NEW DELHI (AP) — Indians began voting Saturday in the final round of a six-week national elections that is a referendum on Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi decade in power. The elections are considered one of the most consequential in India’s history. If Modi wins, he will be only the second Indian leader to […]
Estonia considers itself a frontline state, a NATO member where its border guards stare across the Narva River at Russia’s Ivangorod Fortress. This small Baltic state, once part of the Soviet Union, is convinced that once the fighting in Ukraine stops, President Vladimir Putin will turn his attention to the Baltic states in an attempt
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COTIJA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a broader role Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country’s powerful drug cartels have been committing targeted killings for some time now from mayors and other local candidates who threaten
CHICAGO – The University of Chicago is facing criticism for its disciplinary response to campus protests against the war in Gaza. It’s commencement weekend and at least four graduating students said their degrees are being withheld pending the university’s disciplinary process. At a news conference Friday, one of those graduating seniors tossed his robes to
Woodside energy will receive a $1 billion loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to support the development of the Scarborough LNG project, the company announced on May 30. The project will be part of Woodside’s Scarborough gas field, approximately 370 kilometers off the northwest coast of Australia. The project’s first LNG loading
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Russian authorities stated on Friday that this is the case presidential candidate, a prominent human rights lawyer, and several others who are “foreign agents.””, the latest step in a brutal crackdown on dissent in Russia, which has reached new heights since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Russia introduced the label in 2012, following massive anti-government
Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners for the first time in months on Friday, but any hopes of de-escalating the war were dashed by attacks from both sides and Moscow bragging about its gains in May. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, meanwhile, was in Stockholm to sign security deals with Sweden, Iceland and Norway, as the West
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver said Friday that an “incendiary device” was thrown at the front doors of a synagogue in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a “disgusting act of anti-Semitism.” Vancouver police said the case is being investigated as an act of arson and possible hate
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After the parliamentary elections, there will probably be a coalition government in South Africa for the first time in the country’s history. After 80% of votes were counted, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party had 41.37% of the total votes on Friday evening, according to the National Electoral Commission (IEC). The preliminary results indicate
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A Hitachi construction vehicle is on display at the Bauma construction fair in Munich. Peter Kneffel/Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH/dpa France’s Thales has completed the sale of its rail technology division to its Japanese rival Hitachi, both companies said on Friday. According to Hitachi, it will pay 1.66 billion euros for the division, which mainly deals with
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