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How Will Iran's Seizure Of A British-Flagged Tanker Escalate Tensions?

7:21am July 22, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to ex-U.K. foreign minister David Miliband about Iran seizing the tanker. Miliband is now CEO of the International Rescue Committee. NPR's Greg Myre weighs in on the issue.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at his the 'Servant of the People' political party's headquarters after the parliamentary elections in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday.

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Ukrainian President's Party Wins Snap Elections In Bid To Consolidate Power

2:01am July 22, 2019

by Scott Neuman

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who gained fame by playing a fictional president on television, hopes a new parliament will give him the clout to follow through on his promise to tackle corruption.

In a country of 7 million, more than 5 million people in Bulgaria had personal data such as social security information, addresses, incomes and names leaked online.

Man Accused Of Hacking Bulgaria's Tax Agency Is Released And Given Lesser Charges

3:53pm July 21, 2019

by Kaity Kline

A Bulgarian cybersecurity expert was arrested by police after being accused of involvement in the hack of millions of records from the nation's tax agency.

19 Mafia Suspects Arrested, Including Some From The Gambino Family

8:00am July 21, 2019

Police in the U.S. and Italy recently arrested a number of mafiosi. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks author John Dickie about a trans-Atlantic criminal connection.

Students chip and chisel away at heavy slabs of stone in the workshops of the Hector Guimard high school, less than three miles from Paris' Notre Dame cathedral.

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Notre Dame Fire Revives Demand For Skilled Stone Carvers In France

10:13am July 20, 2019

by Eleanor Beardsley

"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We're also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society," one student says.

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Russians Demonstrate Against Putin Over Health Care, Controversial Projects

8:00am July 20, 2019

by Lucian Kim

Vladimir Putin won re-election to a fourth term as president in a landslide last year. Now, protests are breaking out around the country as dissatisfaction with the government grows.

Ship-tracking data show the Mesdar oil tanker made an abrupt turn toward Iran on its planned route to Saudi Arabia on Friday.

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Iran Seizes British-Flagged Oil Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz

11:32pm July 19, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Ship-tracking data show the U.K. tanker Stena Impero was traveling to Saudi Arabia when it veered toward Iran's coast. British media report the government warns shipping to stay out of the area.

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Dutch Supreme Court Says The Netherlands Shares Responsibility In Srebrenica Massacre

4:09pm July 19, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Rohde of The New Yorker about the Netherlands' partial responsibility in the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre.

"The Dutch State bears very limited liability in the 'Mothers of Srebenica' case," the Supreme Court said Friday. Earlier this month, Bosnian Muslims visited the graves of their relatives at the memorial cemetery of the Srebrenica 1995 massacre in Potocar

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Dutch Troops Were 10% Liable In Srebrenica Massacre, Supreme Court Says

11:13am July 19, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The case centers on the deadly days after the city of Srebrenica fell on July 11, 1995, when some 25,000 refugees sought safety with Dutch U.N. peacekeepers.

Trash piles in Monteverde, a residential neighborhood in Rome. During this scorching summer, the city's residents and visitors are being tested by a massive trash crisis.

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In Rome, Uncollected Trash Festers In Scorching Heat

12:01am July 19, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

Doctors have warned of health risks from tons of garbage rotting in the Italian capital's streets during the summer's hot spells.

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