NPR News: 08-29-2026 12PM EDT
Summary
NPR News Now covers ongoing search and rescue efforts in Nepal and China following deadly floods and mudslides. The broadcast reports on a major oil deal between the US and Venezuela, a deadly Russian airstrike on a munitions depot near Kyiv, and a proposed land exchange in Yosemite National Park. Additional stories include the sentencing of former Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno and tributes to the late King Harald of Norway.
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Search and rescue efforts after Nepal-China border floods
Trump administration oil deal with Venezuela
Deadly Russian airstrike on munitions depot near Kyiv
Controversial land exchange proposal in Yosemite National Park
Former Ecuador president sentenced for bribery
Norway mourns late King Harald V
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