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At a news conference on Thursday in Kiev, Arkady Babchenko answered critics of his staged death. Authorities had announced that he had been fatally shot at his home on Tuesday.

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'I Chose To Stay Alive,' Says Russian Journalist Who Faked His Death

7:13pm May 31, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Arkady Babchenko, fearing for his life, cooperated with Ukrainian authorities to stage his death and capture his would-be killer. Now come the ethical questions.

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French Finance Minister Reacts To New U.S. Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum

6:18pm May 31, 2018

The U.S. will impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire about reaction in France.

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Women wearing the niqab sit in the audience at the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen on Thursday, as a bill that bans face coverings in public passes by a majority vote.

Denmark Bans The Burqa And Niqab

2:37pm May 31, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Danish parliament voted Thursday to prohibit certain garments that cover people's faces in public. Human rights groups say it "violates the rights to freedom of expression and religion."

The EU Steels For Tariffs

1:13pm May 31, 2018

The U.S. rebuffed EU efforts to get an exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs due to take effect at the end of this week. Rachel Martin talks with EU Ambassador to the U.S. David O'Sullivan.

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A road sign on Hamburg's Max-Brauer-Allee warns motorists that older diesel vehicles are banned from using this stretch of road. Hamburg is the first German city to ban older diesel vehicles.

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Could A Diesel Ban In Hamburg, Germany, Cause More Pollution? Some Residents Worry

12:38pm May 31, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The partial ban went into effect Thursday. Many Germans question whether the ban is an environmental milestone or a political shell game that could end up creating more pollution.

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News Brief: North Korea Summit Plans Continue, Europe And Iran, NBA Playoffs

5:08am May 31, 2018

A top North Korean official is meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to plan a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Also, an update on Europe and the Iran nuclear deal.

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Ukraine Intelligence Agents: We Staged Killing Of Russian Journalist, Who Is Alive

12:59am May 31, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Ukraine intelligence agents say they staged the apparent murder of a Russian journalist in Kiev in an attempt to trap a real assassin.

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Why Russian Journalist Arkady Babchenko Faked His Own Death

5:06pm May 30, 2018

Arkady Babchenko, the Russian journalist reported dead, turned up alive on TV today. His friend and colleague Simon Ostrovsky tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that he's both relieved and frustrated with what was apparently a planned sting to catch the attempted killers.

Bill Browder, a former Moscow financier turned anti-Kremlin activist, prepares to speak with European officials about the Magnitsky Act last week in The Hague.

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Bill Browder, Kremlin Critic, Briefly Arrested In Spain For Murky Reasons

3:36pm May 30, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Browder says he was arrested on a Russian warrant via Interpol. Spanish police say they released him because the warrant was "invalid." And Interpol denies having issued a formal warrant at all.

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who Kiev police said Tuesday had been killed, showed up alive at a press conference Wednesday. His death was faked as part of a sting operation by the Ukrainian Security Service.

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Russian Journalist Said To Be Killed Shows Up At News Conference Very Much Alive

3:32pm May 30, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"I'm still alive," Arkady Babchenko said, apologizing to friends and family who believed he was dead. The Ukrainian Security Service said it faked his death to flush out people trying to kill him.