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UNGA Briefing: Security Council, climate summit and what else is going on at the United Nations

Sep. 19, 2023 20:29 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's Day 2 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Tuesday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on Wednesday. Follow our live updates to keep up with...

As Slovakia's trust in democracy fades, its election frontrunner campaigns against aid to Ukraine

Sep. 18, 2023 01:34 AM EDT

MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine, in a direct challenge to the European Union and NATO, if he returns to...

EU lets Ukrainian grain ban expire even as some member countries impose their own

Sep. 15, 2023 17:34 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The European Union on Friday decided not to renew a ban on Ukrainian food heading to nearby countries that have complained that an influx of agricultural products from the war-torn nation has hurt their farmers. The move sets up a clash with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary...

Slovakia expels one Russian diplomat, but doesn't explain why

Sep. 14, 2023 13:06 PM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia said Thursday it was expelling a diplomat from Russia's embassy in the Slovak capital for violations of international conventions, but gave no details of the alleged wrongdoing. The diplomat, who was not identified, was given 48 hours to leave...

Slovak spy and police officials face criminal charges in scandal ahead of early election

Aug. 17, 2023 11:55 AM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The former and current heads of Slovakia's spy agency and five other police and intelligence officers have been accused of abuse of power and criminal conspiracy, the top police officer announced Thursday, in a scandal that a former leader called “a police coup”...