PARIS (AP) — A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections Sunday, according to near-final results, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority. The outcome left France facing the stunning prospect of a hung parliament and threatened political paralysis in a pillar of the European Union and Olympic host
Russia must be held accountable for “an element of genocide” it’s perpetrating by taking thousands of Ukrainian children from their homes and trying to erase their Ukrainian identity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday at the end of a global summit focused on restoring peace between the two countries. More than 90 nations attended the
A B.C. woman in her 70s met her two siblings for the first time, solving a multi-decade mystery. Lorraine Williams discovered she had an older sister and brother when she did a genealogy test on MyHeritage.com.“Just a joyous, ecstatic reunion,” she said.“Or not even a reunion, a meeting. Because this is the first time we
By Staff The Associated Press Posted June 14, 2024 7:09 am Updated June 14, 2024 12:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections. Some ballots in the vote for the European Parliament were still being counted Monday, but the outcome showed the 27-nation bloc’s parliament membership has
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A World Cup skier and his girlfriend died following a fall of nearly 2,300 feet (about 700 metres) while mountain climbing in the Italian Alps. The Italian Winter Sports Federation (Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali) announced the news of Jean Daniel Pession and Elisa Arlian’s deaths on Saturday.
North Korea announced it will stop sending balloons carrying trash and manure across the border, hours after South Korea warned its northern neighbour on Sunday that it would unleash “unbearable” retaliatory measures. However, it seems that the end to the balloon campaign is still not been enough to cool tensions between the two nations, as
Mexico’s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in the country’s 200-year history. “I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said with a smile, speaking at a downtown hotel shortly after electoral authorities announced a statistical sample showed she held an irreversible lead. “I don’t make it alone.
Descrease article font size Increase article font size An unidentified person was killed inside a running jet engine at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on Wednesday, airline officials said. In a statement released after the fatal incident, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said the person “ended up” inside the engine of an aircraft about to embark on
An Italian teenager so good at spreading the teachings of the Catholic church that he was dubbed “God’s influencer” is set to become the first millennial saint. Carlo Acutis was 15 years old when he died from leukemia in 2006, but he did big things for Catholicism in his short time on earth, Pope Francis