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Belarusian Government Keeps Increasing Crackdown On The Opposition

4:06pm September 08, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Hanna Yahorava, the executive director at the Regional Press Publishers Association in Belarus, about the government's increasing crackdown on its critics.

Group Of Senators Wants To Posthumously Award The Medal Of Honor To A Black Man

4:06pm September 08, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

A group of U.S. senators wants to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to a Black serviceman who took part in the D-Day landings in France during World War II.

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Questions Arise Over Whereabouts Of Belarusian Opposition Leader

6:57am September 08, 2020

by Charles Maynes

Media in Belarus report the country's opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was abducted by masked men and hauled away in a van Monday morning while walking in the capital city Minsk.

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German Wildlife Officials Caution People To Be Wary Of Wild Boars

5:03am September 08, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

In Germany, it's been the summer of the wild boar. The silly antics of these animals have popped up repeatedly on social media, but it's not all fun.

Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova attends a rally in Minsk on Sunday to protest the disputed results of the August 9 presidential election.

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Belarus Protest Leader Abducted, Local Media Reports Say

7:49pm September 07, 2020

by Charles Maynes

Maria Kolesnikova was taken away by masked men in a van Monday while walking in the capital Minsk, according to reports citing eyewitnesses. She disputed official presidential election results.

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Germany Reports Russian Opposition Figure Alexei Navalny's Condition Is Improving

4:27pm September 07, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

German doctors report the condition of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has improved and he has emerged from a medically induced coma after his poisoning.

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Italians Revive An Old Wine-Serving Custom In Florence

4:02pm September 07, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

In the era of social distancing, Italians in Florence have revived the custom of serving wine through pint-size windows in centuries-old buildings.

In this August photo, Alexei Navalny poses for a photo with Siberian politician Ksenia Fadeyeva. Navalny was removed from a medically-induced coma in a Berlin hospital after suffering what German authorities say was a poisoning with a chemical nerve agent

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Alexei Navalny, Putin Critic Who Was Poisoned, Is Out Of Coma And Improving

3:21pm September 07, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The 44-year-old fell ill last month on a domestic flight in Russia. German doctors confirmed he had consumed a Soviet-era nerve agent.

Birthday Whisky Gifts Will Translate Into House Downpayment

7:00am September 07, 2020

Every birthday, 28-year-old Matthew Robson's dad got him the same present: a bottle of 18-year-old Macallan single malt. With one rule: don't open it. The whisky is now worth about $53,000.

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British Town Votes For Brexit But Now Resists A Consequence

5:53am September 07, 2020

by Elliott Hannon

A huge truck park is under construction in southeast England in anticipation of customs delays after Britain severs ties with the EU. Locals who voted in favor of Brexit are not happy.

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