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Nationalist Is Elected Poland’s President, in Setback for Centrist Government

Karol Nawrocki’s victory will complicate Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s efforts to advance his liberal agenda.

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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.

Who Might Succeed Pope Francis?

A look at 10 of the men seen as contenders to become the next pontiff.

Pope’s cause of death revealed

Pope Francis’ cause of death has been confirmed as it’s revealed he did not die from respiratory issues after a battle with pneumonia.

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