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Migrants carrying sticks march in the streets of Calais, northern France, on Thursday. French authorities say four migrants have been shot in the northern port city of Calais in a confrontation that police tried to stop.

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Brawl Between Afghan, Eritrean Migrants In France Leaves 4 Wounded

4:58am February 02, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Authorities say they tried to break up two separate brawls involving more than a hundred Eritrean and Afghan migrants at Calais, the French port that many hope to use to cross over to the U.K.

In Ildikó Enyedi's film On Body and Soul, Maria (Alexandra Borbély) forms a strange connection with another employee at the slaughterhouse.

Dreams End Up On The Slaughterhouse Floor In 'On Body And Soul'

5:00pm February 01, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Up for an Oscar for best foreign-language film, Hungary's tale of two workers linked by shared dreams shifts between whimsy and visceral violence without making us care about either.

Representatives of various religious congregations gathered Saturday in Oswiecim, Poland, to commemorate the victims killed at the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

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Poland Passes Bill Criminalizing Claims Of Its Complicity In The Holocaust

4:55pm February 01, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The Nazis established some of the most notorious extermination camps of the Holocaust on Polish soil — including Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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British Lord Resigns After Being A Few Minutes Late, But Will Keep His Job

4:37pm February 01, 2018

Lord Michael Bates was set to answer questions before the British House of Lords on Wednesday, but arrived a few minutes late. When the session concluded, he jumped up to the lectern, apologized profusely and offered his resignation. He still has his job though after Prime Minister Theresa May said she wouldn't accept it.

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In Greece, Many Asylum Seekers Are Stranded In Overcrowded Camps

4:37pm February 01, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

The European Union's inability to agree on how to manage migration has turned some of Greece's Aegean islands into squalid dumping grounds for asylum seekers.

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Demonstrators including French trade union leader Philippe Martinez, center, protest against President Emmanuel Macron's fast-tracked labor law reforms on Sept. 12 in Paris.

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Why French Unions Aren't Taking To The Streets Like They Used To

4:09pm February 01, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Hard-line unions once wielded tremendous power and made French presidents quake in their boots for decades. Here's how President Emmanuel Macron is defeating them.

Demonstrators support former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont in front of the regional parliament in Barcelona on Tuesday. Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium to avoid arrest for leading a secession bid, is facing possible charges of rebellion, sedition an

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Memes, Video Games Mock Catalonia's Prolonged Deadlock With Spain

2:36pm February 01, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Smartphone game apps "help us survive the sad, difficult, demoralizing reality of politics," says a Catalan illustrator who helped create a version of Donkey Kong making fun of Catalonia's crisis.

Russia's gold medal winner Alexander Legkov kisses his medal during the closing ceremony for the men's 50-kilometer cross-country race in Feb. 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Legkov is one of 28 athletes who have had their doping convictions overturned by a Swiss

Sports Tribunal Overturns Lifetime Bans For Doping Against 28 Russian Athletes

1:35pm February 01, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Court of Arbitration for Sport that heard the appeals said there was insufficient evidence of doping and overturned their lifetime Olympic bans. Eleven others saw their bans reduced.

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Russian Spy Chief Reportedly Met With U.S. Intelligence Officials

6:10am February 01, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Peter Harrell of the Center for a New American Security about reports that Russia's foreign spy service chief, despite being on a U.S. sanctions blacklist, traveled to the U.S.

Sergey Naryshkin speaks during the European Social Charter Conference in March 2016 in Turin, Italy, prior to his appointment to head Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service.

Russian Spy Chief Reportedly Met With U.S. Intelligence Officials Despite Sanctions

6:09am January 31, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Sergey Naryshkin, who has been on a U.S. Treasury Department sanctions list since 2014, reportedly met with U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and other U.S. intelligence officials.