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May 19, 2025 at 12:47 am

Right-wing populists hopeful after first round of Polish presidential election

There’s a long way to go yet in Poland’s presidential election, but Sunday’s first round was a good day for candidates on the right and...

May 17, 2025 at 10:10 pm

Liberal mayor and conservative historian headed to presidential runoff in Poland, exit poll suggests VIEW

An exit poll shows that the liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, are the front-runners in a presidential election in...

May 15, 2025 at 3:34 am

That ‘tourist’ in the forest might be a Russian spy, Latvia warns

Latvia’s Defence Intelligence and Security Service offered advice on how to identify possible reconnaissance and sabotage operatives.

May 14, 2025 at 10:26 pm

Poland votes for a new president Sunday as worries grow about the future VIEW

Voters in Poland will cast ballots Sunday in a presidential election to choose a successor to conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda.

May 13, 2025 at 11:55 pm

A look at the leading candidates for Poland’s next president

Poland holds a presidential election on Sunday as the conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda nears the end of his second and final term.

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May 12, 2025 at 12:30 pm

Poland orders the Russian Consulate in Krakow closed after Moscow was blamed for a 2024 arson attack

Poland's foreign minister says he's ordering the closure of Russia’s Consulate in the southern city of Krakow.

May 10, 2025 at 10:12 pm

Poland once threw its doors open to millions of Ukrainian refugees, but the mood has shifted VIEW

As Poland gears up for the May 18 presidential election, a striking political shift is taking shape: The once-unifying cause of support for Ukrainians is...

May 8, 2025 at 12:46 am

What to know on the second day of the conclave to elect the next pope VIEW

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

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Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) XAF144 XAF144

May 7, 2025 at 10:05 pm

Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV WATCH

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

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May 7, 2025 at 12:45 pm

What to know about the conclave to elect the next pope VIEW

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope...

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