Orbán’s party boycotts a session of Hungary’s parliament to further stall Sweden’s bid to join NATO | AP News

Orbán’s party boycotts a session of Hungary’s parliament to further stall Sweden’s bid to join NATO | AP News

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Lawmakers from the party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán boycotted an emergency session of parliament on Monday where a vote was scheduled to place Sweden’s bid to join NATO on the legislative agenda, adding to 18 months of delays that have angered Hungary’s allies. The governing Fidesz party, which holds

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The owners of Russia’s tech pioneer Yandex are selling — at a big, Kremlin-required discount | AP News

The owners of Russia’s tech pioneer Yandex are selling — at a big, Kremlin-required discount | AP News

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil company Lukoil, one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies to exit Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.The price

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Pakistan’s election looks more like a coronation or a sure bet. Many voters are disillusioned | AP News

Pakistan’s election looks more like a coronation or a sure bet. Many voters are disillusioned | AP News

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mired in political feuding, a seemingly intractable economic crisis and resurgent militancy.Forty-four political parties will compete on Thursday for a share of the 266 seats in the

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UN refugee chief warns Europe of a new influx of Sudanese migrants if Sudan’s conflict continues | AP News

UN refugee chief warns Europe of a new influx of Sudanese migrants if Sudan’s conflict continues | AP News

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Europe may have to deal with a new flow of Sudanese migrants if a cease-fire agreement isn’t signed soon between Sudan’s warring sides and relief efforts aren’t strengthened, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said Monday.“The Europeans are always so worried about people coming across the Mediterranean. Well, I

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With a single word — ‘lover’ — Trump employs familiar playbook in tweaking his investigators | AP News

With a single word — ‘lover’ — Trump employs familiar playbook in tweaking his investigators | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Each time Donald Trump refers to a Georgia prosecutor ‘s colleague as her “lover,” he’s invoking a strikingly familiar turn of phrase.After all, Trump as president repeatedly used the same word to mock two FBI officials, including an agent who helped lead the Russia election interference probe, after revelations that the pair

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France’s foreign ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador over French aid workers killed in Ukraine | AP News

France’s foreign ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador over French aid workers killed in Ukraine | AP News

PARIS (AP) — The French foreign ministry said that it summoned Russia’s ambassador to France on Monday over the deaths of two French nationals working for nongovernmental organizations in Ukraine.The humanitarian workers were killed in Russian strikes on Thursday near the front line of fighting in the war in Ukraine north of the Dnipro River.

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Germany doubles its commitment of troops to the NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo | AP News

Germany doubles its commitment of troops to the NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo | AP News

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Germany will double its contribution of about 100 troops to the NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo in a demonstration of its commitment to regional security, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Monday. Pistorius, who was on a regional tour to Kosovo and neighboring Serbia, said Germany will add another company of soldiers

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