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Europe at the crossroads: splinter or unite

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union, a hope for peace that rose from the fires of World War II, paused Wednesday to honor its past and ponder its future - and how it can ensure it still has one in light of the anti-austerity anger expressed this week by voters in France and Greece....

Europe at the crossroads: splinter or unite

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union, a hope for peace that rose from the fires of World War II, paused Wednesday to honor its past and ponder its future - and how it can ensure it still has one in light of the anti-austerity anger expressed this week by voters in France and Greece....

Europe at the crossroads: splinter or unite

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union, a hope for peace that rose from the fires of World War II, paused Wednesday to honor its past and ponder its future - and how it can ensure it still has one in light of the anti-austerity anger expressed this week by voters in France and Greece....

Greek far-left ends coalition bid

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
Greece's far-left leader abandons efforts to form a government based on rejecting the EU bailout deal, after talks with mainstream parties fail.
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Obama supports same-sex marriage

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
Barack Obama becomes the first US president to back gay marriage, speaking out on the politically charged issue in a TV interview.
Categories: BBC, News

AP-GfK Poll: Women, blacks, help Obama in new poll

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's popularity among women, minorities and independents is giving him an early edge over his likely GOP rival, Mitt Romney, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

AP-GfK Poll: Women, blacks, help Obama in new poll

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's popularity among women, minorities and independents is giving him an early edge over his likely GOP rival, Mitt Romney, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll....

Obama: 'Same-sex couples should be able to get married'

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
President Barack Obama, who previously said his views on the issue were "evolving," said today that he supports same-sex marriage.
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Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

VIDEO: Obama supports same-sex marriage

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
Barack Obama becomes the first US president to back gay marriage, as he speaks out on the politically charged issue in an interview with ABC News.
Categories: BBC, News

Syria observer chief says violence derails mission

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers in Syria said Friday a spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission to monitor and defuse more than a year of violence, raising questions about how effective the unarmed force can be in a conflict that every day looks more like a civil war....

Sudan: troops repulse attack by Darfur rebels

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- A Sudan news agency says Sudanese armed forces have repulsed an attack by Darfur rebels in a town in South Darfur. Nine soldiers and an unknown number of rebels were killed....

Lough baby search is stood down

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
A search and rescue operation following reports that a baby fell from a ferry in Belfast is stood down by the Coastguard.
Categories: BBC, News

Greek left-wing leader says coalition bid fails

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece drew closer to holding repeat elections next month after Radical Left leader Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday he has failed to forge a coalition that would end the financially struggling country's political deadlock....

Greek left-wing leader says coalition bid fails

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece drew closer to holding repeat elections next month after Radical Left leader Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday he has failed to forge a coalition that would end the financially struggling country's political deadlock....

Greek left-wing leader says coalition bid fails

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 02:36
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece drew closer to holding repeat elections next month after Radical Left leader Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday he has failed to forge a coalition that would end the financially struggling country's political deadlock....
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