Poland’s Election Had a Surprise Winner: the EU – Barrons Barron’s Poland Begins to Look Beyond the Vote, to Unwinding an ‘Illiberal Democracy’ The New York Times Polish exit polls signal conservative party’s ouster after 8 years in power Fox News Poland election: the opposition has claimed victory – what happens next? The Guardian Poland Parliamentary Elections: PiS Populist … Read more
WARSAW — Poland’s opposition parties look like they’ve won a solid victory in the country’s general election, according to an exit poll released immediately after voting ended at 9 p.m. on Sunday. Although the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) came first in terms of support, three leading opposition parties would have a majority of … Read more
The World Bank has warned that Pakistan is at a tipping point on poverty with 40 per cent of its population below the poverty line, The Financial Post reported. Pakistan Economic Crisis: A woman checks rice prices at a main wholesale market in Karachi. (AFP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The warning comes ahead of the … Read more
SAN JOAQUIN, Venezuela — The avocado trees across the road from Jose Hernandez’s tin-roofed home help feed several retirees in the rural community of San Joaquin along a highway two hours southwest of Venezuela’s capital. He and his neighbors cut the avocados with the owner’s permission and sell them to motorists at a nearby toll … Read more
In two German state elections that are seen as a bellwether of the national mood, the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, surged while the three parties that make up the country’s federal coalition government suffered significant losses. Conservative forces won clear victories in both the states of Bavaria and Hesse. In Bavaria, the Christian … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — President Joe Biden ‘s name won’t appear on the ballot anywhere in 2023, but you wouldn’t know it from the campaigns that Republican candidates for governor are running in Kentucky and Mississippi. GOP nominees in both states — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and first-term Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves — are just … Read more
Breaking News LIVE: Earthquake Of Magnitude 3.1 Hits Assam’s Dhubri An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 occurred in Assam’s Dhubri district in the early hours of Sunday, an official statement said. National Center for Seismology said that the earthquake occurred at 3:01 am at a depth of 17 Km. Background Breaking News LIVE: Please follow this … Read more
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Republicans are meeting for their second presidential debate on Wednesday as Donald Trump’s top rivals seek to blunt the momentum of the former president, who is so confident of cruising through the party’s primary that he again won’t share a stage with them. Seven GOP candidates will be at the … Read more
Warsaw has stopped supplying weapons to Kyiv and is focusing on arming itself instead, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Wednesday, amid a dispute over Ukraine’s agricultural exports. “We are no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine, because we are now arming Poland with more modern weapons,” Morawiecki said in an appearance on Polish television channel … Read more
DHAKA, Bangladesh — French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the signature of a deal Monday to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system. This came during Macron’s two-day visit to Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, where he met … Read more