This NPR News broadcast delivers urgent updates on multiple global crises, including deadly flooding in Nepal and China, Russian attacks near Kyiv, extreme drought in Europe disrupting food and energy systems, and a controversial U.S.-Venezuela oil deal. The episode underscores the cascad
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