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Photo released by the City of London Police showing the first "cannabis factory" discovered in the City.

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  • Europe

Police Find 1st 'Cannabis Factory' In London's Financial District, Destroy 826 Plants

Growers likely took advantage of less-populated streets due to the coronavirus pandemic, police say. But the reduction in city traffic also made the cannabis plants' pungent odor more noticeable.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Reese Oxner

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak

A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 1 million globally.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Daniel Wood,
  • Stephanie Adeline,
  • and 2 more
An official has a blood pressure test before receiving the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, developed in China, at a hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on January 15.

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  • Global Health

China's Sinovac Vaccine Is Rolling Out Around The World. Will It Work?

Research suggests the vaccine prevents disease only 50% of the time. But it could still have a big impact. And many countries are betting on it.

January 19, 2021
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is escorted out of a police station in Khimki, outside Moscow, following the court ruling that ordered him jailed for 30 days.

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  • World

After Arrest, Kremlin Critic Navalny Calls On Supporters To 'Take To The Streets'

Alexei Navalny was arrested Sunday after arriving back in Russia from Germany, where he had been recovering from nerve agent poisoning. A judge ordered that he remain in custody for 30 days.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Lucian Kim
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained on Sunday upon his arrival in Moscow. He had spent nearly the last five months recovering in Germany after being poisoned in August.

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  • Europe

Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

Russian authorities detained the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.

January 17, 2021
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By:
  • Wynne Davis
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, shown here at a 2019 rally in Moscow, says he plans to return to Russia.

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  • Europe

After Poisoning, Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Vows To Return To Russia

Alexei Navalny said he has purchased a Sunday plane ticket to return to Moscow. He has spent months in Germany recovering from nerve agent poisoning.

January 13, 2021
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
A group of former displaced persons helps load the Freedom Bell aboard a Navy transport vessel in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 1950. One of the children, Eva Zandler, 8, originally from Poland, presents a scroll — to be enshrined in the Freedom Bell's tower in Berlin — to Frederick Osborn, the New York City chairman of the Crusade for Freedom.

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  • World

'Trump Has Created A Huge Chasm' In U.S. Society: Capitol Siege Viewed From Berlin

The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol stunned many in Germany, especially those who grew up in the American sector of then-West Berlin.

January 12, 2021
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By:
  • Esme Nicholson
A photo shows seats with stickers to respect social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the Theatre de l'Archeveche in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, on July 23, 2020.

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  • Arts & Life

In France, Performing Artists Are Guaranteed Unemployment Income

As U.S. performing artists struggle to make ends meet during the pandemic, those in France are benefitting from an unemployment system that takes into account the intermittent nature of their work.

January 12, 2021
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Katie Kheriji-Watts
Paramedics prepare an ambulance outside the Royal London Hospital on Friday. Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a "major incident," warning that hospitals in the British capital could soon be overwhelmed after a surge in coronavirus infections.

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  • Europe

London Mayor Says City 'At Crisis Point,' Declares 'Major Incident'

"The stark reality is that we will run out of beds for patients in the next couple of weeks unless the spread of the virus slows down drastically," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Friday.

January 08, 2021
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy
A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Jean-Christophe Richard in La Croix-Rousse hospital, in Lyon, France, on Wednesday. Amid public outcry, France's health minister promised Tuesday an "exponential" acceleration of his country's slow coronavirus vaccination process.

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  • World

After Slow Start, Europeans Call For Quicker Vaccines Against COVID-19

From France to Germany to The Netherlands, citizens are venting frustration over the pace of the mass vaccination program.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
German Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Franziska Giffey during the meeting of the German cabinet on Wednesday in Berlin. The cabinet approved a draft law that would require women on the executive boards of large publicly held  companies.

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  • Europe

Germany Moves Toward Requiring Women On Large Companies' Executive Boards

Germany lags the U.S. and others in the number of women on boards at major companies. "[N]ot many changes are made voluntarily, and progress is very slow," said the federal minister for women.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
A bottle of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is shown before being used last month in Topeka, Kan. The European Medicines Agency has recommended authorizing the drug on a conditional basis.

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  • Global Health

EU Authorizes Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Saying It Has 160 Million Doses

"Now we are working at full speed to approve it & make it available in the EU," said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It is be the second vaccine to get EU authorization.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A Julian Assange supporter holds up a placard of the WikiLeaks founder outside Westminster Magistrates Court, the site of his bail hearing, in London on Wednesday.

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  • Law

U.K. Judge Rejects Julian Assange's Bail Request, Citing Flight Risk

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that the WikiLeaks founder must be held in custody while the U.S. government appeals an extradition request.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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  • Europe

Europeans Criticize The Slow Start To COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout In EU

There's growing concern in Germany about the slow start to the campaign. German politicians blame EU leaders for moving too slowly, and for wanting to control the rollout for its 27 member states.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
Chairs are piled up outside a restaurant Monday in the Baltic Sea resort town of Haffkrug, Germany.

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  • Europe

Germany To Extend Lockdown As COVID-19 Deaths Continue To Rise

While daily new infections have declined somewhat, more than 1,000 Germans are dying per day. All 16 German states are in favor of keeping restrictions in place.

January 05, 2021
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
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