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Italian Ambassador To DRC Is Killed In Attack On Food Aid Convoy

The violence struck near Goma, as Ambassador Luca Attanasio rode in a U.N. World Food Program convoy near the DRC's eastern borders with Rwanda and Uganda.

February 22, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi meets over the weekend with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

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Iran, U.N. Regulators Agree On Reduced — But Continued — Nuclear Verification

The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran announced an deal to keep some verification activities going for the immediate future. Iran earlier had said it would suspend snap inspections.

February 22, 2021
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  • Peter Kenyon
Protesters clash with Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan police force, following a demonstration Saturday in Barcelona against the imprisonment of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel.

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  • Europe

Violence Erupts In Barcelona On 5th Night Of Protests Over Jailed Rapper

Protesters lit fires and luxury stores were vandalized and looted. Nightly, at times violent, protests have followed Pablo Hasél's arrest under a law that criminalizes glorifying terrorism.

February 21, 2021
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  • Jason Slotkin
Friedrich Karl Berger, in a 1959 photo. A court found that he helped guard prisoners when they were forced to evacuate a Nazi concentration camp in a nearly two-week trip under "inhumane conditions," the Justice Department said.

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U.S. Deports Nazi Concentration Camp Guard To Germany

A 95-year-old man who's been living in Tennessee was deported to Germany to face authorities over his work as a camp guard. Friedrich Karl Berger has lived in the United States since 1959.

February 20, 2021
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  • Rob Stein
A woman talks to police during a demonstration against the imprisonment of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél in Madrid. Clashes between police and protestors have gone on for three days and have led to dozens of arrests and injuries.

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  • Europe

Protests Continue In Spain Against Jailing Of Rapper Over Tweets

For the third day, protesters in Spain's major cities hit the streets calling for the release of Pablo Hasél, who was arrested for tweets critical of the monarchy and supporting Basque separatists.

February 19, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
President Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House to virtually address the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday.

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Biden Takes His 'America Is Back' Message To The World In Munich Speech

President Biden sought to turn the page on the Trump administration's "America First" ethos in a speech to the Munich Security Conference where he tried to repair frayed ties with European allies.

February 19, 2021
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  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Michele Kelemen
Workers from the garment sector block a road during a protest to demand payment of due wages, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in April 2020. They claimed that factories had not paid them after retailers and brands cancelled orders due to worldwide lockdown measures.

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What A 30,000-Person Survey Reveals About Day-To-Day Life In The Pandemic

The responses reveal the impact on living standards in nine low- and middle-income countries — and may help governments find a way to help citizens most in need.

February 18, 2021
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  • Malaka Gharib
A street sign says "Tesla Street 1" in front of the construction site of the Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin. The electric automaker plans to start building cars this summer at its first European production site.

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  • World

What Will Tesla's New German Gigafactory Mean For Germany's Auto Industry?

The electric automaker plans to start building cars outside Berlin this summer, threatening to upend Germany's traditional combustion engine car culture. It's Tesla's first European production site.

February 17, 2021
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  • Rob Schmitz
Charlotte Charles, the mother of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn, who was killed in a collision with an SUV driven by U.S. citizen Anne Sacoolas, stands beside her husband, Bruce Charles, as they discuss the case. Dunn's family is suing Sacoolas, who has claimed diplomatic immunity in the case.

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U.S. Court Sides With Family Of Man Killed In Crash Involving Diplomat's Wife

Anne Sacoolas, whose SUV struck and killed Harry Dunn in England, had asked the judge to dismiss the U.S. case to compel Dunn's family to pursue the lawsuit in U.K. courts.

February 16, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
On the day of the official change to decimalized currency on Feb. 15, 1971, Lord Fiske, chairman of the Decimal Currency Board, makes a purchase at a Woolworths store in London.

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U.K. And Ireland Celebrate 50 Years Since 'Decimal Day'

Until Feb. 15, 1971, Britain had 240 pennies to a pound. There were also two farthings in a ha'penny, three pennies in a bit, two shillings in a florin, and five shillings in a crown.

February 15, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, seen here in last March, have announced they are expecting a second child.

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'Overjoyed' Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Are Expecting Their 2nd Child

"We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child," a spokesperson for the couple said.

February 15, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Young people dance shining their cellphone flashlights in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya near Red Square in Moscow on Sunday.

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  • World

Alexei Navalny Supporters Gather For Valentine's Day Vigils

After weeks of protests and crackdowns, allies of the opposition figure Alexei Navalny urged Russians to hold up their phones outside for spans of 15 minutes.

February 14, 2021
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  • Jason Slotkin
New Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi presides over a meeting of his first cabinet in Rome Saturday.

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  • Europe

Mario Draghi, Former EU Central Bank Head, Sworn In As Italy's Prime Minister

The swearing in of the celebrated economist comes weeks after the country's last prime minister resigned. Draghi will face the twin challenges of the pandemic and a crumbling economy.

February 13, 2021
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  • Jason Slotkin

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  • World

The Harrowing Journeys To Safety Of Asylum-Seekers During A Pandemic

Rights groups accuse nations of using COVID-19 as an excuse to shut out refugees. Here's one story of migrants attempting a deadly voyage to Europe, only to be pushed back to where they fled.

February 13, 2021
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  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Abu Bakr Bashir
Police officers search addresses in Holbaek, Denmark, on Feb. 6. Denmark's intelligence service said it detained 13 people over a suspected terror plot, with another person arrested in Germany in a "linked" case.

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  • Europe

Danish, German Authorities Detain 14 Suspects In Counter-Terrorism Operation

The Danish intelligence service said it detained 13 people, with another arrested in Germany in a "linked" case. Seven are facing charges of possessing components for making explosives.

February 12, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
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