Europe

President Trump answers a question during a Reuters interview in the Oval Office on Monday. The president again criticized the Fed for raising interest rates.

Trump 'Not Thrilled' With Fed Chairman Over Interest Rate Hikes

7:01pm August 20, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

It was the second time in a month that President Trump had taken aim at the Fed. In a Reuters interview, he also accused China and Europe of manipulating their currencies to gain leverage in trade.

Police say an officer shot and killed a man wielding a knife on Monday morning in the town of Cornella de Llobregat.

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Knife-Wielding Man Attacks Officer At Police Station In Spain

2:45pm August 20, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The man approached the police station in the town of Cornella de Llobregat and charged at the officer who opened the door. Police say they are treating it as a "terrorist incident."

Miriam Davoudvandi, 26, is one of many Germans who took to Twitter to share her experiences of racism starting as early as elementary school. Davoudvandi's teachers doubted her language abilities. Today she is the editor-in-chief of a hip-hop magazine and

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Minorities In Germany Are Sounding Off Against Racism With #MeTwo Hashtag

1:11pm August 20, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

After a German soccer player of Turkish descent was criticized during the World Cup, other minorities in Germany have been speaking out about racism.

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Tourists take pictures of slogans on a wall in central Athens on Satuday. Greece's third and final bailout officially ends on Monday after years of hugely unpopular and stinging austerity measures.

Greece Emerges From International Bailout, But Will Be Closely Monitored For Years

11:52am August 20, 2018

by Scott Neuman

After nine years of a debt crisis that spawned economic upheaval and austerity measures, Athens will regain a degree of control over its finances, but officials say it's not out of the woods yet.

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What Ending Bailout Means For Greece

9:54am August 20, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

Greece is formally exiting its bailout loan program today after eight years of austerity and financial reforms. Many ordinary Greeks have very little to celebrate.

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Commission In Russia Unveils Statue Of The Wrong Man

6:12am August 20, 2018

St. Petersburg, Russia, is gorgeous, thanks in part to the French architect Jean- Francois Thomas de Thomon. His image, however, has been confused with a Scottish chemist named Thomas Thomson.

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Music & Culture

Meet Ray BLK, Britain's Rising Star

5:59pm August 19, 2018

Rita Ekwere, also known as Ray BLK, is the first unsigned artist to win the BBC Sound Of poll. She tells NPR's Lakshmi Singh why it's important for her to highlight social justice issues in her music.

Mourners and heads of state gathered in Genoa, Italy on Saturday for a state-run funeral to honor victims of the highway bridge collapse on Tuesday. The death toll in the disaster rose to 43 on Saturday.

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As Death Toll Rises, Mourners Gather To Honor Victims Of Italian Bridge Collapse

5:17pm August 18, 2018

by Clare Lombardo

On a national day of mourning in Italy, questions remain about how a highway bridge gave way, killing dozens.

A reproduction of a poster urging inhabitants, especially mothers and their children, to leave Madrid as Gen. Francisco Franco's troops advanced during the Spanish Civil War. The poster reads "Mothers, protect your children!" and "Evacuate Madrid." In sma

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How Spanish Women Were Allegedly Targeted In 'Stolen Babies' Cases For Decades

8:46pm August 17, 2018

by Lucia Benavides

A secret adoption network started in Spain in the 1930s as a fascist tactic to purge "communist tendencies" from women who defended the republic, say prosecutors and academics.

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The U.S. says it may impose more sanctions against Turkey, as the diplomatic rift between the two countries deepens. The lira has lost about a third of its value against the dollar since January.

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U.S. Threatens Further Sanctions Against Turkey Over Detained Pastor

10:11am August 17, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Rising tensions between the two countries have caused Turkey's currency, the lira, to plunge by about a third of its value against the U.S. dollar since January, sparking fears of an economic crisis.