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Rishi Sunak’s campaign to stay British PM showed his lack of political touch
LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak’s campaign to remain Britain’s prime minister showed a lack of political touch. The Conservative Party’s problems were grave before Friday’s resounding election defeat but ...
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UEFA suspends Turkey player Merih Demiral for 2 games for making nationalistic gesture at Euro 2024
BERLIN (AP) — UEFA suspended Turkey player Merih Demiral for two matches on Friday for making a controversial gesture at the ...
See how BTS member Jin is expected to take part in Paris Olympics
Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, will be an Olympic torchbearer at the Paris games after recently completing his mandatory military service.
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Hungary’s Orbán arrives in Moscow for talks with Putin, a rare visit from a European leader
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Orbán’s press chief said Friday, a rare visit to Russia by a ...
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Candidates in pivotal French legislative elections make final push in torrid campaign ahead of vote
PARIS (AP) — Candidates in France’s pivotal and polarizing legislative elections were making their last pushes on Friday for the second and decisive round of voting after a three-week campaign marked ...
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Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar’s civil war
BANGKOK (AP) — New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and ...
Post-communist generation is hoping for a new era of democracy in Mongolia
Tsenguun Saruulsaikhan, a young and newly minted member of Mongolia’s parliament, is unhappy with below-cost electricity ...
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German government averts crisis with budget agreement for Europe’s largest economy
BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Friday agreed on a budget for 2025 and a stimulus package for Europe’s largest economy, ending a monthslong squabble that threatened to upend Chancellor Olaf ...
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Germany fears a victory for the far-right National Rally could harm its close relations with France
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is worried about the outcome of the run-off election in France. Scholz, who is ...
The Latest | Polls open in Iran runoff election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
Iranians are voting in a runoff election on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country’s northwest along with the foreign ...
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Hurricane Beryl takes aim at the Mexican resort of Tulum as a Category 3 storm
TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened back into a Category 3 storm and headed for what could be a direct hit on Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Tulum early Friday, where authorities ...
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He’s derided as dull, but Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister with a sensational victory
LONDON (AP) — For someone often derided as dull, Keir Starmer has delivered a sensational election result. Starmer has led Britain’s Labour Party to a landslide election victory, and on Friday will ...