Europe

Biden begins his three-day visit to the island of Ireland in Belfast

4:57pm April 11, 2023

by Frank Langfitt

President Biden has landed in Belfast to visit the island of Ireland. He'll be honoring the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended the political violence known as the troubles.

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Following one Kharkiv kindergarten class since the Russian invasion

4:26pm April 11, 2023

by Elissa Nadworny

The Russian invasion spread families of one kindergarten class in Kharkiv across the world and forced families to make choices about how to deal with trauma manifesting in the country's youngest.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron visit the garden of the residence of the Governor of Guangdong on April 7.

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Macron comments raise questions about Europe's allegiance to the U.S. and Taiwan

11:13am April 11, 2023

by H.J. Mai

When French President Emmanuel Macron remarked that Europe should not blindly follow the U.S.'s lead on China, it set off criticism on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Russia is jailing an increasing number of private American citizens

5:05am April 11, 2023

Washington and Moscow have worked out prisoner swaps for decades, though they used to involve spies. Today, an increasing number of private American citizens are being jailed by Russia.

United States flags flutter in the breeze above shops in Ballina town center on April 7 as the town prepares to welcome President Biden in County Mayo, his ancestral home.

In Ireland, Biden is on a diplomatic and deeply personal mission

5:05am April 11, 2023

by Tamara Keith

President Biden's trip marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is part diplomacy and part homecoming.

A picture provided by German humanitarian organization Sea-Watch shows a boat in distress with some 400 people on board in the central Mediterranean Sea on Sunday.

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2 people are dead, 20 missing, as a migrant boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia

3:18pm April 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

The boat sank over the weekend in the Mediterranean Sea between Tunisia and Italy. About 25 people were rescued. Thousands of migrants have reached Italy's tiny Lampedusa island in the past few days.

A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 "Grad" fires toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, April 8.

Latest on Ukraine: Pentagon leaks, France's overtures in China and Finland in NATO

11:48am April 10, 2023

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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How the U.S. intelligence leaks impact the Ukrainian government and its war strategy

10:17am April 10, 2023

The U.S. intelligence leaks, some of which detail the state of the war in Ukraine, have come to light as Ukraine is preparing for a counter-offensive sometime this spring.

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Firefighters work after building collapsed early Sunday in Marseille, southern France.

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8 people are missing after a building exploded and collapsed in Marseille, France

5:44pm April 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Firefighters, with the help of urban rescue experts, worked through the night and all day in a slow race against time to find victims.

Pope Francis bestows the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of 2023'S Easter Sunday mass.

In the pope's Easter address, a call to pray for Ukrainians, Russians and refugees

9:38am April 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Pope Francis, along with dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of faithful, celebrated Easter Mass in a flower-adorned St. Peter's Square.