EU To Turkey: Please Slow The Flow Of Migrants
At a meeting on Monday, the European Union is trying to convince Turkey to slow the flow of migrants from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan into Europe. What does Turkey want in return?
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Chaos At Greek Border Leaves Thousands Of Migrants Stranded
The thousands of Syrians and Iraqis trapped at the Greek-Macedonian border are unsure when, or even if, they will cross. Exasperated by the chaos there, they're offering their own solutions.
Fleeing Alone, Some Migrant Kids Find Foster Homes In Sweden
Sweden took in a record number of asylum seekers last year, among them 35,000 children who arrived without their parents. The luckiest are in foster care with Swedish families.
French Authorities Demolish Refugee Camp
French police have targeted and fired tear gas on makeshift homes where 3,500 refugees live in Calais. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to aid worker Clare Moseley from Care4Calais about the scene.
Bernie Sanders Ticks Off Romanians On Twitter Over Internet Speed Tweet
Bernie Sanders compared Internet speeds in America to Romania — in a bad way. Romanians responded.
U.S. Returns Historical Documents, Stolen From Russia In Chaotic '90s
Cooperation is rare these days between Washington and Moscow. But the U.S. Embassy handed over 28 historical documents that had disappeared in the tumultuous years following the Soviet breakup.
Italian Schoolboy May Officially Get Credit For New Word
An eight-year-old boy in Italy came up with "petaloso" — which means full of petals. With help from his teacher, it may become an official word in the Italian dictionary.
Destructive Jackdaws Leave U.K. Preservationists Grasping At Straws
A recently thatched roof on a historic barn is being stripped bare by small birds from the crow family; they're tugging out the straws and "idly discarding them," as the U.K.'s National Trust puts it.
Thousands Of ISIS-Bound Uniforms Seized, Spanish Police Say
Police say the large shipment, which weighed more than 5 tons, was part of a "very active and effective business network" that had sent supplies and war materiel to ISIS.
Commission Asks High-Ranking Vatican Official About Sex Abuse Of Children
Steve Inskeep talks to Joshua McElwee of the National Catholic Reporter about hearings at the Vatican during which an official took responsibility for not protecting children against abuse by priests.