Europe

U.S. aims to hold Russia, Belarus accountable for Ukrainian children sent to Russia

5:12am November 17, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

The State Department and the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab release new information about Belarus's "complicity in and support for" Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children.

Music & Culture

Amid a debate whether Spain should be part of the Latin Grammys, it hosted the event

5:12am November 17, 2023

by Miguel Macias

The Latin Grammys took place Thursday night in Seville, Spain. It's the first time, the ceremony was held outside the United States.

Police in the U.K. made an arrest after a fatal hockey incident

4:41pm November 16, 2023

A fatal incident on the ice during a professional hockey game in the UK led to an arrest this week, and raises questions about the line between a terrible accident and a criminal act.

World News

U.K. government wants to work around Supreme Court ruling on migrant deportations

4:19pm November 15, 2023

by Willem Marx

Britain's Supreme Court has ruled a government plan to ship migrants to Rwanda illegal. The government says it will try to enact a law permitting the deportations.

Protesters stand outside the Supreme Court in London on Wednesday.

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The U.K. Supreme Court has struck down a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

1:47pm November 15, 2023

by Fatima Al-Kassab

In a major defeat for the British prime minister, the Supreme Court has ruled the government's migrant plan is unlawful and would put asylum-seekers at risk of deportation back home.

EV maker Tesla is facing a major labor action in Sweden

5:17am November 15, 2023

by Danielle Kaye

Tesla refuses to sign a bargaining agreement with its unionized workforce in Sweden. Other Swedish workers banded together to boycott Tesla — not allowing ships to unload the vehicles in the ports.

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Spain's Socialist Party forms coalition government with Catalan separatist parties

5:17am November 15, 2023

by Miguel Macias

Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez is securing a new term in office by pardoning Catalan separatists in exchange for their support.

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron is back in U.K. politics

5:12am November 14, 2023

Now that Cameron has been named foreign minister, in a cabinet reshuffle, what does that suggest about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's vision of governance?

The vandalism that brought the Sycamore Gap tree down also harmed a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Hadrian's Wall. In this October photo, a worker used a chainsaw to cut up the tree so its trunk could be removed.

Hadrian's Wall was damaged when the Sycamore Gap tree came down, analysis finds

3:45pm November 13, 2023

by Bill Chappell

The preservation group Historic England says it passed news of its analysis on to Northumbria Police, which has now made at least four arrests linked to the case.

"I am really afraid of death and of pain. But then again, we are not presented with much choice right now," filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov says.

'We need to record everything': This team stayed behind in a Ukrainian war zone

2:13pm November 13, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov was in Mariupol when Russia invaded. "I just understood that we need to record everything," he says. His new documentary is 20 Days in Mariupol.

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