Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu has claimed a second term after a tense election run-off seen as a choice between Europe and Russia. The Moldovan Central Electoral Commission confirmed Sandu’s victory on Monday morning. Sandu won 55% of the vote, according to preliminary results, and in a late-night speech on Sunday she promised to be…
Greetings from Tyler, They’re going all out now. We’ve entered the name-calling phase of the race. Not only are the candidates being called every rotten creature that has infested history, but they’re giving the rest of us trouble too. The dyed hair crowd is giving us what for. They’re calling us all Nazi’s, even shedding tears. …
Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legallyand track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that expands the state’s clash with the Biden administration over immigration. Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals in Texas, even…
TBILISI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Two U.S. pollsters commissioned by Georgian opposition forces called into question official results that showed the governing Georgian Dream party won last weekend’s parliamentary election in the South Caucasus country, as opposition parties prepared to hold a new protest next week. U.S. data and polling firm Edison Research, commissioned by…
have reportedly been stationed in Russia’s Kursk region, near the Ukrainian border. The report, shared by Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood during a U.N. Security Council session, signals a deepening military alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang. “We just received some information, just coming in now, that right now there are some…
Oct. 31 (UPI) — Rescue efforts were continuing Thursday in eastern Spain after more than a year’s worth of rainfall fell in eight hours, triggering flash flooding that killed at least 158 people, destroyed roads, bridges and cut power and left some areas cut off from the outside world. The number of confirmed deaths climbed…
Eurozone inflation hit 2% in October, exceeding forecasts and up from September’s 1.7%, driven by services and food prices. Germany witnessed unexpected price increases. The euro strengthened. Inflation in the eurozone accelerated in October, with the consumer price index reaching 2% year-over-year, surpassing economist predictions of 1.9% and marking an uptick from 1.7% in September,…
HELSINKI, Oct 31 (Reuters) – Finland’s Coast Guard said it has detected constant disturbances to satellite navigation signals in the Baltic Sea since April and in recent weeks has seen tankers spoofing their location data to cover up visits to Russia. Last week, Finland’s interior minister Lulu Ranne said Finland believes Russia is behind disturbances…
At least a dozen people were arrested as Los Angeles descended into chaos Wednesday night after the Dodgers beat the Yankees in the World Series — with belligerent baseball fans setting fire to a bus while others clashed with cops and looters ran amok. Six people were arrested for commercial burglary, four for receiving stolen…
The scale of what lurks beneath the surface could be vast – can the Liberal leader defy the odds and win a fourth term? Justin Trudeau, who promised “sunny ways” as he won an election on a wave of public fatigue with an incumbent Conservative government, is now facing his darkest and most uncertain political…