Europe

Aid to Ukraine is vital this winter as Russia keeps up its attack on infrastructure

8:18am November 22, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

As Russia's bombardment of Ukraine's infrastructure continues, the Ukrainian government is set to receive more than $4 billion in aid from the U.S. to help keep basic services running.

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Ukraine says it needs help shooting down Russia's missile attacks

4:27pm November 21, 2022

Russia is hammering Ukraine with missile attacks, many aimed at electricity stations. Ukraine is shooting down many of these attacks but says it needs more help from the U.S. and NATO.

Liudmyla, left, embraces her granddaughter, Ania, who arrived Saturday on the first Ukrainian Railways train to reach liberated Kherson, Ukraine. The train from Kyiv arrived to jubilation and tears.

Latest on Ukraine: Kherson revives as war rounds 9th month (Nov. 21)

10:45am November 21, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

The captain's armband, similar to this one, shown during a September game between Germany and Hungary. European national teams have told their captains not to wear it during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

European team captains at the World Cup won't wear armbands promoting diversity

7:46am November 21, 2022

by Tom Goldman

Seven European national soccer teams, including England and Wales, said their team captains would not wear the armbands because they feared on-field punishment by World Cup organizers.

David Board got back into metal detecting in 2019 — and hit the jackpot

5:51am November 21, 2022

He used to scour beaches in the '70s, but didn't find much. In a South West England field, he unearthed a medieval diamond wedding ring in near perfect condition. It's expected to fetch some $35,000.

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A damaged woodland area that the Russians used as an ammunition storage site west of Izium, before they were driven out.

How Russia is weaponizing the Ukrainian winter

6:00am November 20, 2022

Ukraine says Russia is using the cold as a weapon against Ukrainians, by targeting the country's ability to heat and power homes. Repair crews are struggling to restore power to damaged areas.

Choreographer Polina Mitryashina, artist Victor Melamed, and jazz producer Evgenii Petrushanskiy, from left, in Tel Aviv on Nov. 2. All three are Russian artists who have recently fled Russia to live in Israel.

Russia's biggest talents flee to Israel, seeking freedom from Putin's repression

6:01am November 19, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Russia is losing creative talent. Some of its biggest artists have immigrated to Israel this year to rebuild their careers and safely voice their conscience about the war in Ukraine.

A burned cot in a police station in Kherson on Wednesday. Kherson residents say Russians used the police station to detain and torture violators of curfew and people suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian authorities.

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Screams from Russia's alleged torture basements still haunt Ukraine's Kherson

11:49am November 18, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

These are just some of the chilling accounts from Ukrainians in Kherson after 8 1/2 months under Russian occupation.

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Britain announces big tax rises and spending cuts over the next five years

4:32pm November 17, 2022

by Willem Marx

A cloud of economic gloom settles over Britain as the government announces big tax rises and spending cuts over the next five years.

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Barbora Krejcikova, top right, and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, celebrate after beating China's Shuai Zhang, bottom left, and Belgium's Elise Mertens during the final of the women's doubles at the Wimbledon tennis championships in July. Wimbledon is relaxing its requirement for all-white clothing to allow female players to wear colored undershorts.

Wimbledon will allow women to wear colored undershorts, in nod to period concerns

4:06pm November 17, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

The tournament will make an exception to its strict all-white clothing rules, after female players described altering their menstrual cycles to not stress about leaking onto their tennis whites.