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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view “are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States.” (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

A new exhibit at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum focuses on African fashion. The exhibit’s curator says it’s a way for the museum to acknowledge its colonial legacy.

Rising energy prices in Europe have forced some Italians to turn to abandoned cooking methods. One Tuscan village is using wool to insulate cooking boxes that slow-cook food with less energy.

Protestors explain why they came out and demonstrated in China. Some say they did it to protest against COVID controls, others for more abstract political ideals.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with reporters Sandy Tolan and Euclides Cordero Nuel about the ban on Dominican sugar from Central Romana, based on information that the company uses forced labor.

Brazil’s President-elect is pledging a “zero tolerance” policy on deforestation in the Amazon. But climate scientists warn the damage already done may be irreversible.

A senior Russian diplomat says Russia and the United States repeatedly came close to reaching agreement on a prisoner exchange and a deal remains possible before the year’s end.