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Italy’s citizenship referendum fails after voters heed Giorgia Meloni call for boycott

Low turnout for two-day plebiscite aimed at granting faster citizenship to immigrants garners below 50% threshold needed to pass

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Huge sign Putin targeting this nation

 

Fears are growing about Putin’s potential next target as Russian military continue to expand in one nation.

Trump faces critical test after his tough talk on Putin

The president can reaffirm US support for the country in its conflict with Russia or walk away completely. American allies fear the latter.<

French justice minister calls for abolishing cash

Gerald Darmanin has argued that digital transactions are much easier to trace

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Robert Prevost becomes first American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

US Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. After serving as missionary and archbishop in Peru, Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis's pontificate, adding three women to the voting bloc that decides which bishop nominations to forward to the pope.

New Pope elected

White smoke has been seen above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on the second day of the conclave

Romania nationalist George Simion, a Trump fan, wins first round of presidential vote

Far-right nationalist George Simion secured an emphatic win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election on Sunday, nearly complete electoral data showed, months after an annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into turmoil. He is expected to face Bucharest's pro-EU mayor Nicusor Dan in a May 18 runoff.

European officials probe cause of hourslong power outages in Spain, Portugal

Officials don't believe a cyberattack is behind outages that also affected small area of France

Blackout brings much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, cause still unknown

Spain and Portugal were hit by a massive power outage Monday, knocking out subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATM machines across the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that a problem in the European grid but that the cause was still being determined.

Conclave to replace Pope Francis to begin May 7, Vatican says

The conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin Wednesday, May 7.

Catholics bury the ‘people’s pope’

Hundreds of thousands line streets, pack St. Peter’s Square to bid Pope Francis farewell

'Blood everywhere': Student stabbed to death

 

A student has died in a French high school after another student allegedly stabbed several classmates in horror scenes.

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