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• KNPR.org | Nevada Public Radio

  News, culture, entertainment, art, lifestyle and NPR for Las Vegas and Nevada. Desert Companion celebrates the passions and aspirations of Southern Nevadans.

• PHOTOS: Global heat hacks, from jazzy umbrellas in DRC to ice beans in Singapore

  We asked photographers around the world to make pictures of how the locals cope with this year's record heat. They created some really cool images.

• Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, arrested following court conviction

  Pakistani police arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan at his home in the city of Lahore after a court convicted him in an asset concealment case and handed him down a three-year prison sentence.

• Russia and India are landing on the moon next week. Here's what you need to know

  India and Russia are sending landers to spots near the south pole, which has water ice that might one day be mined to make rocket fuel.

• How Biden used Camp David to elevate a summit with Japan and South Korea

  For 80 years, presidents have brought foreign leaders to the rustic mountain retreat known as Camp David. President Biden worked to tap into that history for talks with Japan and South Korea.

• Spain outlasts England 1-0 to win its first Women's World Cup title

  Spain's victory over England came less than a year after a near-mutiny by its players last year. Its win made it the first European team to win the Women's World Cup since Germany in 2007.