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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, electoral data showed Monday, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister. Calin Georgescu, who ran independently, will face off against reformist Elena Lasconi in a runoff in two weeks. Georgescu, 62, was ahead after nearly all ballots were counted with around 22.95% of the […]

The Russian military have captured a British national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops in Russia’s partially occupied Kursk region, state news agency Tass reported Monday, citing unidentified sources in law enforcement. The man was identified by Tass and other media as James Scott Rhys Anderson. Tass quoted him as saying that he had served as a signalman in the British army for four years and then joined the International Legion of […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Kim Dotcom, the internet entrepreneur fighting deportation from New Zealand to the United States on charges relating to his file-sharing website Megaupload, has suffered a “serious stroke”, a post on his X account said Monday. “I have the best health professionals helping me to make a recovery. I will be back as soon as I can. Please be patient and pray for my family and […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian police released a report on Thursday formally accusing former President Jair Bolsonaro, an icon of the global far-right movement, of plotting a coup attempt to stop rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after the leftist leader won the 2022 election. The report is a blow to Bolsonaro’s plans to run for president again in 2026 – and the latest in a series […]

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it is finalizing nearly $60 million in government subsidies for BAE Systems to build chips used in jets and satellites, and for Rocket Lab to build compound semiconductors used in satellites and spacecraft. The department is finalizing $35.5 million to BAE to quadruple production in New Hampshire for key semiconductor chips used in F-35 fighter jets and […]

By Manuela Andreoni SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The political fortunes of Brazil’s hard-right former President Jair Bolsonaro long mirrored those of his ideological ally Donald Trump – but their fates now look to have diverged dramatically. As Trump prepares for four more years in the White House, Bolsonaro is barred from public office and could be tried before Brazil’s Supreme Court next year after police accused him last week of […]

By Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich and Dmitry Zhdannikov VIENNA/LONDON (Reuters) – The trigger that ended more than 50 years of gas flows from Russian state energy giant Gazprom to OMV earlier this month was the Austrian group’s seizure of Russian gas as payment to cover the value of an arbitration award, five sources told Reuters. OMV was among the few remaining buyers of Russian gas in Europe after Gazprom lost almost all […]

The Israeli ambassador to Washington says that a cease-fire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached “within days.” Ambassador Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio on Monday that there remained “points to finalize” and that any deal required agreement from the government. But he said “we are close to a deal” and that “it can happen within days.” Among the issues that remain is […]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The U.N. head, Pope Francis and others called Monday for nations to end the production and use of land mines, even as their deployment globally grows. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a message to delegates at the fifth review of the International Mine Ban Treaty, also known as the Ottawa Convention, that 25 years after it went into force some parties had renewed the […]