Oct 23 Orbán blasts the EU on the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising By Justin Spike, Associated Press Orbán accused the EU of seeking to strip Hungary of its identity by imposing a model of liberal democracy that he said Hungarians reject. Continue reading
Oct 20 U.S. commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets with EU heads By Josh Boak, Associated Press The meeting comes as he tries to assure the leaders that the United States can deliver on promises to send tens of billions of dollars' worth of aid to wartime Ukraine and Israel. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Fed chair says economy may need to cool to bring inflation down In our news wrap Thursday, the chair of the Federal Reserve said inflation is still too high and the economy may have to cool off to bring it down further, the European Union pressed Meta and TikTok to explain what… Continue watching
Oct 16 EU leaders to meet Tuesday, talk fallout from Israel-Hamas war By Lorne Cook, Raf Casert, Associated Press The leaders will also try to restore order over some embarrassing and mixed EU messaging. Continue reading
Oct 16 Poles cast their votes for centrist opposition parties after years of nationalism, projections say By Vanessa Gera, Monika Scislowska, Associated Press After a bitter and emotional campaign, voters turned out in droves on Sunday to make their voices known. Final results are expected Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 12 X has taken down hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, CEO says. An expert thinks it’s not enough By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press The head of Musk's social media platform X says the company formerly known has Twitter has removed hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts and taken down or labeled tens of thousands of pieces of content since the militant group's attack on Israel. Continue reading
Oct 09 EU reverses earlier announcement to suspend development aid to Palestinians By Raf Casert, Associated Press The European Union has reversed an earlier announcement that it was “immediately” suspending aid for Palestinian authorities and instead said it would urgently review such assistance in the wake of the attacks on Israel by Hamas. Continue reading
Oct 06 EU summit to look at how to welcome Ukraine, others as new members By Raf Casert, Iain Sullivan, Associated Press Since the war in Ukraine began last year, most of the 27 EU nations have said they'll work steadfastly on “lasting unity,” leading eventually to Ukraine’s membership of the wealthy bloc. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 3:58 News Wrap: European Union leaders gather in Kyiv pledging support for Ukraine’s war effort In our news wrap Monday, European Union leaders gathered in Kyiv and insisted they're still united over supporting Ukraine's war effort, the last of some 100,000 people from Nagorno-Karabakh crossed into Armenia and the Nobel Prize for medicine goes to… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 1:11 News Wrap: New Yorkers begin drying out after day of intense flooding In our news wrap Saturday, New York City remains under a state of emergency after Friday’s record rainfall overwhelmed the city’s drainage system and turned roadways into rivers, and the White House is sounding the alarm about a build-up of… Continue watching