G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine as EU's traditional powers recalibrate Thursday, 13 June 2024, 16:23 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press A Group of Seven summit is opening Thursday with agreement on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of...
Europe’s far right won ground in the EU elections. Can they unite to wield power? Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 06:57 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press The next European Parliament will have more hard-right members than ever before, occupying close to a quarter of the 720 seats. But they will have to overcome differences if they want...
President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 06:55 Last update: about 3 years ago Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase...
UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 08:27 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press The U.N. Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The...
These candidates who won seats in the European Parliament this week aren't who you might expect Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 08:20 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press He has no political experience. No high-profile endorsements. No party affiliation. What Fidias Panayiotou does have is 2.6 million followers on YouTube and more on TikTok. And now he has won a...
The far right made big gains in European elections. What's next, and why does it matter? Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 07:06 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press For decades, the European Union — which has its roots in the defeat of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy — confined the nationalist far right to the political fringes. With...
Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote Monday, 10 June 2024, 06:28 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France's parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was...
Here's what happened in some key countries in the EU Parliament elections Monday, 10 June 2024, 06:26 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the EU elections. Voters cast ballots in two dozen languages in 27 countries with scores of different campaign issues. So here’s a look at what...
Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz Monday, 10 June 2024, 06:24 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President...
Voting in 20 EU countries under way as elections for the European Parliament enters its final day Sunday, 9 June 2024, 14:58 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Tens of millions across the European Union voted Sunday in EU parliamentary elections in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its...