Europe

In latest nuclear talks, the European Union presses Iran to make some decisions

5:07am August 11, 2022

It's taking longer than expected but there's still an effort to revive the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. The talks include Russia, China, France, Britain, Germany, the U.S. and Iran.

American pilot Francis Gary Powers (far right) during his 1960 trial in Moscow. Powers was shot down while flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union. He was jailed for nearly two years before he was freed in a swap for a Soviet spy imprisoned in the U.

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The Cold War to Brittney Griner: a new twist in U.S.-Russia prisoner swaps

5:07am August 11, 2022

by Greg Myre

The U.S. and Russia are trying to work out a prisoner exchange that involves basketball star Brittney Griner. While they've done deals for decades, the trading usually involves spies for spies.

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Latvia is growing its military as Russia becomes increasingly aggressive

4:36pm August 10, 2022

by Rob Schmitz

Latvia is gearing up for the possibility they could be next after Ukraine. Officials say their military are drastically understaffed, so the country plans to bring back compulsory military service.

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A Russian serviceman patrols Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station on May 1. A series of exchanges in recent weeks has made conditions at the plant more dangerous.

Here's just how close the war in Ukraine has come to Europe's largest nuclear plant

3:00pm August 10, 2022

Satellite images and social media analyzed by NPR show attacks have hit structures around the plant, coming dangerously close to causing a nuclear accident.

A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 23. British health authorities on Wednesday said they will offer a polio booster dose to children aged 1 to 9 in London, after finding evidence the virus has been spreading in m

Polio vaccine boosters are offered to London children as the virus spreads

12:47pm August 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Children were made eligible for booster doses after health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple areas of London but found no cases of the paralytic disease in people.

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Examining the security of the Zaporizhzia nuclear power plant in Ukraine

8:13am August 10, 2022

by Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mariana Budjeryn of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center about concerns Russian forces are launching attacks from the plant knowing Ukrainians won't risk returning fire.

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Domino's Pizza is closing the doors to its last store in Italy

6:53am August 10, 2022

Domino's thought the pandemic would give them a boost because Italian restaurants typically don't deliver. But restaurants there embraced new takeout and delivery services.

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The Beluga whale swims in the lock of Notre Dame de la Garenne in Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, west of Paris, France, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. During Wednesday's rescue operation, the dangerously thin animal began to have breathing difficulties, and experts dec

Stranded whale dies after a rescue operation to remove it from a French river

6:30am August 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

A veterinarian said that during the rescue operation, the dangerously thin white mammal began to have breathing difficulties, and so experts decided to humanely euthanize the creature.

England's Kate Jayden accomplishes multiple marathons for a Guinness record

5:49am August 10, 2022

Jayden ran a marathon for a 106 straight days. Throughout this marathon of marathons, she raised more than $55,000 for charity. And she did most of it with a fractured knee.

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Shelling around a nuclear plant in Ukraine causes a lot of concern

7:36am August 09, 2022

In Ukraine, fighting near a nuclear power complex in the south of the country has alarmed both sides, and has led to calls for an international mission to ensure the plant's safety.

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