Wahlausgang in Schweden trotz knappen Vorsprungs für Opposition offen – Verluste für Rechtspopulisten

Bei der Parlamentswahl in Schweden ist der Ausgang Teilergebnissen zufolge noch ungewiss. Die von den Sozialdemokraten angeführte linksgerichtete Opposition kam am frühen Montagmorgen nach Auszählung von 86 Prozent der Stimmen auf 175 Sitze im Parlament. Auf die Mitte-Rechts-Koalition von Regierungschef Ulf Kristersson entfielen demnach 174 Sitze. Die rechtspopulistischen Schwedendemokraten mussten deutliche Verluste hinnehmen. Die Sozialdemokraten […]

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Sweden’s election too close to call as far right loses ground

Sweden’s general election was too close to call early Monday, as the incumbent prime minister and the left-wing opposition leader both said they were ready to govern and the far right was seen losing ground. With more than 90 percent of votes counted, four opposition parties led by Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson, held a […]

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Poland, Ukraine slam Russian strikes near border as ‘escalation’

Poland and Ukraine denounced on Sunday Russian strikes close to the Polish border that hit a Warsaw-bound train near a frontier checkpoint just after another train carrying several EU officials and British ex-PM Boris Johnson passed through. Ukraine’s rail operator said Johnson and former US CIA director David Petraeus, who were in Kyiv for the […]

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Commerzbank-Übernahme: Klingbeil empfängt Unicredit-Chef

Im Streit um die Übernahme der Commerzbank durch die Unicredit empfängt Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) am Montagnachmittag den Chef der italienischen Großbank, Andrea Orcel. Klingbeil will nach Angaben seines Ministeriums bei der Gelegenheit die Position der Bundesregierung darlegen. Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) und weitere Regierungsmitglieder hatten sich wiederholt gegen eine feindliche Übernahme durch die Italiener […]

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US hosts G20 ‘energy abundance’ talks amid Iran war shock

The United States on Monday kicks off a set of G20 meetings touting “energy abundance,” even as President Donald Trump’s war against Iran continues to disrupt global fuel markets. The discussions are slated to run through Wednesday in Houston, in the oil-rich US state of Texas. The meetings gather delegations from the world’s largest economies […]

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Migrant workers flock to Indian Kashmir despite militant threats

Every spring, mason Mohammad Ghulam Sarwar boards a train to Indian Kashmir, seeking higher wages despite the risk of being targeted by militants in the disputed Himalayan region. Sarwar, 25, is one of an estimated half a million migrant workers who stream into the Himalayan region each year, forming the backbone of an economy increasingly […]

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Emmy nominees in key categories

Here is a list of the nominees in key categories for the 78th Emmy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on Monday night.”The Pitt” topped the nominations list with 25, followed by “Hacks” with 24. So far, after the early prizes were awarded in mainly technical categories, horror-comedy “Widow’s Bay” leads the pack […]

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Kommunalwahl in Niedersachsen: Hochrechnung sieht CDU vor SPD und AfD

Bei den Kommunalwahlen in Niedersachsen ist die CDU am Sonntag laut einer Hochrechnung erneut stärkste Kraft geworden. Der Berechnung des Instituts Infratest dimap für den Norddeutschen Rundfunk (NDR) zufolge kamen die Christdemokraten landesweit auf 27,7 Prozent und lagen damit vor der SPD mit 24,5 Prozent und der drittplatzierten AfD, die bei 16,5 Prozent gesehen wurde. […]

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Polls open in Philippine Muslim enclave after deadly shooting

Voters across the Philippines’ autonomous Muslim region began casting ballots for their first elected parliament Monday morning, hours after gun violence left at least three people dead outside a polling station. The polls are the culmination of an on-off peace process that began in the late 1990s and established the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim […]

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