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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed to guarantee that Hungary won’t have to take part in the military alliance’s deepening support for Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. Hungary, in exchange, won’t block any related NATO decisions, Orban said at a briefing in Budapest on Wednesday. Orban said...

NATO Chief Agrees to Let Hungary Opt Out of Alliance’s Support for Ukraine

The Hill

Although 80 world democracies rejected that approach, the largest democracies of Latin America looked atomized, small, and faint-hearted in the face of a great and extraordinary threat to humanity and world peace.

Opinion: Brazil, Mexico and Colombia say no to peace and yes to Putin

Reuters

KYIV (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that China would not sell weapons to Russia during a phone conversation between the two men, Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says China's Xi told him he will not sell any weapons to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's very public criticism of China over its relationship with Russia, and cool stance toward a forthcoming peace summit, could backfire. China denied Ukrainian accusations that it was helping Russia to undermine a forthcoming peace summit in Switzerland. Analysts say Ukraine's leadership has risked antagonizing Beijing at...

In slamming China over its stance on Russia and the war, Ukraine might have made a big miscalculation

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that Moldova's potential accession to the European Union was a sovereign matter for the former Soviet republic, but said there were many Moldovans who also wanted to see close ties to Russia.

Kremlin, on start of EU-Moldova talks, says many Moldovans want ties with Russia too

Both Rohit and Kohli called time on their T20 careers for India after the cricketing powerhouse edged South Africa to clinch its second T20 World Cup title in Barbados on Saturday. The two batting stalwarts have carried the dreams of a cricket-crazy nation for over 15 years and ended the...

End of an era as India faces T20 future without Kohli, Rohit

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Cheryl E Preston

Growing up in Southwest Virginia, I heard adults say that the same people who welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday were shouting "Crucify Him" less than a week later. We don't know if they were the same individuals, but the principal makes a point that unfortunately, General Hospital actress Tabyana Ali is experiencing.

General Hospital gives an official statement after racists attack Tabyana Ali online

J. Souza

An 81-year-old foreign passenger was found dead in her cabin onboard a Maltese-flagged cruise ship on Saturday afternoon, according to a statement from the Greek Coast Guard. A Greek news outlet reported that the incident occurred while the vessel was docked at the picturesque Port of Mykonos, a popular tourist destination in the Aegean Sea.

Cruise Ship Passenger Found Dead in Cabin, Coast Guard Reports

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Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has urged the Polish government not to shut down border crossing points between the two countries. "Keeping Belarusians connected to Europe is crucial," she said in a post on X, adding that people could not be left "behind a new iron curtain". Earlier on...

Belarus opposition leader warns Poland over borders

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday thanked Romania for its president withdrawing from the race to lead NATO, saying the move would help ensure the Western military alliance stays properly focused. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the message to his Romanian counterpart Luminița-Teodora Odobescu. Their meeting...

US thanks Romania for its leader exiting the NATO leadership race to clear the way for Rutte

PBS NewsHour

European Union leaders signed off on a trio of top appointments for their shared political institutions on Thursday, reinstalling German conservative Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission for another five years.

EU leaders appoint top officials to serve as the face of world's largest trading bloc

Business Insider

Under the plans, US troops would land at one of five European ports and then be transported to NATO's eastern flank, officials told The Telegraph.

NATO is making plans for surging US troops into Europe in case Russia invades

Georgia State

The Current GA

People held in Georgia immigrant detention centers will soon face new challenges in their search for lawyers to represent them in immigration court, a development that will likely doom many people’s chances of fighting deportation.

For migrants in Georgia, fighting deportation will become harder. Here’s why.

Nahun Romero, a Honduran footballer who arrived in New York City penniless and undocumented, is living his American dream in the Big Apple where he leads a successful football school. The former semi-professional player was unable to go pro due to his immigration status when he got to the US, so he decided to train the youngsters in his neighbourhood. The 5 Star Soccer Academy had 3 enrollees when it began in 2017, and now has almost 500.

Undocumented immigrant to business owner: A Honduran's American dream come true

Police in three countries searched the offices of French defence company Thales this week over suspected corruption involving arms sales abroad, notably to Brazil, a judicial source said Saturday. Officers in France, the Netherlands and Spain carried out the searches between Wednesday and Friday, the source told AFP, confirming a...

Thales offices in three countries searched in corruption investigation

(Reuters) - A growing proportion of non-European Union citizens ordered to leave EU territory are being returned to countries outside the bloc as part of efforts to rein in irregular migration, data from the EU's statistics office shows.

EU sees rise in deportation rates for non-EU migrants

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- When Hungary takes over the helm of the European Union on July 1, many politicians in Brussels will have the same thing on their minds: whether populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will use the role to further his reputation as the bloc’s main spoiler. Orbán...

Hungary's Orbán to take over EU presidency as many issues hang in the balance

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The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Since February, Haiti has been facing an unprecedented political and security crisis. The country is ravaged by gang violence, with 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince under the control of gangs accused of countless atrocities. The airport, which had been closed for three months, has just reopened. But it's still extremely tough to get humanitarian aid into Haiti. In the United States, where more than a million Haitians live, the diaspora lives in daily fear of receiving bad news from their loved ones left behind. FRANCE 24's Fanny Allard reports.

Haiti's gang violence crisis: Fears grow among Miami diaspora

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EU holds its breath as Hungary’s Orban vows to ‘Make Europe Great Again’

The EU’s six-month rotating presidencies, when member states take turns steering the bloc, tend to come and go without most people noticing. For diplomats in Brussels,...

EU holds its breath as Hungary’s Orban vows to ‘Make Europe Great Again’

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