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CNN: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is launching a news website

Jimmy Wales is launching a news platform that will bring journalists together with an army of volunteer fact checkers. He’s calling the site …
CNN

PACE head to make statement on April 28 on his status after visit to Syria

Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Volodymyr Ariev of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction …
Interfax-Ukraine

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russia-linked hackers targeted Macron campaign, cyber-researchers say

French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron’s campaign has been targeted in cyberattacks bearing the hallmarks of an aggressive hacking outfit …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Foreign Policy: The end of foreign aid as we know it

President Donald Trump’s vow to put “America first” includes a plan to drastically cut assistance to developing countries and merge the State …
Foreign Policy

CNN: South Korea says North Korea carries out ‘large-scale’ artillery drill

North Korea’s military staged a “large-scale artillery drill” around the Wonsan region in the country’s east on April 25, a statement from the South …
CNN

Associated Press: Trump recalls killing of Armenians, doesn’t call it genocide

President Donald Trump is recalling the death and suffering of more than 1 million Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire, without …
Associated Press

Reuters: Hollande urges French to reject Le Pen in presidential runoff vote

France’s outgoing president, Francois Hollande, on April 24 urged people to back centrist Emmanuel Macron in a vote to choose his successor next month …
Reuters

Reuters: Trump – UN Security Council must ready new sanctions on North Korea

The U.N. Security Council must be prepared to impose new sanctions on North Korea amid escalating tensions over its missile and nuclear programs, U.S. …
Reuters

BBC: Macron moves France into uncharted waters

France is entering uncharted political water – and it is not because Marine Le Pen is in the final round of the presidential election. Read more …
BBC

UNIAN: PACE delegates demand Agramunt’s resignation over his Syria trip

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) demands the resignation of Pedro Agramunt from the post of PACE President, according to an …
UNIAN

Financial Times: France faces national fight over global order

The French presidential election has turned into a binary contest between two political outsiders, one a staunch defender of the postwar liberal order …
Financial Times

Washington Post: French election could bring a jolt to Western security, no matter who wins

PARIS — Of the four candidates with a realistic chance to become France’s next president, three oppose Western sanctions against Russia. Read more …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Central Europe raises military spending amid Russia fears

Countries in Central Europe showed the largest relative increases in military spending in 2016, at least partially as a result of the perceived …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York Times: How the election split France

Two outsiders, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, advanced in France’s presidential election on April 23, setting up a runoff that could decide the …
New York Times

Reuters: France’s Macron appears set for Elysee in runoff with Le Pen

Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on April 23 by winning the first round of voting and qualifying for a May 7 …
Reuters

CNBC: France exit polls show Macron and Le Pen winning first round of presidential election

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face one another in the final round of the French presidential election on May 7, according to exit polls …
Brian Bonner

RFE/RL: France heading to the polls in first round of dramatic presidential election

France began voting on April 23 under heavy security in the first round of a crucial presidential election that could have far-reaching implications …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Chinese jihadis’ rise in Syria raises concerns at home

BEIRUT — Many don’t speak Arabic and their role in Syria is little known to the outside world, but the Chinese fighters of the Turkistan Islamic Party …
Associated Press
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