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the memory palace - From The Memory Palace Audiobook: Fine New England Granite

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CBS News Roundup - 11/25/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Travelers pack the airports for their Thanksgiving holiday getaways. Progress reported in the effort to end the war in Ukraine. Six members of Congress who participated in a video stating military members can refuse illegal orders are under investigation by the FBI.

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PBS News Hour - World - News Wrap: Trump says there’s progress in U.S. effort to end Ukraine war

In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump says there's progress in the U.S.-backed effort to end the war in Ukraine and he's dispatching two envoys to build on talks, Israel received another set of human remains from Gaza and the FBI is requesting interviews with Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video telling troops to defy unlawful orders. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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PBS News Hour - World - China ‘cannot peacefully coexist with democracies,’ says Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister

President Trump spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, and the Chinese government said Xi outlined what it called China’s "principled" position on Taiwan. The self-governing democracy of 23 million has never been part of Communist China, but Beijing considers it a breakaway province. Nick Schifrin sat down with Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister to talk about the relationship with the U.S. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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PBS News Hour - Health - Recycled lead used in U.S. auto batteries linked to poisoning in African communities

Lead is a key element in your car battery and is expensive to produce domestically. U.S. automakers often use recycled lead produced overseas, a practice long framed as an environmental success story. But a new investigation has found that the recycled lead used by U.S. auto and battery manufacturers is not safe and is linked to dangerous lead poisoning. Stephanie Sy reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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PBS News Hour - Art Beat - ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ follows Ukrainians forced into combat in Russia’s invasion

The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is just a few months short of the four-year mark. PBS's Frontline, working with the Associated Press, will air "2000 Meters to Andriivka," a relentless portrait of life and death on the frontlines. Nick Schifrin spoke with filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
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Marketplace All-in-One - Much ado about affordability

“Affordability” — it’s a hot-button issue across the political spectrum. But how does one define or quantify a subjective idea? We called up a linguist and a few economists to hear their thoughts. Plus: Flat wholesale inflation is a warning sign for higher overall inflation, September retail sales merely inched up, and the U.S. dollar is showing signs of recovery after a troubling first half of the year.


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Consider This from NPR - Sen. Kelly says Trump doesn’t “understand the Constitution”

Facing the threat of a potential military court martial and possible questions from the FBI, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona spoke to NPR's Scott Detrow. This comes after Kelly, a Navy veteran and former astronaut, appeared with five other Democratic lawmakers in a video letting active duty troops know they do not have to follow illegal orders.


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Newshour - Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week

Ukraine's President Zelensky says he's ready to meet President Trump to discuss the most sensitive points of US- drafted peace agreement with Russia. But he said his country's European allies should also join the meeting. Mr Zelensky was addressing a gathering of the Coalition of the Willing - a group of nations which supports Kyiv. We will hear from an Ukrainian MP who is in London to meet with British lawmakers.

Also in the programme: Scientists in the UK have established that the brain ages through five distinct stages over its lifetime; and Los Angeles' most famous modernist-styled house goes on sale for the first time.

(Picture: Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian strike on a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine on 25 November, 2025. Credit: MAXYM MARUSENKO/EPA/Shutterstock)