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    Scotch whisky producers are welcoming news of a breakthrough on tariffs, which came as the industry adjusted to both Brexit and then the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, an employee rolls a whisky barrel at the Glenturret Distillery in Crieff, central Scotland,
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    Scotch Whisky, English Cheese Prices Could Ease As U.S. Halts Tariffs

    Mar 04, 2021
    Scotch whisky and other goods have been subject to a 25% tariff. The levies cost companies hundreds of millions of dollars in lost exports, according to the Scotch industry.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    Forensic investigators search for evidence after an explosion on Wednesday at a coronavirus testing center in the town of Bovenkarpsel, The Netherlands.
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    Explosion Outside Dutch Coronavirus Testing Site, Police Say

    Mar 03, 2021
    Dutch police say the explosion went off outside of a coronavirus test center several miles north of Amsterdam. There were no injuries from the blast.
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    Europe
    Alexander Gauland, a leader in Germany's right-wing AfD political party, leaves a news conference after discussing reports that the Office for the Protection of the Constitution has deemed his entire party under suspicion of being a threat to the constit
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    Germany Places Right-Wing Opposition Party Under Domestic Surveillance

    Mar 03, 2021
    German investigators can now cultivate informants, tap phone calls and read emails as part of its inquiry. The Alternative for Germany party says the move is politically motivated.
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    Europe

    Where The U.S. Stands With France Now That Biden Is In Charge

    Mar 02, 2021
    NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Philippe Etienne, France's ambassador to the U.S., about Iran, climate change, and what hopes he has for the U.S.-France relationship in the Biden administration.
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    World
    Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny during a court hearing in Moscow last month. Navalny, who was poisoned last year, was jailed in Russia upon his return from medical treatment in Germany.
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    White House Slaps Sanctions On Russia Over Navalny Poisoning

    Mar 02, 2021
    The Biden administration, signaling a tougher stance on Russia, announces new sanctions targeting seven senior Kremlin officials in response to the nerve agent attack on the Kremlin critic.
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    World

    U.S. Announces Sanctions On Russia Over Poisoning Of Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny

    Mar 02, 2021
    The U.S. will join the EU in sanctioning Russian officials allegedly behind poisoning Alexei Navalny and his ongoing detention in a Russian prison, senior U.S. officials told reporters.
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    Sports
    Journalists line the front gate of FC Barcelona offices on Monday during a police operation inside.
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    FC Barcelona: Police Raid Stadium In Financial Crimes Investigation

    Mar 01, 2021
    Local media report the club's former president and current CEO were arrested. The raid follows allegations that club officials hired a marketing firm to discredit its critics, including Lionel Messi.
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    Europe

    Former French President Sarkozy Sentenced To 3 Year Jail Sentence For Corruption

    Mar 01, 2021
    Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been given a three-year prison sentence for corruption and influence peddling.
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    French former President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) arrives to hear the verdict in a corruption trial at Porte de Clichy court house in Paris on Monday.
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    Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Found Guilty Of Corruption

    Mar 01, 2021
    Nicolas Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted of bribery and influence peddling. He was sentenced to three years in prison, with two of the years suspended.
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    Goats and Soda
    Masuma Ahuja, author of <em>Girlhood: Teenagers Around The World In Their Own Voices</em>, set out to document girls' ordinary lives.
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    In 'Girlhood,' Teens Across The Globe Write About Their Everyday Lives

    Feb 28, 2021
    'Girlhood,' a collection of diary-style entries by teen girls, aims to bust stereotypes about cultures while revealing girls' everyday lives.
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    Europe
    Renu Begum, eldest sister of Shamima Begum, holds her sister's photo as she is interviewed by the media at New Scotland Yard. The U.K. revoked Shamima Begum's British citizenship two years ago, citing security concerns.
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    Court Says Shamima Begum, Who Left U.K. To Join ISIS, Cannot Return

    Feb 26, 2021
    Begum was born in the U.K., but the country revoked her British citizenship two years ago, citing security concerns. She asked to return to the U.K. to appeal that move in court.
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    World
    Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2019.
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    Armenia's Prime Minister Calls On Supporters To Rally Against A Possible Coup

    Feb 25, 2021
    Nikol Pashinyan warned of a military takeover after the army issued a statement demanding he step down following last year's disastrous conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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    World

