Europe
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Zelensky meets with Vance, Rubio ahead of Monday phone call with Trump, Putin
World leaders were in Rome to attend Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass.
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Europe admits JD Vance was right, pivots on mass immigration
In a February speech to European leaders, Vance warned Europeans that they faced serious risks due to what he called “the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.” Scoffed at by EU intelligentsia at the time, their leadership has come around. So have politically attuned Democrats in the US.
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UK police charge Ukrainian man with arson over fires at British prime minister's properties
The department identified the suspect as 21-year-old Roman Lavrynovych, and he has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life. Lavrynovych was arrested over the fires on Tuesday.
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Putin proposes direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Turkey to end war
The three-year war between Russia and Ukraine is the longest in Europe since World War II.
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German conservative leader Friedrich Merz wins vote to become chancellor in second round
Friedrich Merz received 325 votes on the second ballot.
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German conservative leader Friedrich Merz loses vote to become chancellor
Friedrich Merz received 310 votes out of 630, but needed a majority of 316 to win.
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German domestic intelligence agency designates AfD party as right-wing extremist
"The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order," the agency said.
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Nigel Farage's Reform UK party increases in support with local election victories
Reform UK is a populist party that was created in 2018 and was originally called the Brexit Party.
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Ukraine calls for permanent ceasefire after Russia announces three-day pause
Putin announced the pause would occur next month and run from midnight on May 7-8 and end at midnight on May 10-11. The actual victory day is May 8.
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Power outage hits Spain, Portugal, cuts phone service
Red Eléctrica, a Spanish power distributor, said it could take 6-10 hours to restore power to large parts of the country and Portugal.
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Trump’s row with judges is minor league compared to Romania's election crisis
After outsider candidate Călin Georgescu won the first round of elections in Romania’s 2024 election in a stunning upset, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) canceled the second round and ordered a new election, alleging Russian interference.
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UK Prime Minister Starmer backtracks on 'trans women are women' stance after Supreme Court ruling
Last week, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the definition of a woman is someone who is born biologically female, excluding transgender women from the legal definition.
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Canada’s conservatives see a reversal of fortune: Poilievre may miss what looked like a slam dunk
From a 92.5% chance of winning down to 23.3%: The ongoing tariff row between Canada and the United States, has allowed the Liberals to own the nationalist angle while Carney’s status as a fresh face has let him shed much of Trudeau’s far-left baggage.