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Found: Message In A Bottle From Manchester Bombing Victim's Mother

6:03am July 15, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

A message in a bottle from the mother of a teenager killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena terrorism attack washed up on a beach in southern Italy. The bottle made a 2,500 mile journey.

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Judge Orders Madrid To Continue, For Now, With Car Pollution Measures

5:08am July 15, 2019

by Lucia Benavides

An attempt by the new conservative mayor of Madrid to roll back the city's innovative vehicle pollution controls has Spanish environmentalists fuming, and heading for the courts.

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A Russian cargo plane carrying parts of Russia's S-400 missile defense system landed at a military air base near Ankara, Turkey, on Friday.

Turkey Accepts Russian S-400 Missile System, Rankling U.S. And NATO

2:26pm July 12, 2019

by Bill Chappell

In response, the Pentagon is expected to announce that Turkey will be barred from receiving the new F-35 fighter.

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Digital Tax Passed In France Is Aimed At U.S. Tech Giants

6:14am July 12, 2019

by Jake Cigainero

French lawmakers have approved a tax on digital companies that will affect U.S. technology behemoths such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple. The U.S. government is threatening to retaliate.

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A Look At The United Kingdom's Race For Prime Minister

4:59pm July 11, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro, speaks with Iain Dale, host of London radio station LBC, about the race for prime minister in the U.K. and the candidates, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel Brushes Off Health Concerns, Says She Is Fine

4:28pm July 11, 2019

by Deborah Amos

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sat through the German and Danish national anthems at a greeting ceremony in Berlin on Thursday, after she had uncontrolled tremors at three previous public events.

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France will levy a 3% tax on digital companies that make large profits in the country. French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who championed the measure, is seen here on Wednesday in Paris.

France Approves Tax On Big Tech, And U.S. Threatens To Retaliate

4:08pm July 11, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

French officials have been frustrated that digital companies have been able to avoid taxes by establishing their European headquarters in countries that offer corporations low tax rates.

An undated picture taken in St. Petersburg of the"Komsomolets" before it sank.

Norway Surveys Sunken Soviet Submarine

1:03pm July 11, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

A Norwegian team has found some radioactivity leaking from the sub, which sank in 1989. But they say it poses no threat to the environment.

The British Embassy in Washington, D.C. Kim Darroch resigned as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. on Wednesday, after cables in which he criticized the Trump administration were leaked. Boris Johnson, expected to become the new prime minister, said nothing in D

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View From London: Did U.K. Ambassador's Pro-Europe Stance Make Him A Target?

4:58pm July 10, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Kim Darroch resigned as ambassador to the U.S. after communications in which he criticized the Trump administration were leaked. The British government says it is investigating how it happened.

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Britain's Ambassador To The U.S. Resigns Under Pressure From President Trump

4:41pm July 10, 2019

by Michele Kelemen

After his cables were leaked and President Trump attacked him on Twitter, Kim Darroch decided to resign as the British Ambassador to the U.S., reminding some former diplomats of WikiLeak troubles.