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Sweden exit poll: Left on course for election win in blow to far right
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (461+ words) Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson is heading for a comeback as prime minister in charge of a left-wing coalition, exit polling suggests. STOCKHOLM — Former center-left Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is on course to retake power in Sweden as exit polling…...
Suspected Russian spy behind drone attack in Leipzig
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (588+ words) A Belarusian citizen and a Russian national linked to the country’s military intelligence services have been identified as the main suspects in the August drone attack. German security authorities have identified with a high degree of probability a Belarusian citizen…...
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (610+ words) The U.S. president denied that his war on Iran was responsible for surging diesel prices, but a senior European official said Trump was using Kyiv as a scapegoat. DOONBEG, Ireland — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukraine to stop…...
Russian drone hits passenger train headed from Kyiv to Warsaw
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (340+ words) BRUSSELS — Russian drones attacked a crossing point on the Polish-Ukrainian border on Sunday morning, hitting a passenger train two kilometers from the frontier in Volyn Oblast. Ukraine’s state rail operator confirmed that a strike hit the locomotive of a passenger…...
How to watch Sweden’s election like a pro
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1257+ words) Latest polls put Sunday’s vote in NATO’s newest member on a knife-edge. STOCKHOLM — Millions of Swedes will vote in a tense general election on Sunday that is set to deliver a new left-wing government or bring far-right ministers into power…...
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see a united Ireland
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (190+ words) “It’s going to happen eventually”, the U.S. president said in Dublin during a golf-focused trip to the long-divided island. DUBLIN — U.S. President Donald Trump waded into another age-old conflict Saturday, declaring on a golf-focused visit to Ireland that…...
Ireland aims to avoid the rough with golf-mad Trump
3+ day, 36+ min ago (929+ words) Irish authorities hope to shield Trump from protesters and keep his focus on the Irish Open golf tournament at his own Atlantic resort. DUBLIN — Ireland is girding itself to offer U.S. President Donald Trump the country’s legendary “hundred thousand welcomes…...
EU in space: Going boldly where plenty of people have gone before
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (494+ words) In space, no one can hear you regulate. Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. The world is such a burning dumpster fire that perhaps Europe is right to be casting envious glances toward space. The European Union is already…...
Tusk warns of future attacks after ‘direct threat’ averted at Poland-Ukraine border
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (422+ words) Polish prime minister spoke of U.S. intel pointing to various scenarios, not just on the Russia-Ukraine border but the whole Eastern flank. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said a ‘direct threat’ was averted at a border crossing with Ukraine on Wednesday…...
Kazakhstan can’t sing its way into Eurovision in 2027
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (349+ words) The EBU says the country “does not qualify for full membership at this time.” Kazakhstan’s hopes of Eurovision glory next year have hit a bureaucratic wall. The European Broadcasting Union said Thursday that state-owned broadcaster Khabar Agency does not qualify…...