Mauritanians vote in a presidential election on June 29, with incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani facing six challengers.
June 27, 2024
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is confident her party will win an absolute majority in parliament, form a government and impose limits
June 27, 2024
Already under scrutiny from ratings agencies, financial markets and Brussels, France's public finances are likely to come under more strain no matter what the outcome
June 27, 2024
Bolivian President Luis Arce has denied being behind an attempted coup against him and said the general who apparently led it “acted on his own,” lashing out at accusations that he had asked for the mutiny in a plan to boost his popularity
June 27, 2024
Slovakia’s Parliament has approved a package of legislation meant to boost security for leading politicians and others following an assassination attempt on populist Prime Minister Robert Fico
June 27, 2024
Officials in Pakistan say an appeals court has upheld the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife for their 2018 marriage which was found to be unlawful
June 27, 2024
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's criticism of plans to share out the top jobs in EU institutions could be the result of a "misunderstanding", her Polish counterpart Donald
June 27, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the decision to back Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as head of the EU's powerful executive body, along with other top jobs, would be
June 27, 2024
The German government is working intensively on the 2025 draft budget, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Thursday.
June 27, 2024
Federal regulators on Thursday approved a Louisiana liquefied natural gas project that has been a lightning rod for environmental activists and an energy policy litmus test for President
June 27, 2024
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June 27, 2024
Deadly Kenyan protests that scuppered tax hikes and a failed coup amid fading economic prospects in Bolivia this week are
June 27, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron has told political leaders from the EU's liberal Renew party grouping that he had decided to put forward Thierry Breton as French EU
June 27, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum named close ally and former Mexico City finance chief Luz Elena Gonzalez as incoming energy minister, tasking her with
June 27, 2024
Kinky Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, has died
June 27, 2024
Chilean President Gabriel Boric pitched a decision to raise electricity rates over the next few months as a necessary if unpopular measure that will promote healthier public
June 27, 2024
Oklahoma's top education official is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12
June 27, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday there is always room to cut government spending, after his remarks this week pushing against spending cuts had
June 27, 2024
European Union leaders on Thursday nominated Germany's centre-right Ursula von der Leyen for a second five-year term as head of the powerful European Commission and chose
June 27, 2024
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday that the culture ministry would fire 300 employees who he said were promoting agendas "incompatible" with the government's
June 27, 2024
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Thursday accused his main challenger for the top job, Jordan Bardella, of tolerating racist speech in the ranks of his far-right camp amid a
June 27, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday signed into law a 20% tax on international purchases of up to $50, despite having previously criticized the measure.
June 27, 2024
European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will lead the European Commission, Council, and foreign policy service after the EU Parliament elections
June 27, 2024
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, chosen to be the next president of the European Council, said on Thursday he will be fully committed to promoting the unity of the 27
June 27, 2024
Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied any involvement or knowledge of a failed coup attempt led by General Juan Jose Zuniga a day earlier, after Zuniga told reporters that
June 27, 2024
US company accuses Mexico of expropriating its property on the Caribbean coast
Woman accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her in 2001 and filming it
US Justice Department accuses Visa of illegal monopoly that adds to the price of ‘nearly everything’
Trump mixes up the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during his speech in Georgia
Trump says he will put 100% tariffs on every car coming across Mexico border
Department of Justice sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets
Dr. Gupta discusses connection between Parkinson’s and football amid Favre’s diagnosis
Sean Combs’ lavish White Parties marked the peak of his cultural influence