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North Macedonia to elect president after campaign focused on hot-button issue of EU membership
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Voters go to the polls in North Macedonia this week for the first round of the presidential election — the seventh such vote since the small landlocked Balkan country gained independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991. Seven candidates are vying...
Today in History: March 28, Three Mile Island has partial nuclear meltdown
Today in History Today is Thursday, March 28, the 88th day of 2024. There are 278 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 28, 1979, America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2...
50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men kneeling to pray in public squares, religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia. The fierce debate has fueled...
France enshrines abortion as a constitutional right as the world marks International Women's Day
PARIS (AP) — France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, in a world first and a powerful message of support to women around the globe on International Women’s Day. A woman from Argentina, a couple from Miami and a man from Czechia were among...
Robert Badinter, who led France to end the death penalty and fought Holocaust denial, has died at 95
PARIS (AP) — Robert Badinter, who spearheaded the drive to abolish France’s death penalty, campaigned against antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and led a European body dealing with the legal fallout of Yugoslavia's breakup, has died. He was 95. French President Emmanuel Macron...
