Europe

French Authorities Investigate High-Speed Train Attack

2:52pm August 25, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

French authorities are questioning the suspect in Friday night's attack on a crowded high speed train that was traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. The gunman lived in Spain, where he had a criminal record and was being watched by Spain, Germany, France and Belgium for possible ties to Islamic extremists.

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Global Economy Feels Ripples Of Chinese Stock Market Fall

2:36pm August 25, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to three NPR correspondents about the state of the global economy, including Frank Langfitt in Shanghai, Corey Flintoff in Moscow, and Lourdes Garcia-Navarro in Rio de Janeiro.

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Dow Loses Nearly 3.6 Percent. How Will Markets Fare On Tuesday?

1:32pm August 25, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Stock prices in Asia are battered and prices are down in Europe too. In the U.S., investors wait to see if the turmoil is abating. Stocks began dropping over concerns about China's economic slowdown.

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Dow Index Closes Below 16,000 After Plunging Nearly 3.6 Percent

6:57pm August 24, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The Dow Jones benchmark started Monday's session above 16,459 and fell more than 1,000 points before closing at 15,871. The index lost about 3.6 percent of its value.

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3 Americans Who Thwarted Train Attack Receive French Medal

6:46pm August 24, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Three Americans, who helped subdue an armed gunman on a high-speed train en route from the Netherlands to France on Friday, received France's Legion of Honor medal on Monday.

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A clothing store in Izmir, Turkey, now specializes in life vests for migrants crossing the Aegean Sea to Greece. They carry children's and adults' sizes.

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Your Questions Answered About Europe's Migrant Crisis

5:03pm August 24, 2015

by NPR Staff

On Facebook, reporters Ari Shapiro and Joanna Kakissis discussed reporting on record numbers of people fleeing violence in the Mideast and elsewhere. One concern: Is "migrant" even the right word?

Russian workers threw contraband peaches off a truck outside the city of Novozybkov on Aug. 7.

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Russia's War On Western Food: Detaining Cheese, Crushing Frozen Geese

3:25pm August 24, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russian authorities have smashed, burned and buried more than 900 tons of allegedly contraband food. In a country that once suffered famine, many are deeply distressed to see food destroyed.

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Police In Macedonia Fire Stun Grenades At Refugees Who Storm Border

3:19pm August 24, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Thousands of migrants broke through police lines and crossed the border from Greece into Macedonia, hoping to continue northward to new lives in northern Europe. Macedonian police fired stun grenades.

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Refugees Now Allowed To Cross Into Macedonia From Greece

3:19pm August 24, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Macedonia has re-opened its border with Greece to refugees after declaring a state of emergency and firing tear gas at them. We meet one Syrian family caught in the cross-border chaos.

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Syrian migrants arrive on an overcrowded dinghy to the coast of the southeastern Greek island of Kos from Turkey, on Saturday. A ferry boat has been sent by the Greek government to the resort of Kos to speed up the registration process of hundreds of Syri

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Fleeing War, Syrians And Afghans Stream Onto Tiny Greek Island

3:14pm August 24, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

More than 124,000 people have arrived by sea to the Greek islands this year. But Kos, a popular tourist destination, has been the most unprepared for the influx of those in need of refuge.

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