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Voters in Belgium handed a victory to a conservative Flemish nationalist party, disproving polls that had predicted a sweep to first place by Flemish secessionists, preliminary outcomes confirmed on Sunday. The New Flemish Alliance, a party that seeks better autonomy for the Dutch-speaking northern half of Belgium, was poised within the nationwide elections to develop […] More

The essential issues to know as voters in 27 international locations head to the poll field to form the subsequent 5 years of European Union insurance policies. More

On a latest afternoon in Kyiv, a professor of literature and a slapstick comedian ​bought collectively to speak about Russian colonialism, a topic that has develop into ​a preoccupation amongst Ukrainian activists, cultural figures and bookstore homeowners. ​The moderator of the dialogue, which was recorded for a brand new podcast for Ukraine’s nationwide public broadcaster, […] More

After a four-day search, Greek officers mentioned on Sunday that they had discovered the physique of Michael Mosley, a British medical journalist and documentary maker who disappeared final week whereas on a visit on the Greek island of Symi. His physique was discovered on a seaside in Agia Marina, mentioned the mayor of Symi, Eleftherios […] More

In the United States, Donald J. Trump and Joe Biden can barely comply with share a stage for a debate. In Belgium, the politicians who will face off on Sunday within the nation’s most contested basic election in years agreed to a four-episode actuality present filmed over a weekend and set in a fortress — […] More

The essential issues to know as voters in 27 nations head to the poll field to form the following 5 years of European Union insurance policies. More

Beneath the crystal chandeliers of the gilded reception corridor of the Élysée Palace, opened in 1889 with a party for 8,000 individuals, President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted President Biden on Saturday evening at a state dinner meant to have fun a really previous alliance and exhibit that the bond is bigger than its intermittent […] More

Sigmund Rolat, a Polish Holocaust survivor who tapped the wealth he accrued as a businessman within the United States to help cultural initiatives in his homeland, most notably a museum dedicated to the historical past of Jews in Poland that stands on the grounds of the Warsaw Ghetto, died on May 19 at his residence […] More

Jürgen Moltmann, who drew on his searing experiences as a German soldier throughout World War II to assemble transformative concepts about God, Jesus and salvation in a fallen world, making him one of many main Protestant theologians of the twentieth century, died on Monday at his residence in Tübingen, in southwest Germany. He was 98. […] More

President Biden and President Emmanuel Macron of France careworn on Saturday how a lot they agree with one another about world affairs, together with the warfare in Ukraine, at the same time as their international locations have expressed sharply completely different views of the combating in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Appearing briefly collectively earlier […] More

In entrance of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the road has been blanketed in synthetic turf, and a set of gigantic purpose posts has been erected. On the waterfront in Hamburg, two dozen delivery containers have been painted within the colours of the competing nations. Part of Leipzig’s zoo has been handed over for a […] More

Jim McCann, the vice principal of St. Joseph’s Primary School, made his means by means of the hallways, pointing like a proud father to the colourful paper butterflies crafted by his college students that hung from the ceiling. He cheerfully greeted every baby by identify as he handed them. Then he caught his head right […] More