The United Kingdom’s decision to hand the center-left Labour Party a parliamentary majority, according to the exit poll, comes at the same time Europe is broadly in the grip of what some call a right-wing populist surge. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/o93d6Q7
A US citizen who was detained in Moscow on drug-related charges in January has been sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in a maximum-security penal colony, according to a court statement released Thursday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/c7UKsQG
The island confirmed its first death as a surge of water, damaging winds and flooding pummeled the southern coast on Wednesday. The Cayman Islands are bracing to be next. from World News https://ift.tt/2sdWgJz
The province has announced a temporary ban on the wearing of niqabs, a full-face veil with an opening for the eyes, as a security measure after attacks by gunmen last month. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/vRnHaY7
Cruise lines are altering some of their cruises’ courses in the Caribbean as Hurricane Beryl storms through the region. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/4TNu8y3
Two candidates from opposite camps will compete for the presidency after no one garnered the number of votes needed last week to win. from World News https://ift.tt/i6JRBfZ
At least 19 bodies were discovered on Monday in an abandoned truck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, according to the state’s attorney general. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/AZMt6RK
Rights groups denounced the detention of Al-Shifa Hospital’s director and thousands of other Gazans without trial, while Israeli leaders faulted his release as a government failure. from World News https://ift.tt/n4DtjBZ
Allegations of sexual abuse against a child by a Syrian man in Kayseri, Turkey, have sparked overnight riots that targeted Syrian businesses and cars in the city. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/2KUXPje
The downfall of two defense ministers over corruption allegations raises tough questions about the country’s combat readiness at a time of heightened tensions. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/ExHMFRp
It was a big day for the far-right National Rally. Just how big will not be clear until a second round of voting is over. from World News https://ift.tt/eK2WlrQ
French voters are heading to the polls after President Emmanuel Macron called for unexpected parliamentary elections that could put the country on a new course. from World News https://ift.tt/r4JcU0F
Polls have opened for the first round of France’s snap parliamentary election, which could oust President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance and leave him to see out the remaining three years of his presidential term in “cohabitation” with a far-right government. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/CGS0fTV
A series of bombs in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state killed at least 18 people and injured 48 others, according to the state’s emergency services Saturday. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/sGgS9HF