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It's dirt trails, not snow, at the World Championships of Dry Land Mushing. Humans and canines race for the top prize at the championships, held for the first time in the United States.

Cartels are using submersible vessels to traffic drugs. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Steven Dudley, co-founder and co-director of InSight Crime, about the narcosubs and if they can be stopped.

As a powerful Hindu nationalist group celebrated its centenary in the Indian city of Nagpur, across town, hundreds renounced their Hindu faith and converted to Buddhism.

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

Some praised realistic elements like the depiction of the White House situation room. But others said parts of the plot didn't ring true.

A federal judge in Chicago is weighing whether federal immigration agents have used appropriate force in recent enforcement efforts. NPR reports on a residential building raid that's become a symbol of these new, and harsher tactics.

President Trump imposed new sanctions on Russia and cancelled a summit with President Putin, hoping to pressure Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. But Putin appears not too concerned.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with European Union leaders Thursday as they prepare massive new financing for Kyiv's war effort.

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must allow UN aid into Gaza and allow them to operate without interference. But Israel has rejected the non-binding opinion.

The U.S. and other western countries have issued sanctions on Russian oil exports since 2022. The Planet Money team explains how the country's shadow fleet of aging oil tankers evades policing.