Europe

A giant matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower may be ineligible for world record

7:29am February 08, 2024

A Frenchman spent eight years building the giant model, but officials at the Guinness World Records says he didn't use "commercially available" matches. Guinness tells NBC News it may reconsider.

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Rostislav Lavrov (left) and Ksenia Koldin were abducted from Ukraine during the war with Russia.

Taken by Russia, then rescued, young Ukrainians speak out

6:56am February 08, 2024

The charity Save Ukraine brought young Ukrainians to Washington D.C. to tell Congress about being abducted by Russia.

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An octopus named Oktavius swims in Berlin's Sealife aquarium, July 20, 2021, marking his first birthday. The young octopus' tentacles spanned about two meters.

A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that

5:13pm February 07, 2024

by Bill Chappell

Octopuses are seen as smart and solitary. A seafood company plans to farm them commercially. Octopus garden? Sure. Octopus farm? No way, say the animal's advocates.

Farmers make barricades after blocking a highway during a protest near Mollerussa, northeast Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

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European Union scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to protesting farmers

1:48am February 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

The European Union shelved an anti-pesticide proposal Tuesday in another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic lifelines across the 27-nation bloc.

President Biden pauses in remarks in the State Dining Room on Feb. 6. Biden urged Congress to pass a Senate compromise bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security priorities.

Biden tells Republicans to 'show some spine,' buck Trump, and back border bill

5:34pm February 06, 2024

by Asma Khalid

President Biden said it seems like the bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security issues will fail. He vowed to make that failure an election issue.

View of an embroidered sheet of music from the piece Organ2/ASLSP by John Cage. Artist Sabine Groschup expands the embroidery with each change of sound. After two years, the sound of the slowest piece of music in the world, has changed for the 16th time. This means that the six-sound piece that has been played in the Burchardi Church since February 2022 has become a seven-sound piece.

A 639-year-long John Cage organ performance strikes a new chord in Germany

11:32am February 06, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

The late American composer John Cage left it up to the performer to decide how long his work, Organ2/ASLSP, should take. A group in Germany is testing the limits.

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Buckingham Palace announces that King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer

5:19am February 06, 2024

by Willem Marx

The announcement did not specify what type of cancer, but said the king began treatments on Monday. He will postpone all public duties while he is being treated.

Some Paris suburbs may get an upgrade thanks to this summer's Olympic Games

5:19am February 06, 2024

by Eleanor Beardsley

Some of France's poorest neighborhoods lie just outside of Paris. Improving them is one of the goals of placing Olympic venues there for the 2024 Summer Games.

King Charles III departs the London Clinic after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate on Jan. 29.

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King Charles is being treated for cancer

5:25pm February 05, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and began treatment Monday, Buckingham Palace says.

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What we know about King Charles III's cancer diagnosis

4:50pm February 05, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

Less than 18 months into his reign, King Charles is suspending public duties. Buckingham Palace says he'll continue the paperwork of state business as he undergoes outpatient treatment for cancer.

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