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Far-right gains in European Union deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz

Jun. 09, 2024 16:08 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Far-right parties made such big gains at the European Union parliamentary elections that they dealt stunning defeats to two of the bloc's most important leaders: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In France, the National Rally party...

The Latest | Far-right projected to make big gains as voting wraps on last day of EU elections

Jun. 09, 2024 15:49 PM EDT

An initial projection provided by the European Union indicates far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, as voting was wrapping up Sunday on the final day of elections for the next five-year term. In France, President Emanuel Macron said he was calling early...

Gaza's Health Ministry says 274 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raid that rescued 4 hostages

Jun. 09, 2024 14:31 PM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 274 Palestinians, including dozens of children, were killed, and hundreds more were wounded, in the Israeli raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas, Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire and...

Centrist Benny Gantz is quitting Israel's war Cabinet, citing frustrations with Netanyahu

Jun. 09, 2024 15:26 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country's security needs. The move...

Hunter Biden's family weathers a public and expansive airing in federal court of his drug addiction

Jun. 09, 2024 07:51 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In a span of less than 48 hours this past week, first lady Jill Biden shuttled from a Normandy ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in France to the front row of a Delaware courtroom, where Hunter Biden is on trial in a gun case, and then back to...

Biden honors US war dead with a cemetery visit ending a French trip that served as a rebuke to Trump

Jun. 09, 2024 13:02 PM EDT

BELLEAU, France (AP) — President Joe Biden closed out his trip to France by paying his respects at an American military cemetery that Donald Trump notably skipped when he was president, hoping his final stop Sunday helped draw the stakes of the November election in stark relief. ...

Why Robert F. Kennedy's Jr.'s current presidential polling numbers might not hold up into November

Jun. 09, 2024 08:00 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reached 15% or more in three approved national polls. One more, and he will have met one of CNN's benchmarks to qualify for the debate June 27 with Democratic President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee...

Ukraine says it struck a top fighter plane deep inside Russia

Jun. 09, 2024 13:41 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the front lines. Kyiv’s main military intelligence service shared satellite photos it said showed the aftermath of the...

Stranded migrants confront violence and despair as Tunisia partners to keep them from Europe

Jun. 09, 2024 15:08 PM EDT

EL AMRA, Tunisia (AP) — For many migrants who’ve long dreamed of Europe, one of the last stops is an expanse of olive trees on North Africa's Mediterranean coastline. But in Tunisia, less than 100 miles (161 kilometers) from the Italian islands that form the European Union’s...

Carlos Alcaraz tops Alexander Zverev at the French Open for his third Grand Slam title at age 21

Jun. 09, 2024 15:38 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — As Carlos Alcaraz began constructing his comeback in Sunday's French Open final, a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alexander Zverev for a first championship at Roland Garros and third Grand Slam title in all, there arrived the sort of magical shot the kid is making a regular...

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Far-right gains in European Union deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz

Jun. 09, 2024 16:08 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Far-right parties made such big gains at the European Union parliamentary elections that they dealt stunning defeats to two of the bloc's most important leaders: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In France, the National Rally party...

Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote

Jun. 09, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron decided to dissolve the lower house of the parliament and called for new general elections after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right at the European elections on Sunday. The parliamentary election will take place in...

French President Macron calls a snap legislative election after defeat in EU vote

Jun. 09, 2024 15:58 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French President Emanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament. In an address to the nation from the Elysee presidential...

Trump to undergo probation interview Monday, a required step before his New York sentencing

Jun. 09, 2024 15:54 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be interviewed by New York probation officials Monday, a required step before his July sentencing in his criminal hush money case, according to three people familiar with the plan. Trump will do the interview via a computer video...

The Latest | Far-right projected to make big gains as voting wraps on last day of EU elections

Jun. 09, 2024 15:49 PM EDT

An initial projection provided by the European Union indicates far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, as voting was wrapping up Sunday on the final day of elections for the next five-year term. In France, President Emanuel Macron said he was calling early...

New York police seeking a man who stabbed a city bus driver

Jun. 09, 2024 15:48 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police were searching Sunday for a man they say stabbed a bus driver in the neck. The attack happened at around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday on the B99 bus in Brooklyn. Police say the man stabbed the 60-year-old bus driver in the neck with an unknown sharp...

French Open 2024: Alcaraz and Swiatek won the singles titles. What are the early Wimbledon odds?

Jun. 09, 2024 15:44 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Catch up on the 2024 French Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about what happened at the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the early Wimbledon betting odds are and more: What Happened on Sunday? Carlos Alcaraz won...

Hungarians elect EU representatives in an election seen as a referendum on Orbán's popularity

Jun. 09, 2024 15:40 PM EDT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Voters cast their ballots in Hungary on Sunday to choose their representatives for the European Parliament in an election many see as a referendum on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's popularity. Right-wing populists like Orbán are seen as likely to make...

Carlos Alcaraz tops Alexander Zverev at the French Open for his third Grand Slam title at age 21

Jun. 09, 2024 15:38 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — As Carlos Alcaraz began constructing his comeback in Sunday's French Open final, a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alexander Zverev for a first championship at Roland Garros and third Grand Slam title in all, there arrived the sort of magical shot the kid is making a regular...

Complex coalition talks loom in Belgium after Flemish nationalist parties win federal election

Jun. 09, 2024 15:27 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — Flemish nationalist parties dominated general elections in Belgium on Sunday as Prime minister Alexander De Croo’s liberal party took a hit, with difficult coalition talks to form a new government now looming. Despite polls predicting that the far-right,...