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A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here's how we got here

Nov. 04, 2024 06:42 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the election that no one could have foreseen. Not so long ago, Donald Trump was marinating in anger at Mar-a-Lago after being impeached twice and voted out of the White House. Even some of his closest allies were looking forward to a future without the...

EU lawmakers grill candidates who will drive policy for the next 5 years

Nov. 04, 2024 05:41 AM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — Nominees for some of the European Union’s top jobs face parliamentary hearings on Monday, as lawmakers start to vet would-be commissioners to oversee Europe-wide policies ranging from agriculture to trade for the next five years. Four of the 26 new members of the...

South Korea and EU condemn North Korea's reported troop dispatch to Russia

Nov. 04, 2024 04:32 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Top South Korean and European Union officials on Monday strongly condemned North Korea’s reported troop dispatch to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine and agreed to work together to try to block deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. ...

Moldova’s pro-Western president wins 2nd term in runoff overshadowed by Russian meddling claims

Nov. 03, 2024 19:20 PM EST

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu has won a second term in a pivotal presidential runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent, in a race that was overshadowed by claims of Russian interference, voter fraud, and intimidation in the European Union candidate...

Albania aims to join the European Union by 2030, prime minister tells expatriates in Greek city

Nov. 03, 2024 15:35 PM EST

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Albania hopes to join the European Union by 2030, Prime Minister Edi Rama told a crowd of some 2,000 supporters at a hotel in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Sunday. Rama also promised that the numerous Albanian expatriates will be able for...

Champions League teams chase 10-points tally in poignant week for coaches Amorim, Alonso, Ancelotti

Nov. 03, 2024 08:07 AM EST

The first Champions League team will reach 10 points this week and likely ensure advancing to the knockout stage as the untested 36-team standings format reaches the midway point. Either Liverpool or Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen will have 10 points after they meet at Anfield on...

Lawmakers are vetting the EU chief's new team. It might be tough but she has the right on her side

Nov. 03, 2024 02:11 AM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — Five months after the European Union lurched to the political right, the influence of nationalist and populist parties will go on public display in Brussels on Monday when lawmakers vet the proposed new members of the EU’s increasingly powerful executive branch. ...

Moldovans are voting in a pivotal presidential runoff. But voter fraud threatens its democracy

Nov. 02, 2024 01:25 AM EDT

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovan historian and politician Octavian Ticu remembers when the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, a seismic event that enabled him to become one of the first amateur boxers to fight for his country at the pinnacle of his sport: the Olympic Games. ...

Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to 'fall back' an hour

Nov. 02, 2024 01:01 AM EDT

The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It'll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed....

Japan and EU announce a security and defense partnership as regional tensions rise

Nov. 01, 2024 09:49 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the European Union announced a security and defense partnership on Friday as they seek to step up military ties, including joint exercises and exchanges between their defense industries, amid growing tensions with China, North Korea and Russia. It is the...