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Greece Criticized For Policies Toward Refugees Housed On Island Of Lesbos

6:25am September 14, 2020

For an update on how Greece is responding to last week's massive fires at a refugee camp, NPR's David Greene talks to Faris Al-Jawad of Doctors Without Borders.

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Opposition supporters protest against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Sunday.

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Massive Protests Continue In Belarus As Demonstrators Demand Lukashenko Resign

5:47pm September 13, 2020

by Samantha Raphelson

Protesters in Minsk took to the streets in large numbers Sunday for the fifth weekend in a row, demanding that authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko step down.

Refugees from the Moria camp protest near Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, a few days after a fire destroyed the refugee camp.

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Police Fire Tear Gas At Refugees Protesting To Leave Greek Island

7:36pm September 12, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

More than 12,000 refugees were displaced this week after multiple fires destroyed a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Authorities are constructing a new camp nearby.

Earlier in the week, AstraZeneca had paused worldwide studies of its candidate vaccine after one U.K. participant developed symptoms consistent with the spinal cord inflammation known as transverse myelitis.

AstraZeneca Resumes Its COVID-19 Vaccine Trials In The U.K.

5:50pm September 12, 2020

by Joe Palca

The company had placed its worldwide vaccine trials on hold for several days. It now says a safety review by regulators and reviewers is complete. No word on when studies in the U.S. might resume.

A girl walks past a buchetta del vino, a small window to serve wine, typical in Florence.

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In Tuscany, Renaissance-Era Wine Windows Are Made For Social Distancing

11:36am September 12, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

Tuscany's wine windows, each 12 inches high and 8 inches wide, were indispensable during a 17th century plague. They've became useful again during the coronavirus pandemic — even after lockdown ended.

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EU Threatens Legal Action Against Britain Over Brexit Deal

7:52am September 12, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

The EU has threatened to take the British government to court over planned legislation that critics say amounts to a deliberate attempt to end talks on an EU-UK trade deal.

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Collateral Damage: Britain, America, and Europe in the Age of Trump, by Kim Darroch

Former British Ambassador To U.S. Reflects On Becoming Trump Persona Non Grata

4:47pm September 11, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

When Kim Darroch described Donald Trump's White House as "inept" and "deeply dysfunctional," an international scandal ensued. He writes about the experience and his time in D.C. in Collateral Damage.

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Rudy Giuliani, a personal attorney for President Trump, talked with reporters outside the White House on July 1.

Giuliani Distances Himself From Ukrainian Sanctioned By U.S. As Russian Agent

4:45pm September 11, 2020

by Ryan Lucas

President Trump's lawyer sought to downplay his meeting and contacts with a Ukrainian member of parliament who has been described by the U.S. as attempting to interfere in the 2020 election.

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A Row Erupts In Britain Over 'Rule, Britannia!' At The Proms

4:04pm September 11, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

On the final night of the Proms, a classical music festival in London, people usually sing the "Rule, Britannia!" song. But in the wake of anti-racism protests, the song was almost cut from the show.

A massive fire this week ravaged a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, leaving more than 12,000 asylum-seekers homeless.

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Fires Leave Thousands Of Asylum-Seekers On Greek Island Homeless

5:23pm September 10, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

Europe's largest refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, was built to hold 3,000 people. When fires struck this week, the settlement of 12,000 was largely destroyed.

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