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Slovakia's populist prime minister shot in assassination attempt, shocking Europe before elections
Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, was shot multiple times and gravely wounded after a political event in an attempted assassination that shocked the small country and reverberated across Europe More »
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Who is Robert Fico, the populist Slovak prime minister wounded in a shooting?
Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year More »
Xi meets Russia's Putin on a state visit to China that's a show of unity between the allies
China’s leader Xi Jinping has welcomed Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at an official ceremony Thursday on his state visit to China More »
Biden and Trump, trading barbs, agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and September
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to hold two campaign debates, on June 27 hosted by CNN and on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC More »
The jurors in Trump's hush money trial are getting a front row seat to history -- most of the time
A gag order More »
Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fending off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it's impossible to prepare for any scenario in the embattled Palestinian enclave until Hamas is defeated More »
Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote
The Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander More »
Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem
U.S. officials say the number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year More »
Now armed with AI, America's adversaries will try to influence election, security officials warn
Top U.S. security officials say America’s foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming U.S. elections More »
Driver said he smoked pot oil, took medication before Florida crash that killed 8 Mexican workers
Investigators say a man with a long record of dangerous driving told them he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before he sideswiped a bus More »
