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Every year Iranians around the world celebrate Nowruz. The Persian new year is a two-week festival that marks the start of spring. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Pien Huang speaks with Joshua Yaffa, author of the book Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia, about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow this week. Read More at NPR

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a law to allow a monument near the state Capitol marking the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before Roe v. Wade was overturned. (Image credit: Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP) Read More at NPR

Under the $50 million deal, the state is partnering with drugmaker Civica to start making the new generic insulin later this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom said. (Image credit: Damian Dovarganes/AP) Read More at NPR

How can communities keep rural traditions alive for the next generation? In Western Kansas youth rodeo is gaining in popularity. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with University of Washington student Chris McCarty, who worked on state legislation to crack down on parental exploitation of child influencers on TikTok and YouTube. Read More at NPR

The Army determined that foul play was not involved in the death of a female soldier in Fort Hood, Texas. But a Latino civil rights group is calling for an investigation into the case. Read More at NPR

Canada claims China has interfered in its elections – the latest addition to a growing list of grievances between the two countries. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks to two Iraqi journalists, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Rasha Al Aqeedi, about the consequences of the US-led invasion of Iraq, 20 years ago. Read More at NPR

Young people throughout Greece have staged huge protests following last month’s train crash near the city of Larissa which killed 57 people, many of them students. Read More at NPR