Europe

Police and emergency crews examine the debris of a crushed wagon on the second day after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 2, 2023.

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A Greek train driver was told to ignore a red light before a head-on crash killed 57

1:18pm March 03, 2023

by Juliana Kim

A newly released recording shows a station manager telling the train driver to pass the red light before two trains collided in one of the country's worst railway disasters in history.

Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is seen in the defendants' cage in the courtroom at the start of the hearing in Minsk on Jan. 5, 2023

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Belarus Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to 10 years in prison

8:19am March 03, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Ales Bialiatski was one of the leaders of Belarus' pro-democracy movement, inspiring protests against what activists maintained were fraudulent presidential elections in 2020.

U.S., Germany aim to deter China from supplying Russia with weapons against Ukraine

7:29am March 03, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jeff Rathke of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies about the issues the U.S. and Germany agree on, and where they differ.

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Politics & Government

Germany's chancellor is visiting President Biden at the White House

7:29am March 03, 2023

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is traveling without press and the two leaders do not plan to have a news conference. His visit may focus on the tense rhetoric between the U.S. and China.

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The role of cyber weapons in Russia's war on Ukraine

5:29pm March 02, 2023

by Jenna McLaughlin

Ukrainian officials say they have been fighting the first "hybrid war," in cyberspace and on the ground. A year in, digital tools remain an important — if ambiguous — component of the conflict.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.

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U.S. and Russia's top diplomats meet for the first time since the Ukraine war began

2:13pm March 02, 2023

Relations between the two countries have collapsed over the Ukraine war, with the U.S. slapping thousands of sanctions on Russia, and militarily, economically and diplomatically supporting Ukraine.

Daniel Roher attends the Navalny New York premiere at Walter Reade Theater on April 6, 2022 in New York City.

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'Navalny' director says Russian opposition leader's spirit is unbroken

12:11pm March 02, 2023

by Jojo Macaluso

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to film director Daniel Roher about his award winning documentary detailing the events following assassination attempt of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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U.S. and Russia's top diplomats meet at G-20 summit

10:12am March 02, 2023

The brief talks marked the first face-to-face meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Known as the boy in the tent, fundraiser Max Woosey is ready to go back indoors

6:22am March 02, 2023

Max Woosey was 10 when he started raising money for a hospice in England that was caring for his friend. After three years, he ended his marathon backyard campout — raising more than $800,000.

Was neglect and poor maintenance behind a deadly train collision in Greece?

5:15am March 02, 2023

A railroad union in Greece says it warned about system conditions before two trains collided. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Lydia Emmanouilidou about the country's worst rail disaster.