    Torture Victims See Syrian Intelligence Official Convicted For War Crimes

    Feb 24, 2021
    In a landmark step in the effort to hold Syrian officials accountable for war crimes, a German court convicted a former Syrian intelligence officer and sentenced him to four and a half years in jail.
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    World
    In a photo taken last week at Babushkinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures during a hearing.
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    Amnesty Rescinds 'Prisoner Of Conscience' Designation For Russia Activist Navalny

    Feb 24, 2021
    Amnesty International cites past comments by the anti-Kremlin activist that "reach the threshold of advocacy of hatred."
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    World
    Presiding judge Anne Kerber (left) stands before handing the verdict to Syrian defendant Eyad al-Gharib (right, face hidden under a folder) Wednesday in Koblenz. Gharib, 44, a former Syrian intelligence service agent, was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in jail
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    Landmark Verdict In Germany Sentences Syrian For Aiding Crimes Against Humanity

    Feb 24, 2021
    Eyad al-Gharib was convicted for sending protesters to a prison where they were tortured, in the first criminal trial against Syrians who served in President Bashar Assad's government.
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    Goats and Soda
    Top left: An officer asks people to observe lockdown rules in Brighton, England. Bottom left: A protester at a lockdown demonstration in Brussels, Belgium last month. Top right: Malaysian health officers screen passengers with a thermal scanner at Kuala
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    Do 'Tight' Cultures Fare Better In The Pandemic Than 'Loose' Cultures?

    Feb 23, 2021
    That's the question posted by a study in The Lancet Planetary Health. In case you're wondering, the United States is characterized as "loose." And Singapore is "tight."
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    People wait in front of the hospital of the Military Medical Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Feb. 21 for a COVID-19 vaccination.
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    Bulgaria Begins Mass-Vaccination Effort; All Welcome To Line Up In 'Green Corridors'

    Feb 23, 2021
    In an effort to boost vaccination rates among a skeptical public, Bulgaria has opened up COVID-19 inoculations to all who want them — with many waiting in line for hours to receive a first dose.
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    Europe

    Pandemic Thwarts British Couple's Plan To Relive Paris Honeymoon

    Feb 23, 2021
    Nick and Bernie Charman weren't able to travel so Nick brought France to their front yard. He built a 22-foot tall Eiffel Tower that lights up like the real thing. The town says it's a code violation.
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    Africa

    Italian Ambassador To DRC Is Killed In Attack On Food Aid Convoy

    Feb 22, 2021
    The violence struck near Goma, as Ambassador Luca Attanasio rode in a U.N. World Food Program convoy near the DRC's eastern borders with Rwanda and Uganda.
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    France's Baguette Is In Contention To Receive U.N. Recognition

    Feb 22, 2021
    The French Bakers Association wants the baguette added to the United Nation's list of intangible treasures. A true baguette is a mix of 4 ingredients: flour, water, yeast, salt and plenty of time.
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    Another British Centenarian Walks To Raise Money For Charity

    Feb 22, 2021
    Following in the footsteps of Captain Tom Moore who died this month, Captain Tom Jones, 103, walks to raise money for charity. The British veteran walks with a cocktail and a striped blazer.
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    World
    Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi meets over the weekend with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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    Iran, U.N. Regulators Agree On Reduced — But Continued — Nuclear Verification

    Feb 22, 2021
    The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran announced an deal to keep some verification activities going for the immediate future. Iran earlier had said it would suspend snap inspections.
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    Europe

    French Education Minister's 'Islamo-Leftism' Probe Meets Academic Backlash

    Feb 21, 2021
    French government ministers have accused the country's universities of failing to recognize the threat to French society posed by radical Islamists.
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    Europe
    Protesters clash with Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan police force, following a demonstration Saturday in Barcelona against the imprisonment of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel.
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    Violence Erupts In Barcelona On 5th Night Of Protests Over Jailed Rapper

    Feb 21, 2021
    Protesters lit fires and luxury stores were vandalized and looted. Nightly, at times violent, protests have followed Pablo Hasél's arrest under a law that criminalizes glorifying terrorism.
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    National
    Friedrich Karl Berger, in a 1959 photo. A court found that he helped guard prisoners when they were forced to evacuate a Nazi concentration camp in a nearly two-week trip under "inhumane conditions," the Justice Department said.
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    U.S. Deports Nazi Concentration Camp Guard To Germany

    Feb 20, 2021
    A 95-year-old man who's been living in Tennessee was deported to Germany to face authorities over his work as a camp guard. Friedrich Karl Berger has lived in the United States since 1959.

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