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"I'm always very sure about what I want to create," the Spanish artist Rosalía tells NPR.

Rosalía is unafraid to pull from every corner of the world

The genre-bending star talks her new album Motomami, expressing sexuality in music and her global approach to pop.

Lilly Wachowski takes part in The Power of TV: Trans Visibility in Storytelling, a Television Academy Foundation public event focused on representation of trans individuals in television and the pathways to increased visibility, at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on Aug. 1, 2019 in North Hollywood, Calif.

Filmmakers behind 'The Matrix' are auctioning off memorabilia to support trans kids

The auction from Lana and Lilly Wachowski includes more than 180 items from The Matrix Revolutions, V for Vendetta, Sense 8 and Speed Racer, among other films.

The pandemic inspired a cartoonist to explore their Wuhanese roots and queer identity

In the funny and heartfelt coming-of-age graphic memoir 'Messy Roots,' artist Laura Gao unpacks their relationship with their Asianness, queerness and their ever-changing home city of Wuhan.

Smoke rises next to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, on Sunday. Taliban fighters have entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital, further tightening their grip on the country.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Leaves Country As Taliban Forces Enter Kabul

The president of the U.S.-backed Afghan government reportedly went to neighboring Tajikistan as the insurgency's forces swept into the capital Sunday.

What is Russia's place on the U.N. Security Council?

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Richard Gowan of the International Crisis Group about Russia's place on the U.N. Security Council.

Then Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is seen at a news conference with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in 2018. A longtime senator known for working across party lines, Hatch died Saturday at age 88.

Orrin Hatch, longtime Republican Utah senator, dies at 88

Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history, was known for working across party lines.

Nyayua Thang, 62, left, stands waist-deep in the floodwaters in front of an abandoned primary school in South Sudan. Members of her village, displaced by extreme flooding as a result of heavy rainfall, are using the building as a refuge. Only small mud dikes at the entrance of the door are keeping the water out. (November 2020)

Prize-winning photos capture the grit and suffering of flood survivors in South Sudan

The photo series Unyielding Floods recently won its fifth award this year. It captures the strength and hardship of those affected by flooding of biblical proportions in South Sudan.

China looks to learn from Russia's shortcomings in Ukraine

Russia's military has not performed as expected in Ukraine. The Chinese People's Liberation Army, which regularly drills with Russia, is watching closely.

EU trade official calls the economic impact of defending Ukraine a price worth paying

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis about the economic impact of Russia's ongoing assault on Ukraine.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced plans to meet on Sunday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

2 U.S. Cabinet officials will meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Sunday. The State Department declined to comment to NPR.

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