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U.K. Allows Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei To Help Build 5G Network Over U.S. Objection

4:19pm January 28, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

Despite U.S. pressure, the British government has decided to allow the Chinese telecom company Huawei to supply some of the equipment for the U.K.'s 5G network.

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The U.S. is "disappointed" by the U.K.'s decision to allow Huawei to be part of its 5G network, a senior Trump administration official told NPR.

U.K. Will Allow Huawei To Build Part Of Its 5G Network, Despite U.S. Pressure

11:40am January 28, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The U.K. says it considers Huawei a "high risk vendor" – but rather than banning the telecom giant, it's asking British companies "to use Huawei in a limited way."

U.K. To Develop 5G Network With Help From Huawei

9:52am January 28, 2020

The British government is giving the Chinese telecom company Huawei a "limited role" in Britain's 5G network, despite pressure from the U.S. not to do so.

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Auschwitz survivor Alina Dabrowska, 96, shows her Auschwitz prisoner number tattoo at her home in Warsaw. She was sent to Auschwitz after she was caught by the Nazis helping the Allied forces in German-occupied Poland during World War II.

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75 Years After Auschwitz Liberation, Survivors Urge World To Remember

9:29am January 27, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

"People should look at this place and think about our moral responsibility," says Pawel Sawicki, a longtime guide at the Auschwitz museum in Poland.

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Match On Dating App Helps Rescue Trapped Camper In Norway

7:07am January 27, 2020

When Lonia Haeger's camper got trapped in ice in northern Norway, she created a Tinder account and got a match. Stian Lauluten came to the rescue with a bulldozer and helped free the camper.

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Putin Surprises Opponents With Cabinet And Constitutional Changes

6:25am January 27, 2020

by Lucian Kim

Vladimir Putin's plan to change the way Russia is governed has caught his opponents off guard. They know he's trying to hang on to power, but they don't agree on how to stop him.

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Compared To The U.S., Election Campaigns In Ireland Are Very Short

5:05am January 27, 2020

Next month Ireland will hold early elections. NPR's Noel King talks to Hugh Linehan, who hosts the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast, about the short election cycle.

London Museum Explores 5 Centuries Of Pregnancy Portraits

7:56am January 26, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

An exhibit at the Foundling Museum shows pregnant women from the age of Holbein to the time of social media, exploring changing cultural attitudes. We talk with curator Karen Hearn.

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Lucia Borgonzoni and Matteo Salvini attend a political meeting of Lega italian political party at Town Hall Square on January 23, 2020 in Bibbiano, Italy.

Regional Elections In Italy: Can The 'Sardines' Win Against Populism?

9:22am January 25, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

European Union officials will be closely monitoring results of the local votes on Sunday that are seen as a bellwether for the fate of the national government.

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Regional Elections In Italy May Be A Bellwether For A Far-Right Party

4:27pm January 24, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

The right-wing League party has been booted out of Italy's federal government, but could make a comeback. Sunday's local elections in Emilia-Romagna are seen as a test of the party's strength.

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