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People demonstrate against political persecution in front of a Belarusian embassy on Jan. 26, 2025.

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Belarus has released 3 from prison, including an American and a journalist

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after more than three years. The released American has not been named publicly.

February 12, 2025
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  • Michele Kelemen and
  • Charles Maynes
A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border, Sumy region, Ukraine, on Aug. 14, 2024.

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  • Europe

Trump spoke with Russia's Putin and Ukraine's Zelenskyy to start talks to end the war

President Trump says he spoke with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine in separate phone calls Wednesday, discussing the two countries' war and other issues.

February 12, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
A view of the city center of the Greenlandic capital Nuuk. Trump's renewed interest in acquiring the island hasn't gone over well with Greenland or Denmark.

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  • Politics

Red, White and Blueland? Trump's Greenland talk sparks some colorful proposals

President Trump's talk of acquiring Greenland has sparked creative proposals, from a bill to rename the island "Red, White and Blueland" to a satirical petition for Denmark to buy "Califørnia."

February 12, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Ellen Keelan, center, and other family members rally outside the White House for the release of Marc Fogel, detained in Russia since August 2021, on July 15, 2023.

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  • Europe

Russia releases American teacher Marc Fogel from prison

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said Fogel was released in what he called "an exchange" with Russia and was on his way back to the United States. Terms of the exchange were unclear.

February 11, 2025
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  • Michele Kelemen
United States Vice-President JD Vance arrives for a dinner at the Elysee Palace, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Monday.

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  • Politics

Vance to attend international AI and security summits as Ukraine war and tariffs loom

Vance will likely use the summits to resist further AI regulation while reiterating a common Trump refrain: that military allies need to further ramp up spending that supports NATO and Ukraine.

February 11, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
Spanish far-right VOX party leader Santiago Abascal, centre, waves next to European far-right politicians during the Patriots for Europe summit in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. From left, Italy's vice Premier Matteo Salvini, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, far-right VOX party leader Santiago Abascal and French far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

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  • Europe

Europe's far-right leaders applaud Trump and downplay threat of possible U.S. tariffs

The event was organized by Spain's Vox party in Madrid under the banner "Make Europe Great Again." The leaders applauded President Trump's agenda and spoke of the turning point it presented Europe.

February 09, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A bartender pours Prosecco at Founder's Welcome Breakfast during Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival.

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U.S. Prosecco importers panic as Trump's tariff threat bubbles up

President Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on European goods has led Americans to suddenly stockpile their favorite Italian wines, especially sparkling Prosecco.

February 07, 2025
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  • Ruth Sherlock
Donald Trump Jr. speaks at a campaign rally, Nov. 5, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Italian politicians allege Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting party killed a protected duck

Italian politicians want action against a hunting party that included the president's son, who they accuse of allegedly killing a ruddy shelduck. One Italian paper called it the "Donald Duck crisis."

February 06, 2025
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  • Ruth Sherlock
Pets At Home in Southend, U.K., is one retailer to be selling dog treats made from lab-grown meat.

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Bone appétit! Dog treats from lab-grown meat are hitting the U.K. market

Experts say a fifth of U.K. meat consumption is by pets, not people. If Fido eats lab-grown meat, they say, it could cut the country's carbon footprint.

February 06, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
A screen near the Energy Museum and Mindaugas Bridge indicates that on February 8 the Baltic States will disconnect from the Russian electricity grid to synchronise with Continental Europe, in Vilnius, Lithuania on Feb. 4, 2025.

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  • Europe

Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia

The severing of electricity ties to Russia is rich in geopolitical significance. Work on it sped up after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

February 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Icebergs are photographed from the window of an airplane carrying NASA scientists as they fly on a mission to track melting ice in eastern Greenland on Aug. 14, 2019.

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  • Europe

Greenland bans foreign political donations as Trump seeks the island

The bill is aimed at protecting "Greenland's political integrity" and will take effect immediately, according to a translation of a parliamentary document in Danish outlining the measure.

February 05, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The Aga Khan addresses an audience about the challenges to a pluralistic society on Nov. 12, 2015, at the Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • Europe

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88

Considered by followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was a student when his grandfather picked him to lead the Shia Ismaili Muslim diaspora.

February 05, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Police respond to a shooting at Risbergska School, in Örebro, Sweden, on Tuesday.

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  • Europe

About 10 people are dead in a shooting at an adult education center in Sweden

Swedish police said that about 10 people, including the gunman, were killed during a shooting Tuesday at an adult education center.

February 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The former president of Spain's soccer federation Luis Rubiales arrives at the National Court in Madrid, Spain on April. 29, 2024. Rubiales will testify on Monday as a defendant for alleged corruption during his time at the head of the organization.

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  • Europe

Former Spain soccer official Rubiales goes on trial for unsolicited kiss of player

The former president of the Spanish soccer federation goes on trial Monday accused of sexual assault for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso after Spain's victory at the Women's World Cup final in 2023.

February 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Horst Koehler, Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations to the parties to the conflict in Western Sahara, arrives for a round table on Western Sahara at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2018.

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  • Europe

Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81

Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country's military, has died at 81.

February 01, 2025
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