East that are damaged or paused because of the war. But the high price of crude has more than made up for that.
That's NPR's Camilla Dominovsky with our report. A federal judge today rejected an emergency request to halt a new Minnesota ban on AI technology that generates a realistic nude image of someone without their consent. Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson reports.
A federal judge in St. Paul denied a request from Elon Musk's company XAI to block the law set to take effect on Saturday. It would ban so-called notification technology. The company argued the law violates its First Amendment rights and those of its users in Minnesota. they sought a preliminary injunction. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison defended the law, saying it passed with near-unanimous support, and he said that while it would ban the tool that depicts people naked without their permission, there would be exceptions for artistic expressions and satirical images. The court will hold a hearing on the motion challenging the law on August 19. For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in St. Paul.
Stocks rose on Wall Street today. The S&P 500 climbed 7%. The Dow added 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1%. Amazon soared after delivering a stronger profit for the spring than analysts expected. This is NPR News. Migrant children who came to the U.S.
How is the Israel‑Hamas situation and proposed roadmap described by the U.N. chief?
alone could soon face immigration court without legal representation. The Trump administration has allowed a contract with legal service providers for the children to expire. The contract supported help for about 20,000 children, and providers warned that children will be more likely to be deported. And they say the government has withheld payments for more than six months. Florida's attorney general is warning Catholic schools to update their religious exemption policies when it comes to vaccines. As Kathy Carter of member station WUSF reports, the AG says not doing so could mean losing eligibility for state scholarships.
The attorney general says he's learned that some Catholic schools don't recognize that religious exemption is valid because the church does not view vaccines, including those developed using historical cell lines from aborted fetal tissue, as intrinsically evil. Many Catholic school students in Florida pay tuition with help from the state's voucher program. In a statement, the conference said church leaders are reviewing the letter and that Florida Catholic schools are operating in accord with the law and church teaching.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–1:26
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What did the U.N. Secretary‑General say after his trip to Syria, Jordan and Cyprus?
1:26–3:03
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How is the Israel‑Hamas situation and proposed roadmap described by the U.N. chief?
3:03–4:51
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Why did Chevron, Exxon and Shell report record quarterly profits this week?
4:51–5:04