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Who is Nicusor Dan, the pro-EU centrist who beat a nationalist in Romania’s tense presidential race?
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Nicusor Dan, the former civic activist and pro-European Union centrist politician who defied the ...
New pro-European president in Romania puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain
But as Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician, pro-Western reformist and mayor of Bucharest, takes over Romania's presidency, fault ...
Qatar’s Boeing 747 gift to President Donald Trump doesn’t fly with readers
By considering Qatar’s “gift” of a $400 million Boeing 747 airplane, President Donald Trump proves he is ethically and ...
Portugal's election brings another minority government and a far-right rise
Portugal has witnessed a steep rise in immigration. In 2018, there were fewer than a half-million legal immigrants in the ...
JD Vance gives Pope Leo XIV an invitation from Trump to visit US
ROME (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to ...
The Latest: Trump to hold calls with Putin, Zelenskyy over war in Ukraine
President Donald Trump is hoping that separate phone calls Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in ...
AP PHOTOS: The UK and the EU announce new deals and renew ties, 5 years after Brexit
LONDON (AP) — Britain has struck new agreements with the European Union on boosting defense cooperation, easing food trade and border checks. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday the deals will ...
After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war
WHO has presented a budget for the next two years that is 22% less than originally planned, largely in response to U.S. and other Western funding cuts, and says it has landed commitments for about 60% ...
Lithuania takes Belarus to top UN court over alleged smuggling of migrants
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Vilnius is appealing to the ICJ to hold Belarus accountable under international law for violations of the migrant-smuggling protocol. Its ...
1 person dies when a boat overloaded with migrants sinks in the English Channel
PARIS (AP) — One person died when a boat overloaded with migrants broke up during an attempted overnight crossing of the English Channel, the 12th migrant killed so far this year in the treacherous ...
Asian shares slide and US futures and dollar drop after Wall Street's winning week
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares fell Monday and U.S. futures and the dollar weakened after Moody’sRatings downgraded the ...
Russia outlaws Amnesty International in latest crackdown on dissent and activists
The decision by the Russian Prosecutor General’s office, announced in an online statement, is the latest in the unrelenting crackdown on Kremlin critics, journalists and activists that intensified to ...