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Anger And Consternation From Europeans Watching Afghanistan Fall To The Taliban

5:21pm August 16, 2021

by Eleanor Beardsley

As US NATO allies struggle to evacuate their citizens from Afghanistan, talk in Europe is focusing on how to prevent a wave of refugees fleeing Taliban control reaching the EU.

2 Afghan Women, Living In Paris, Are Heartsick At The Return Of The Taliban

7:42am August 16, 2021

by Eleanor Beardsley

Afghan women who had built new lives in Paris watch with horror as the Taliban retake the Afghan capital Kabul — where many of their family members remain.

British Boy Raises Funds For Hospice Center By Camping

6:04am August 16, 2021

As Max Woosey and his parents helped to care for a dying neighbor, the man gave Max his tent. Max camped in his backyard for 500 nights to raise funds for hospice care. He raised more than $750,000.

Music & Culture

Russia's Iconic Leningrad Rock Club Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary

7:53am August 14, 2021

by Charles Maynes

40 years ago in the Soviet Union, a group of underground musicians opened a venue where they and their friends could perform. The Leiningrad Rock Club remains a legend of Russian counterculture.

Police work the scene after a deadly shooting in Plymouth, England, on Thursday.

At Least 6 Die In Britain's Deadliest Mass Shooting In More Than A Decade

10:42am August 13, 2021

by Bill Chappell

A gunman in southwest England killed five people, including a 3-year-old girl, before turning his weapon on himself, police say.

While Berlin clubs have been closed since last March, people lined up outside the city's famed KitKat Club last weekend, participating in the government's Clubculture Reboot project. They were required to receive a negative PCR test to go inside.

World News

Berlin Is Hoping PCR Tests Will Make It Safe To Re-open Its Dance Clubs

6:34pm August 12, 2021

by Emma Hurt

Indoor dancing in the German capital's world-renowned club scene has been shut down since early 2020. As an experiment, six clubs opened to patrons who had tested negative for the coronavirus.

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The soccer great's father told a Spanish newspaper that Messi will sign a deal for two seasons in Paris, with an option for a third.

Europe

Anger And Consternation From Europeans Watching Afghanistan Fall To The Taliban

2 Afghan Women, Living In Paris, Are Heartsick At The Return Of The Taliban

British Boy Raises Funds For Hospice Center By Camping

Russia's Iconic Leningrad Rock Club Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary

At Least 6 Die In Britain's Deadliest Mass Shooting In More Than A Decade

Berlin Is Hoping PCR Tests Will Make It Safe To Re-open Its Dance Clubs

Kept In A Tin And Cling Film For 40 Years, Princess Di's Cake Slice Sells For $2,565

Rail Enthusiasts Get Married On A Train Going 125 Miles Per Hour

What Messi's Departure From Barcelona Says About Soccer

Lionel Messi Is Reportedly Joining Paris Saint-Germain