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Robert Fico, Slovakia's populist prime minister, who returned to power on a pro-Russian platform

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence tha...

May 15, 2024

Slovakia's prime minister wounded in shooting

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital. Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, ...

May 15, 2024

Wong sworn in as Singapore's fourth prime minister, as Lee Hsien Loong bows out after 20 years

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Singapore's deputy leader Lawrence Wong was sworn in Wednesday as the nation's fourth prime minister in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure contin...

May 15, 2024

Biden won’t participate in debates sponsored by nonpartisan commission, proposes 2 Trump debates

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday on social media that he won't participate in the campaign debates sponsored by a nonpartisan commission, instead challenging Republican Donald Trum...

May 15, 2024

Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff wins Spain's Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences

MADRID (AP) - Canadian historian and writer Michael Ignatieff has won Spain's Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences for his "critical reflections on the major conflicts of our time," prize or...

May 15, 2024

Swiss court convicts a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity

GENEVA (AP) - Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity over his role in repression committed by the west African country...

May 15, 2024

French president convenes top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in territory of New Caledonia

PARIS (AP) - At least two people were killed and three were seriously injured overnight in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, French media reported Wednesday, as President Emmanuel Macron ...

May 15, 2024

Incumbent Brandon Scott prevails in Baltimore mayor’s race primary

BALTIMORE (AP) - Incumbent Brandon Scott beat out one of his predecessors in Baltimore's Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday, all but ensuring a second term in office. Scott was originally elected...

May 14, 2024

Maryland State Sen. Sarah Elfreth wins Maryland Democratic congressional primary

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland State Sen. Sarah Elfreth has defeated former U.S. Capitol police officer Harry Dunn in a crowded congressional Democratic primary. Elfreth prevailed in a primary with 22...

May 14, 2024

US Rep. Carol Miller defeats Jan. 6 rioter Derrick Evans for GOP nomination in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Congresswoman Carol Miller has held off a challenge from convicted Jan. 6 riot participant Derrick Evans to win the Republican primary for her U.S. House seat in West Virginia...

May 14, 2024