Europe

In Georgia, protesters waving European Union flags have rallied in opposition to what they see as their pro-Russia leaders. Moldova’s authorities is pushing to hitch the western bloc, enraging residents hoping for nearer relations with Moscow. Armenia, too, has reached out to Europe, angered that Moscow, a longtime ally, is courting its enemy, Azerbaijan. Fueled […] More

Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit campaigner and serial disrupter of British politics, on Monday introduced plans to run as a candidate in Britain’s normal election subsequent month, dealing a brand new setback to the prospects of the nation’s embattled prime minister, Rishi Sunak. The shock announcement from Mr. Farage, who represents an rebel far proper motion, […] More

From the bridge of the three-masted windjammer, the Sea Cloud Spirit, the captain referred to as out the phrases we’d all been ready for. “Let’s set the sails!” he cried, after turning off the engines, whereas maneuvering to take care of an optimum angle for his 18 deckhands to climb into the shrouds and unfurl […] More

In Georgia, protesters waving European Union flags have rallied towards what they see as their pro-Russia leaders. Moldova’s authorities is pushing to hitch the bloc, enraging residents hoping for nearer relations with Moscow. Armenia, too, has reached out to Europe, angered that Moscow, a longtime ally, is courting its enemy, Azerbaijan. Fueled partially by the […] More

South Africa rejected the party that ended apartheid The African National Congress misplaced its political monopoly in South Africa for the primary time since vanquishing the nation’s final white-led regime 30 years in the past. When votes had been counted on Saturday, the A.N.C. acquired solely about 40 p.c of the vote, a steep drop […] More

Nationalists are surging and anticipated to make massive good points when voters from 27 nations forged ballots beginning this week for the European Parliament. But the prospect of success is already elevating the query amongst far-right events of how far is just too far. That query has turn into urgent as in style hard-right events, […] More

“Navigator,” the person who had ordered the youngsters faraway from the church, visited the foster dwelling repeatedly. He would later be recognized as Igor Kastyukevich, a Russian member of Parliament from Mr. Putin’s political party, United Russia. Anna Kuznetsova, a deputy chairwoman within the Russian Parliament and Ms. Lvova-Belova’s predecessor as kids’s rights commissioner, traveled […] More

Western leaders are embarking on a unprecedented stretch of summitry this week, which may give them an opportunity to undertaking unity to adversaries who more and more view the West as one thing to be defied, disregarded and even repudiated. But as they collect on the windswept bluffs of Normandy for the eightieth anniversary of […] More