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The diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine is picking up again with U.S.
envoy's holding talks in both Moscow and Keeb this weekend. Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, says his meeting with Steve Wittkov and Jerry Kushner may clear that some of the biggest obstacles to a peace deal remain unresolved. NPR's Germanicicissus reports.
“The two sides remain so far apart on crucial issues.”
For example, consider the very sensitive issue of territory Russia has pushed for Ukraine to give up land. It's still controls in exchange for a peace deal. A public opinion poll say that most Ukrainians strongly oppose this. Now, Zelensky said he did discuss the territory issue with Kushner and Wittkov.
"Akdoğan knows those sides of the Mediterranean and the Bataenia and the Mepolen."
And he's saying something this sensitive can only be handled by leaders.
Even South Vladimir Putin, with maybe Trump and the Europeans also involved." NPR's Joanna Keeckissus reporting from Keeb. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating why a cargo plane overshot a runway at Miami International Airport yesterday. NPR's ping-long reports, the 767, operated by Amazon, struck several vehicles, killing at
least five people. Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Kridera Stets says a cargo plane overran the runway.
“"It came to rest at a field adjacent to the airport.”
At this time, we can confirm that we have at least five to six individuals. And we have multiple individuals that were transported to local hospitals with unknown injuries." Video posted on social media shows the Boeing 767, with its tail over the airport's fence, and thick black smoke rising from the aircraft. It's unclear so far what caused the crash, though the National Transportation Safety Board
says they're sending a team to the site and launching an investigation. Ping-Wong and PR news. Nepal is observing a day of mourning for the victims of last month's devastating floods. Nearly 1,400 people were killed and thousands of others are still missing. Omkark Hanikar reports after two weeks only three people have been found alive.
Over the weekend, Nepali Army rescued a Chinese worker from inside a 225-meter tunnel, buried in mud after a wall of ice and rock tore through a Himalayan valley last month. Another video they shared showed soldiers carrying a disoriented man into a helicopter. Authorities said the man had mild hypothermia, but was largely stable.
“Local newspaper Gutmann to post reports that Nepali authorities are also planning a $15 million”
project to train four glacier lakes at risk of overflowing, Omkark Hanikar and Piat News New Delhi. We're listening to NPR News from Washington. Hurricane Lowe is taking aim at Hawaii. The category three storm has maximum sustained winds of about 120 miles an hour as it
moves north northeast toward the islands. Pat Porter is the emergency management administrator for Kauaii. As of now, all of Kauaii is under the area where we're going to have troubles storm force winds. But Nia was actually on the border there where they may have the 58-mile-prower destructive
winds. Forecaster say the storm could bring heavy rain, flash flooding, mudslides, and dangerous surf as it passes west of the state. The maker of Smart Rings called Orah is preparing to go public in what could be a blockbuster IPO.
The company's first financial disclosure show a massive trove of personal data and a very loyal base of subscribers willing to pay a monthly fee. NPR's Alina Seljuk reports.
The Orah ring has been writing the wellness trend to sell 3.6 billion rings in the past
year. That's according to the company's new disclosures ahead of the public listing on the NASDAQ. Orah's pitch is that it tracks over 50 metrics like the heart rates, stress levels, sleep patterns. It also sells a subscription for about $6 a month to be able to see most of that data.
The company's filing says Orah has, quote, "amassed one of the largest and highest quality longitudinal biometric data sets and consumer health, representing nearly 42 billion hours of physiological data." Orah says it's revenue doubled from 2024 to 2025 and seems on track to do that again this year.
And this week on NewsMakers, after more than a decade in comedy, I wasn't sure that we would get here. Robby Hoffman is fearless. I had a small feeling I wasn't sure. And fully herself.
Hello. You can go out and wash. Well I'm not home now, I'm doing something. We plunge into comedy and success with Robbie Hoffman on NPR's NewsMakers.
