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A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Greece. Another round of smoke from Canadian wildfires is drifting south. A dangerous horse tranquilizer is being laced into U.S. street drugs.
Europe
Migrant ship sinking off Greece: Dozens are dead and hundreds are missing
NPR's A Martinez talks to Associated Press journalist Derek Gatopoulos about the smuggling boat that capsized off the coast of Greece.
As the U.S. and democracies worldwide face threats, Britain shows how to fight back
With democracy under siege around the world, the U.K. offers a glimmer of hope. Despite attacks from former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Britain's institutions resisted.
An American is arrested over the death of a U.S. tourist at a German castle
An American man has been arrested over the death of one U.S. tourist and an assault on another near Neuschwanstein castle after he allegedly pushed the two women down a steep slope, authorities said.
NATO has gone into high gear as the war in Ukraine continues
As the war in Ukraine intensifies, NATO is stepping up training to increase readiness among its members, including maneuvers this month on NATO's eastern flank in Romania.
Germany will pay more than $1.4 billion next year to survivors of Nazi atrocities
Nearly $890 million will go toward home care services — an increasingly vital aspect of the reparation effort, as Holocaust victims advance in age.
Inquiry finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over 'partygate'
A U.K. parliamentary committee says the former PM's lies over COVID rule breaches were "unprecedented," and recommends he be denied a pass to ever enter the parliament building again.
Starting next week there will be no more rides to Hel on bus 666 in Poland
Christian groups have long protested the 666 bus because the number signifies the devil. The bus will be changed to 669, but it will still go to Hel which sounds like the word "hell" in English.
Dozens are dead and hundreds feared missing from migrant ship sinking off Greece
Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece.
German homeowners worry about the cost of meeting the country's climate targets
Germany plans to ban gas and oil boilers in all new buildings starting next year to reduce its carbon footprint. Homeowners are concerned that the new rules will bankrupt them.