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Israel and Lebanon to hold first direct talks in decades

NPR | By Kat Lonsdorf and Michel Martin

Published Apr 14, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC

Diplomats from Israel and Lebanon will meet in Washington for rare direct talks.

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Smoke rises from Port of La Guaira in Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026 after U.S. forces seized the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife.

U.S. soldier charged with using classified information to bet on Maduro's removal

Apr 23, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

French police are investigating possible tampering with a weather monitoring device at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after a Polymarket trader netted thousands of dollars thanks to an unusual temperature spike.

French police probe suspected weather device tampering after odd Polymarket bet

Apr 23, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC

Sierra Smith holds her son, Travis, whose deafness was successfully treated with gene therapy.

The FDA gives the green light to the first gene therapy for deafness

Apr 23, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC

Workers walk past a display at Meta headquarters on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Menlo Park, Calif.

Meta will lay off 10% of its staff

By John Ruwitch

Apr 23, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC