NPR News: 08-31-2026 10AM EDT
Summary
This NPR News Now episode covers a new US-Venezuela oil deal, ongoing mass burials and rescue efforts following deadly floods in Nepal, and global market reactions to rising crude oil prices and Fed interest rate expectations. The report also details a confirmed Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, volcanic activity in Indonesia, and closing arguments in the trial of Dwayne Davis for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
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US-Venezuela oil deal and political pushback
Nepal floods: mass burials and rescue efforts
Stocks fall as crude oil prices jump
G20 summit and Fed interest rate outlook
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
Mount Sinabung eruption in Indonesia
Closing arguments in Tupac Shakur murder trial
Iceland rejects EU membership in referendum
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