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Flowers and candles are placed at the scene of an attack on the square, in Kongsberg, Norway, Thursday. Norwegian authorities say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town appeared to be a terrorist act. Police identified the attacker as Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, who was arrested Wednesday night.

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  • Europe

Suspect in the Norway bow-and-arrow attacks faces court hearing

Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, has confessed to the killings. Police have described the attack as an act of terror.

October 15, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Banksy's "Love is in the Bin" (2018) is installed at Sotheby's on September 03, 2021 in London, England.

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  • Fine Art

A half-shredded Banksy piece is auctioned for $25.4 million, a record for the artist

"Love is in the Bin" made history when it was created during a 2018 auction. The crowd back then was shocked when a shredder activated as soon as the sale was complete, partly shredding the piece.

October 14, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
Police officers investigate a scene in Kongsberg, Norway, after a man armed with a bow killed several people before he was arrested Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Norwegian authorities say a deadly bow-and-arrow attack appears to be terrorism

The alleged assailant in Wednesday's attack that killed five people and seriously wounded three others is a Danish citizen and Muslim convert who had been flagged for concerns over radicalization.

October 14, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
In this Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 file photo, visitors take photos of the 3D re-production of Michelangelo's David at the Italy's pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. One of the most talked about attractions at the world's fair underway in Dubai is a towering statue made of marble dust that's raising eyebrows just as its original form did more than 500 years ago.

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  • World

Art or censorship? Expo shows just top of famed David statue

When visitors make their way to Italy's pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020, most will only see the head of Michelangelo's famous statue

October 13, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Raydel Aparicio Bringa (left) and Doniel Machado Pujol are photographed while being apprehended by Poland's Border Guard in the town of Sokolka, on the Polish border with Belarus. The two men, from Cuba, are among thousands of migrants from impoverished or war-torn countries that the regime of Alexander Lukashenko is accused of luring to Belarus to be sent across the border into the EU.

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  • World

Belarus' Lukashenko is accused of creating Europe's latest migration crisis

Poland has stopped some 16,000 migrants crossing its border from Belarus since August, and accuses Belarus' authoritarian regime of facilitating illegal migration into the European Union.

October 12, 2021
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
A mask-clad U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs from No. 10 Downing St. in London in March.

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  • Europe

The U.K.'s early approach to the pandemic cost thousands of lives, a new report says

The U.K. was slower to impose widespread lockdowns than the U.S. and many other countries. A new report says the government's approach amounted to accepting a herd immunity strategy.

October 12, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Journalist Maria Ressa talks to reporters on March 29, 2019, after posting bail at a trial court in Metro Manila, Philippines. This Friday, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ressa and journalist Dmitry Muratov for the fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and in Russia.

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  • News

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists in the Philippines and Russia

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia.

October 08, 2021
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  • Frank Langfitt and
  • Charles Maynes
Norway is seeing a record boom in sales of electric cars, which far outpace gas and diesel vehicles. Here, an electric BMW drives on the street in downtown Oslo.

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  • Business

9 in 10 cars now being sold in Norway are electric or hybrid

Of all new passenger cars sold so far in 2021 in Norway, less than 5% are powered by gasoline. The numbers push the country closer to meeting its goal of a zero-emission fleet of new cars by 2025.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A visitor walks near barbed wire and prison barracks at the former Auschwitz I concentration camp on Jan. 26, 2020, in Oswiecim, Poland.

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  • World

Authorities are investigating antisemitic graffiti found on Auschwitz barracks

Auschwitz Memorial officials call the vandalism "an outrageous attack on the symbol of one of the greatest tragedies in human history."

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Lawyer Stefan Waterkamp covers the face of accused Josef S. at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany, on Oct. 7, 2021. The 100-year-old man is charged as an accessory to murder on allegations that he served as a guard at the Nazis' Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

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  • Europe

A 100-year-old former Nazi guard has gone on trial, facing charges for 3,518 deaths

The suspect, who was identified only as Josef S. in keeping with German privacy rules, is accused of being an accessory to murder for serving as an SS guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

October 07, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Pope Francis listens to speeches during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.

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  • World

Pope Francis expresses shame at the scale of child sexual abuse by clergy in France

The pope spoke about a report released Tuesday that estimated some 330,000 French children were abused by clergy and other church authority figures dating back to 1950.

October 06, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
The Pandora Papers cite a number of leaders from lower-income countries or nations with great levels of inequality, among them Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (from left), Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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  • Global Health

Pandora Papers show how tax havens are part of the global inequity problem

Of 12 sitting heads of state implicated in the Pandora Papers, most are from low- or middle-income countries. So are many other politicians and elites named in the leaked documents.

October 04, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
GPB News NPR

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  • Europe

France's Catholic Church had 3,000 child abusers, finds independent investigation

A commission has been investigating sex abuse within the country's Roman Catholic Church for 2 1/2 years. Its full findings are scheduled to be released on Tuesday.

October 03, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov and his Italian bride, Victoria Romanovna Bettarini, exit St. Isaac's Cathedral following their wedding in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  • Europe

After a century of waiting, Russians witness a royal wedding once more

A descendant of the czarist Romanov dynasty was married in the first royal wedding in over 100 years — kicking off a weekend of lavish events that sparked public curiosity, awe and derision.

October 02, 2021
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
Belarus track coaches Artur Shimak (left) and Yury Maisevich are now under investigation, Olympics officials announced on Thursday. The pair are seen here last month at a checkpoint at a Tokyo airport.

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  • Sports

World Athletics Group Is Investigating 2 Belarus Coaches Over A Tokyo Olympics Flap

The two coaches were sent packing from the Summer Games after sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya said they tried to force her to leave Japan early.

September 30, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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