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A road sign on Hamburg's Max-Brauer-Allee warns motorists that older diesel vehicles are banned from using this stretch of road. Hamburg is the first German city to ban older diesel vehicles.

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Could A Diesel Ban In Hamburg, Germany, Cause More Pollution? Some Residents Worry

12:38pm May 31, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The partial ban went into effect Thursday. Many Germans question whether the ban is an environmental milestone or a political shell game that could end up creating more pollution.

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News Brief: North Korea Summit Plans Continue, Europe And Iran, NBA Playoffs

5:08am May 31, 2018

A top North Korean official is meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to plan a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Also, an update on Europe and the Iran nuclear deal.

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Ukraine Intelligence Agents: We Staged Killing Of Russian Journalist, Who Is Alive

12:59am May 31, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Ukraine intelligence agents say they staged the apparent murder of a Russian journalist in Kiev in an attempt to trap a real assassin.

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Why Russian Journalist Arkady Babchenko Faked His Own Death

5:06pm May 30, 2018

Arkady Babchenko, the Russian journalist reported dead, turned up alive on TV today. His friend and colleague Simon Ostrovsky tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that he's both relieved and frustrated with what was apparently a planned sting to catch the attempted killers.

Bill Browder, a former Moscow financier turned anti-Kremlin activist, prepares to speak with European officials about the Magnitsky Act last week in The Hague.

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Bill Browder, Kremlin Critic, Briefly Arrested In Spain For Murky Reasons

3:36pm May 30, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Browder says he was arrested on a Russian warrant via Interpol. Spanish police say they released him because the warrant was "invalid." And Interpol denies having issued a formal warrant at all.

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who Kiev police said Tuesday had been killed, showed up alive at a press conference Wednesday. His death was faked as part of a sting operation by the Ukrainian Security Service.

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Russian Journalist Said To Be Killed Shows Up At News Conference Very Much Alive

3:32pm May 30, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"I'm still alive," Arkady Babchenko said, apologizing to friends and family who believed he was dead. The Ukrainian Security Service said it faked his death to flush out people trying to kill him.

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Fatally Shot Russian Journalist Was Targeted For His Work, Ukrainian Police Say

7:59am May 30, 2018

by Lucian Kim

A Russian journalist who was fiercely critical of President Putin has been shot and killed in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Arkady Babchenko isn't the first Kremlin critic to be murdered in Kiev.

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Fishermen Say They Were Misled About Brexit Vote

5:14am May 30, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

Many British fishermen voted to leave the European Union, hoping they would get more control over fishing rights in British waters. But as Brexit negotiations drag on, that hope is fading.

Police in London have blamed videos from drill rappers as contributing to violence there. However, opinions are split on the violence's root causes.

YouTube, Urged By Scotland Yard, Removes Rap Videos Blamed For Violence

12:07am May 30, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

Law enforcement points to drill rappers' work as contributing, or even inciting, violence in London, but opinions are split on its root causes.

Police say Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was fatally shot at his apartment in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday. He is seen here in 2013.

Journalist Who Fled Russia Is Fatally Shot In His Kiev Apartment

7:18pm May 29, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Arkady Babchenko had been a prominent war correspondent in Russia, but had fled the country out of fear for his life. He was a vocal critic of the Russian government – which put him at great risk.