Sad tourists sent home as Eiffel tower closes amid workers strike
Union workers in Paris's Effiel tower have gone on strike, closing the monument's doors on what was meant to be a day of commemoration of its creator.
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Jailed Russian opposition leader is moved to penal colony above the Arctic Circle
NPR's Asma Khalid talks to Vladmir Milov, an adviser to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who resurfaced on Christmas Day nearly three weeks after associates lost contact with him.
How 'blood gold' from Africa is funding Russia's war on Ukraine
According to a new report, the Wagner Group has laundered some $2.5 billion to Russia since its full scale invasion of Ukraine last year, in an effort to support the war effort.
The world crises Secretary Blinken has been looking at this year
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. support for Israel has not left it isolated — despite anger over the Israeli offensive in Gaza. That's just one of the world crises he's looking at.
The girl who defied Hitler
In an election year, what does it mean to stand up against your own peers for what you think is right? We look to the story of a young German girl and a movement that defied Hitler.
India's foreign minister is in Moscow to discuss relations between the nations
India and Russia have a decades-old, friendly relationship that has only grown closer since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But India is also close to the United States, which opposes the war.
276 Indians stuck in a French airport for a human trafficking probe arrive in India
A charter plane that was grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation arrived in India with 276 Indians aboard early Tuesday.
For the first time in more than a century, Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec 25
For the first time in more than a century, Ukrainians are celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25. Ukraine used to observe the holiday next month like Russia. Now, they believe their future lies in the west.
The Christmas Truce of 1914: the day the guns fell silent
The Christmas Truce has become the stuff of legend. On a frozen Christmas Eve in 1914 during World War I, the guns briefly fell silent.
Breaking with tradition, Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 this year
In a stark rebuke of Russia, Ukraine joins the West in celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 6-7 as it traditionally has done.