Europe

The last reactor at Europe's largest nuclear power plant has stopped

7:25am September 12, 2022

Operations at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant were fully stopped on Sunday as a safety precaution. Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of shelling the plant.

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News brief: Ukraine recaptures key territory, Xi-Putin meeting, insulin prices

6:24am September 12, 2022

Ukrainian forces reclaimed a wide swath of territory in the northeast. China's president will make his first trip out of China in over two years. U.S. states aim to lower the high cost of insulin.

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Xi-Putin meeting marks a closer relationship between the 2 global powers

6:24am September 12, 2022

President Xi Jinping is traveling outside China for the first time since the start of the pandemic. He'll meet with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a security forum meeting in Uzbekistan.

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After decades in Queen Elizabeth's shadow, her son Charles is now Britain's king

5:07am September 12, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep and British journalist Tina Brown discuss the challenges facing King Charles III as he begins his reign.

The leader of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, celebrates at the party's election watch at Elite Hotel Marina Tower Tower in Nacka, near Stockholm, Sweden, early Monday, Sept. 11, 2022.

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Sweden enters political limbo in a razor-tight general election

3:59am September 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Sweden awoke Monday to the prospect of weeks of political uncertainty after neither of the country's blocs secured a clear governing majority in elections that saw another boost for a far-right party.

A man crosses a pitch-black street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Very little light was visible in the city.

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Russian troops leaving behind weapons and munitions in Ukraine counteroffensive

11:07pm September 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

Russia attacked power stations and other infrastructure Sunday, causing outages across Ukraine as Kyiv's forces pressed a swift counteroffensive.

The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland, leaves Balmoral as it begins its journey to Edinburgh.

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Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrives in Edinburgh ahead of a final journey to London

6:13pm September 11, 2022

The coffin travels more than 100 miles to the royal Palace of Holyroodhouse in the Scottish capital. Eventually, the queen's body will be taken to London for the Sept. 19 funeral.

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What they're saying in Russia about Ukraine's advances

5:22pm September 11, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian forces withdrew from several key cities in the northeast. But things are being framed differently in Moscow.

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What can we learn about royal leadership from Queen Elizabeth

5:22pm September 11, 2022

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Arianne Chernock, an authority on British and European history, about Queen Elizabeth II's leadership style and the future of the monarchy.

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A float displaying corgi dogs with a crown is part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June. Queen Elizabeth II had a strong affinity with the breed, specifically Pembroke Welsh Corgis.

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Queen Elizabeth II's corgis will go to her son Prince Andrew and his ex-wife

4:56pm September 11, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The Duke of York will take back the two young corgis that his family gave the queen in 2021. It is still unclear who will look after the queen's two other dogs.