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Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan celebrate on the street after polls closed for the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania on Sunday. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption toggle caption Vadim Ghirda/AP Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist, nearly complete electoral … Read more

Supporters of conservative presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki hold up signs as they rally in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The writing reads: Karol, the man who will become president, Wake up, Poland! and Our president Karol Nawrocki. Czarek Sokolowski/AP hide caption toggle caption Czarek Sokolowski/AP WARSAW, Poland — Poles are voting Sunday in a … Read more

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers recover the bodies of passengers after a Russian drone struck a passenger bus at the village of Bilopillya in the Sumy region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 17, 2025. AP/Ukrainian Emergency Service hide caption toggle caption AP/Ukrainian Emergency Service KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone hit a … Read more

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa in February. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption toggle caption Jerome Delay/AP JOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to Washington next week to meet President Trump at the White House on Wednesday “to discuss bilateral, … Read more

Cannes officials updated the film festival’s dress code this year to ban full nudity and “voluminous” clothing. Above, actor Wan QianHui arrives for the opening ceremony on Tuesday. Monica Schipper/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Monica Schipper/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe The 78th Cannes Film Festival kicked off on Tuesday in the French Riviera, … Read more

President Trump and Vice President Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28. Researchers are testing AI’s potential for coming up with agreements to end the war in Ukraine. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images At the Center for Strategic and … Read more

While Trump announces a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, residents report blasts over Indian-held Kashmir shortly after. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: After days where India and Pakistan appeared locked into widening conflict, President Trump announced that the two countries had agreed to a ceasefire. And with that, it appeared that the worst conflict in more than … Read more

People walk down a road in Khartoum, 2024. Faiz Abubakr/Faiz Abubakr hide caption toggle caption Faiz Abubakr/Faiz Abubakr People walk down a road in Khartoum, 2024. Faiz Abubakr/Faiz Abubakr It’s been more than two years since civil war exploded in Sudan. By some estimates the conflict has killed as many as 150-thousand people, and displaced … Read more

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP VATICAN CITY — Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the 133 … Read more

Two months ago, the U.S. deported almost 300 asylum seekers and flew them to Panama under a deal that has been widely criticized by human rights groups. Source link