Europe

Macron uses special constitutional power to raise France's retirement age

12:05pm March 16, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to the Wall Street Journal's Noemie Bisserbe about French President Emmanuel Macron's controversial move to raise the country's retirement age without a government vote.

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The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone on Feb. 28. British authorities said Thursday that they are banning the Chinese-owned app from government mobile phones on security grounds.

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The U.K. is the latest to ban TikTok on government phones because of security concerns

11:57am March 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

British authorities said they are banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from government mobile phones following similar moves by the U.S. and European Union.

Credit Suisse shares soar after the bank secures a $54 billion lifeline

10:26am March 16, 2023

by Willem Marx

Shares of the Swiss banking giant rallied significantly Thursday after Switzerland's central bank agreed to lend it $54 billion.

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A look at one volunteer's efforts to rescue civilians from Bakhmut, Ukraine

4:09pm March 15, 2023

by Frank Langfitt

Kuba Stasiak, a young volunteer from Poland, has braved artillery barrages to evacuate residents from Bakhmut, the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine.

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada on Nov. 17, 2015.

Russian fighter jet forces down U.S. military drone over Black Sea, U.S. says

8:54pm March 14, 2023

by Greg Myre

The Russians claim the U.S. drone crashed on its own. Either way, it appears to be the most serious incident involving the U.S. and Russian militaries in the volatile region in and around Ukraine.

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A center in Ukraine's northeast offers soldiers some badly needed rest

4:12pm March 14, 2023

by Joanna Kakissis

As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, traumatized soldiers can recharge at a Western-style healing center in northwestern Ukraine before returning to the frontline.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters during an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on March 10, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Ron DeSantis says backing Ukraine is not in the U.S. interest, a sign of a GOP divided

2:17pm March 14, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

Gov. Ron DeSantis is opposed to U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. So is former President Donald Trump. The issue seems poised to become a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential race.

Ukrainian Emergency Service rescuers work on a building damaged by shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The attack happened hours before a Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea.

The U.S. said a Russian fighter jet hit American drone over Black Sea

1:35pm March 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

The U.S. military said a Russian fighter jet conducting "an unsafe and unprofessional intercept" struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing U.S. forces to bring it down.

NPR investigates Russia's notorious 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade

7:44am March 14, 2023

by Tim Mak

The 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade has been blamed for hundreds of civilian deaths even before the invasion of Ukraine. The brigade's former headquarters has been tracked to a liberated region of Ukraine.

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Gary Lineker will return to BBC after tweet criticizing new asylum policy

6:09pm March 13, 2023

by Willem Marx

Former soccer star Gary Lineker will be back at the BBC this weekend. He was suspended last week after he criticized the government's new asylum policy.

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