Europe

For Irish Illegally In U.S., A Life Locked In Place, Hoping For Change

11:04am October 24, 2015

by John Burnett

Over 11 million people now live in the U.S. illegally, about a quarter of whom come from places not in Latin America. That includes unauthorized Irish, and they're pushing for immigration reform, too.

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Migrants Arrive On Slovenia-Austria Border

8:48am October 24, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Tens of thousands of migrants are surging through the Balkans and landing on Austria's doorstep, on the border of Slovenia. They're fleeing war and poverty.

Automatically enrolling workers into a savings plan and then deducting their pre-tax contribution from their paycheck means workers don't see or feel any loss. It sort of tricks our brains into doing the right thing.

Why Is It So Hard To Save? U.K. Shows It Doesn't Have To Be

3:09pm October 23, 2015

by Chris Arnold

Millions of workers in the U.K. who thought they couldn't afford it are saving thanks to a law that automatically enrolls them in a retirement plan. It tricks their brains into doing the right thing.

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Volunteers Flock To Greece To Aid Migrants And Refugees

2:54pm October 23, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Lesbos is now the main entry point into Europe for thousands of refugees and migrants. It's also a magnet for volunteers from all over the world. We meet a group who aid refugees who crossed the sea during a rainstorm.

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Emergency personnel escort people away from the site of a collision in Puisseguin in southwestern France. At least 40 people, most of them elderly, were killed when a bus collided with a truck and caught fire in southwest France.

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42 People Die After Bus Crashes In Southwest France

11:31am October 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Most of the passengers were senior citizens; the bus had recently departed from a village near Bordeaux for a sightseeing trip.

Breast Cancer In The Developing World: Rising Rates, Shrouded In Silence

6:08pm October 22, 2015

by Marc Silver

Women are afraid their husbands will walk out. They think, I'll die anyway, so what's the point of seeing a doctor. Or there may be no treatment within reach.

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WATCH: Skydiving Accident Averted After Father Stops Son's Spin

5:05pm October 22, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The scare took place in Poland, where Mariusz and Jakub Dulaj took a skydiving trip that was captured on video by a camera mounted to Mariusz's helmet.

Foreign Ministers To Meet In Vienna, Discuss Syria

4:29pm October 22, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to international order and strategy expert Jeremy Shapiro about Friday's planned meeting on Syria held by Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers from Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

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Muslim Community Wary Of U.K.'s New Strategy To Fight Extremism

2:04pm October 22, 2015

by Leila Fadel

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled a controversial counter-extremism strategy this week. It was met with swift criticism from members of the Muslim community that worries the policy will limit free speech, free assembly and freedom of religion.

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A picture provided to AFP by a student shows the masked attacker holding a sword as he poses for a photo with two students before beginning a deadly attack at a primary and middle school in Trollhattan, Sweden, Thursday.

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Sword-Wielding Man Kills 2, Injures Others At Swedish School

1:02pm October 22, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A teacher and a student have died and three other people are seriously wounded in southern Sweden, after a masked man armed with a sword or knife attacked a school. The man was killed by police.