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News Articles: Europe

Scotland Yard is reviewing allegations against the Washington Post's publisher and CEO, Will Lewis, shown here at a conference in 2017. The preliminary inquiry centers on Lewis' actions while an executive for Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company.

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U.K. police reviewing accusations against 'Washington Post' publisher

British police are reviewing allegations that Washington Post CEO Will Lewis obstructed justice when he worked for media mogul Rupert Murdoch in the U.K. 13 years ago.

August 01, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Will Lewis, pictured here in the <em>Washington Post</em> newsroom, was a top executive for Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids 13 years ago.

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Washington Post CEO accused in court of deceiving police about U.K. hacking scandal

Washington Post CEO Will Lewis was accused in a London courtroom Monday of deceiving police who were investigating Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids when they were embroiled in a major scandal.

July 30, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
In this photo illustration, boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter on April 17, 2023, in Los Angeles. Ozempic was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat people with Type 2 diabetes, and it's now also used by many people to lose weight.

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Ozempic's biggest side effect: Turning Denmark into a 'pharmastate'?

Novo Nordisk is powering Denmark's economy with huge sales of Ozempic. But could its stratospheric growth pose a risk?

July 30, 2024
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  • Sofia Shchukina
Emergency services work at the scene in Southport, England, where a man has been detained and a knife has been seized after a number of people were injured in a reported stabbing on Monday.

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2 children killed and others injured in stabbing rampage at a dance class in England

A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with the deadly stabbings in the English town of Southport.

July 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Serbia's Novak Djokovic, right, shakes hands with Spain's Rafael Nadal after the two faced off in the Paris Olympics —  their 60th matchup overall. Nadal has been battling injuries for years, but he rallied for a number of dramatic points in front of an appreciative crowd at Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium.

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Djokovic and Nadal treat Olympic fans to a scintillating, if short, match in Paris

What other pair could turn a relatively straight-forward 6-1, 6-4 second-round match into a clinic of tennis brilliance?

July 29, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Travelers sit on stairs at the Gare de Montparnasse at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday in Paris. Hours away from the opening ceremony of the Olympics, high-speed rail traffic to the French capital was severely disrupted on Friday following what officials described as "criminal actions" and sabotage.

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France's high-speed train lines are sabotaged hours before Olympic opening ceremony

Just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony in the French capital, rail networks around the country were brought to a standstill Friday by a series of arson attacks on train lines in what officials called “coordinated acts of malice.”

July 26, 2024
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar celebrates Sunday as he crosses the finish line to win the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 33.7 kilometers (20.9 miles) that started in Monaco and finished in Nice, France.

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Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar outraced his top rivals to win the Tour de France

Pogačar also won the sport’s other major race, the Giro D’Italia, earlier this year, making him the first man to win both majors in a season since 1998.

July 22, 2024
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  • Willem Marx and
  • Ayana Archie
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talk during a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in March 2022.

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European allies praise Biden's decision to step aside

European leaders list Biden's accomplishments while in office in recognizing the difficult decision he made. Zelenskyy praises Biden's support during Ukraine's "most dramatic moment in history."

July 22, 2024
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  • Willem Marx
Oleksii Kharkivskyi, the chief of the patrol police of Vovchansk, in his police car in an undisclosed location in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on May 26.

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Near Ukraine's front line, a devastated community takes stock after Russian advances

For the last 10 weeks, a battle has raged for a small northeastern Ukrainian border town just five miles from Russia. After delays, Western military aid helped stall Russia's assault.

July 20, 2024
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  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
A group of <em>novachky</em>, female campers ages 6-11, stand at attention for a photograph, along with their two <em>sestrichky</em>, or "sisters" who serve as female counselors. Marching drills are a daily activity at camp.

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How Ukrainian scouting culture thrives in the woods of western New York state

Every July, campers, counselors and administrators gather on 84 acres of hilly woods in the woods of western New York state that has been home to a Ukrainian summer camp called “Novyi Sokil” since 1950.

July 20, 2024
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  • Andrea Wenglowskyj
Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26.

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  • Europe

Russian court sentences U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison

A Russian court convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage Friday, sentencing him to 16 years in a Russian prison colony in a trial the U.S. denounced as a sham.

July 19, 2024
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  • Charles Maynes
Soldiers patrol on a footbridge over the Seine River on Wednesday in Paris.

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  • Sports

Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony

An Olympics anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine seals off a miles-long area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass.

July 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People jump into the Seine River in Paris on July 17, after Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month.

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Paris mayor swims in the Seine to demonstrate its safety ahead of the Olympics

After Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the river, she said the Olympics were "a kind of magnet that attracted all our energies towards a single date, July 26, and we did it.”

July 18, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Scenes of destruction at the Factor Druk printing house, one of Ukraine's largest, can be seen days after it was hit in a Russian missile attack, on May 27.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's bookstores are thriving, but a top printing plant took a deadly hit

Ukraine's bookstores have expanded despite the war, fueled by interest in works by Ukrainian writers, some who have been killed by Russian forces. But a Russian missile struck a top printing plant.

July 18, 2024
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  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
Tourists shelter from the sun in front of the Sforzesco Castle in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday. Weather alerts, forest fires, melting pavement in cities: A sizzling heat wave has sent temperatures in parts of central and southern Europe soaring toward 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in some places.

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  • Weather

'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F

Temperatures were in the triple-digits in much of the area on Tuesday and authorities warn that they could top 110 degrees F in southern Spain in the coming days.

July 17, 2024
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