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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tom Maddocks of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, about the atmosphere at the Australian Open without defending champion Novak Djokovic.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant about the drama at the Australian Open, and also about the NFL playoffs kicking off this weekend.

El Salvador is deploying scores of police officers and soldiers to its border to stop migrants. It's all part of a new agreement with the United States to stop the flow of migrants heading north.

JetLAG bills itself as the largest festival of Russian, Slavic and East European musicians in the U.S. But its organizers almost canceled it this summer because of the war in Ukraine.

The mobilization of thousands more troops to bolster the military campaign in Ukraine is rippling across Russia, as the military swiftly drafts new recruits and signs of discontent appear to spread.

While waging the fight in Ukraine, Moscow confronts protests over its call-up of military reservists, an attack on a recruiting office and other incidents that include a deadly school shooting.

The European Union is split over whether to give refuge to Russians fleeing after President Vladimir Putin announced last week that men with military experience would be called up to fight in Ukraine.

Russia's call-up of additional troops has prompted many men to look for ways to avoid military service. Some of them are packing flights to Turkey.

Despite measures meant to protect renters during the pandemic, homelessness among Latino residents has spiked in San Francisco.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the expulsion of Russian diplomats are the result of "colossal blackmail" by the U.S.. That so many nations are taking part, he said, shows how few truly independent countries are left in the world.