Kharkiv was attacked but did not fall to the Russians. Thousands of residents fled, but one street artist — called the "Ukrainian Banksy" — remained and continued his work.
The history of Credit Suisse was enmeshed with Swiss history, and the bank long considered a national treasure with a great reputation. Last week, it was bought by rival UBS.
Workers already refused to roll out the red carpet for the British monarch's arrival, originally scheduled for Sunday. The French are protesting a decision to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62.
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to reporter Lisa Bryant about millions of people participating in strikes disrupting air, train and road travel over the president's efforts to reform the pension system.
Building on Thursday's strong turnout, unions swiftly called for new protests and strikes next week when the British king is scheduled to visit Bordeaux on the second day of his trip to France.
Three days after France's president Emmanuel Macron enacted reforms to the country's pension system without the approval of parliament, nation-wide protests resumed.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. After being tried in absentia, she was recently convicted to 15 years in prison on charges of treason.