UK PM Sunak’s Conservatives set for heavy election defeat, polls forecast
LONDON (Reuters) -Three opinion polls on Wednesday predicted a record defeat for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives at a…
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PARIS (Reuters) - France votes on June 30 and July 7 in a snap parliamentary election which opinion polls forecast…
EU executive proposes disciplinary budget steps for France, others
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed disciplinary steps against France and six other EU countries over running…
Dutchman Rutte to be NATO’s new secretary-general, Dutch news outlet NOS reports citing sources
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte will be NATO's new secretary-general, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg, Dutch news outlet…
Pope offers prayers for ‘noble, courageous’ Chinese people
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday (June 17) called for prayers for the Chinese people, in unscripted remarks coming amid…
Russian court upholds physicist’s 12-year treason sentence
(Reuters) - A Russian court has upheld a 12-year guilty verdict for treason against a physicist accused of passing secrets…
RFK Jr faces down midnight deadline to qualify for CNN presidential debate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr has less than 24 hours to qualify for the first…
Hungarian opposition party to join European Parliament’s centre-right bloc
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian opposition party Tisza will join the centre-right European People's Party bloc in the European Parliament, the…
Putin says treaty with N. Korea provides ‘mutual assistance’ in case of aggression
MOSCOW: A new treaty signed between North Korea and Russia provides for "mutual assistance" in case either country faces aggression,…