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Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten is to step down as creative director at the end of June
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian designer Dries Van Noten, who for almost four decades dazzled the fashion world with his luscious use of colors and fabrics, said Tuesday he will step down as creative director of his namesake brand at the end of June. Van Noten, 65, a master of blending the...
Sex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor
GENEVA (AP) — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home,...
US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding to send additional weapons to the front. “The United States will not...
Famine is said to be imminent in northern Gaza as Israel raids the main hospital again
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, where 70% of people are experiencing catastrophic hunger, according to a report Monday that warned escalation of the war could push half of Gaza's total population to the brink of starvation. The report, by the...
Reactions as Vladimir Putin secures a fifth term as Russia's president after tightly controlled vote
Vladimir Putin secured an unprecedented fifth term as president of Russia Monday, as the election commission announced the results of a vote in which he faced no serious challenges and which happened amid the strictest crackdown on opposition and free speech since Soviet times. ...
Croatia's top court rules that the president can't run in the parliamentary election unless he quits
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian's president can't run for prime minister, take part in the upcoming parliamentary election or campaign in favor of an opposition party, unless he resigns immediately from his current post, according to a ruling on Monday from the country's top court. ...
Germans thought they were immune to nationalism after confronting their Nazi past. They were wrong
BERLIN (AP) — When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany's far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the extremists in her country could be stopped. Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the...
US envoy travels to Montenegro to support its EU bid as war in Ukraine rages on
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A senior U.S. official visited Montenegro Monday to offer support to the small Balkan nation seeking to join the European Union. During a press conference in the capital Podgorica, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar said Montenegro...
Bulgaria's foreign minister to form the next government in power-sharing deal
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Monday tapped the largest group in parliament, the center-right GERB-UDF coalition, to form the country’s new government. Radev handed the mandate to Maria Gabriel, the prime minister-designate under a...
The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration
CAIRO (AP) — The European Union on Sunday announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8 billion) aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores. The deal, which drew criticism from...