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By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN -Germany’s conservative CDU party was on track to win a regional election in North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday, but the Green party could emerge as “kingmaker” in …

(Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday he expected the Senate to vote on Wednesday to approve about $40 billion in proposed aid to help Ukraine resist …

(Refiles to remove extra word in last line) BERLIN – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken to his Turkish counterpart on Ankara’s concerns regarding Sweden and …

By Niklas Pollard and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM -Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will seek broad support for an application to join NATO on Monday, she announced on Sunday after her …

(Reuters) – A white teenager dressed in camouflage and body armor opened fire on Saturday in a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people …

DUBAI -World leaders descended on the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to offer condolences to new leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on the death of his half-brother President Khalifa …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said the United States was seeing “an epidemic of hate” after an 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death on Saturday at …

By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BERLIN – NATO is confident that it can overcome objections by Turkey and quickly admit Finland and Sweden, its deputy chief said on Sunday, …

By Gabriella Borter and Costas Pitas WASHINGTON -Thousands of abortion rights supporters rallied across the United States on Saturday, angered by the prospect that the Supreme Court may soon overturn …

By Josh Smith and Byungwook Kim SEOUL – North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide …

By Essi Lehto HELSINKI -Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of the NATO military alliance, in a historic policy shift prompted by …

By Brenda Goh and Tony Munroe SHANGHAI/BEIJING -Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in China’s financial and manufacturing hub from Monday after weeks …

(Corrects to remove reference to Kuleba briefing NATO ministers) KYIV/BERLIN – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin on Sunday and …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church, including an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp …

By Elaine Lies TOKYO – The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of U.S. occupation and its return to Japan with calls …

LONDON – Ireland’s foreign minister Simon Coveney urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday not to introduce new post-Brexit trade laws in the coming the days that he said …

BEIRUT – Polls opened on Sunday in Lebanon’s first parliamentary election since the country’s economic collapse. Voting was due to begin from 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) across 15 electoral districts, …

By Sergiy Karazy (Reuters) – Gathered in a basement used as safe quarters north of Kyiv a small group of Ukrainian soldiers joyfully watched their country win the Eurovision Song …

(Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a housing policy on Sunday aimed at boosting home ownership and curbing high prices, as his government lags the opposition Labor Party …

BERLIN – Canada hopes for a swift ratification process should Finland and Sweden decide to apply for NATO membership, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Sunday. “I hope this can …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah met his counterpart from Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), a shadow administration outlawed by the ruling military junta, in the group’s first …

Sen. Blumenthal’s Family Splurged On Intel Stock Before He Voted For A Massive Subsidy Bill Gabe Kaminsky on May 14, 2022 Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal recently disclosed that an …

‘Life Hasn’t Improved’: Hispanic GOP Candidate Says Democrats Have Made Things Worse For Latino Voters Samantha Renck on May 14, 2022 Hispanic and Latino voters have historically voted for Democratic …

By Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay KYIV/BEZRUKY, Ukraine -Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium in eastern Ukraine, a regional governor said on Saturday, in …

(Reuters) -Russian diplomats in Washington are being threatened with violence and U.S. intelligence services try to make contact with them, Tass news agency cited the ambassador as saying on Saturday. …