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Outgoing head of Europe’s drug agency warns of surge of violence from stimulant trade
Europe’s top official monitoring illegal drugs has a parting message near the end of his tenure: the relentless rise in the ...
David Jolly, a Trump critic and former GOP congressman, to run for Florida governor as a Democrat
A former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president’s adopted ...
South Korean lawmakers approve special investigations into martial law and Yoon’s wife
South Korea’s liberal-led legislature overwhelmingly passed bills Thursday to launch special investigations into former ...
New Zealand Parliament votes for record suspensions of 3 lawmakers who performed Māori haka
New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori ...
Vigil held for victims of Boulder firebombing attack as suspect’s family fights deportation
Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colorado, for a vigil that featured prayer, singing ...
NATO set to approve new military purchases as part of a major defense spending hike
NATO defense ministers are set Thursday to approve plans to buy more weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, ...
China issues warrants for alleged Taiwanese hackers and bans a business for pro-independence links
China issued warrants Thursday for 20 Taiwanese people it said carried out hacking missions in the Chinese mainland on behalf ...
India is preparing to launch its delayed census, including controversial questions about caste
India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 years will be ...
Election of Mexico’s first Indigenous Supreme Court justice in 170 years raises hope and skepticism
In his campaign for Mexico’s Supreme Court, Hugo Aguilar sent a simple message: He would be the one to finally give ...
Thune’s first big test as Senate leader has arrived with Trump’s tax bill
Only six months into the job, Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a massive challenge as he tries to quickly push ...
5 mayors are suspended from duty as authorities expand the crackdown on Turkey’s opposition
Turkish authorities suspended five elected mayors from duty Thursday as part of an ongoing crackdown on the country’s opposition. Separately, prosecutors launched an ...
Europe’s central bank expected to lower interest rates as Trump’s trade war threatens growth
Lower inflation and concern that U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war will slow already modest growth have cleared the way for the European Central Bank to cut ...