Race teams unhappier than ever with NASCAR’s latest offer on charter agreement on June 12, 2024NASCAR avoided one public relations nightmare last week when it granted Kyle Larson a waiver to participate in the playoffs even though he missed the Coca-Cola 600. That piece of goodwill hardly made things sunshine and roses over the weekend at Sonoma Raceway, where teams remained extremely frustrated with NASCAR´s slow pace at coming to […]
Here’s what happened in some key countries in the EU Parliament elections on June 11, 2024It´s easy to get overwhelmed by the EU elections. Voters cast ballots in two dozen languages in 27 countries with scores of different campaign issues. So here´s a look at what happened in some key countries in the June 6-9 elections for a new European Parliament. This was the biggest bombshell of Europe’s mass election […]
Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote on June 11, 2024President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France’s parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the European elections Sunday. The legislative elections will take place in two rounds on June 30 […]
Italy’s Premier Meloni gets domestic, European boost from EU election win on June 11, 2024Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni´s far-right party won European elections in Italy with a strong 28% of the votes, boosting her leadership at home and consolidating her kingmaker role in Europe. Meloni´s Brothers of Italy party confirmed its status as the country´s most popular party, even improving its performance from the 26% it won in the […]
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad on June 10, 2024Iran´s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country´s hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country´s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. The council again barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a firebrand populist known for the crackdown that followed his disputed 2009 […]
Modi sworn in for a third term as India’s prime minister on June 10, 2024Narendra Modi was sworn in Sunday for a rare third consecutive term as India´s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. Modi and his Cabinet ministers took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at India´s presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan […]
Stranded migrants confront violence and despair on June 10, 2024For many migrants who´ve long dreamed of Europe, one of the last stops is an expanse of olive trees on North Africa’s Mediterranean coastline. But in Tunisia, less than 100 miles (161 kilometers) from the Italian islands that form the European Union´s outermost borders, for many that dream has become a nightmare. Under black tarps […]
Biden honors US war dead with a cemetery visit ending a French trip on June 10, 2024President Joe Biden closed out his trip to France by paying his respects at an American military cemetery that Donald Trump notably skipped visiting when he was president, hoping his final stop Sunday will draw the stakes of the November election in stark relief. Before returning to the United States, Biden honored America´s war dead […]
Body believed to be missing TV presenter Michael Mosley found on Greek island on June 10, 2024Police said that a body believed to be that of missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley was found on a Greek island Sunday morning. A police spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of an ongoing investigation, said the body was found on a rocky coast by a private boat and that formal identification […]
Italy’s Olympic champion Jacobs retains European 100m crown on June 10, 2024Italy’s Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs retained his European 100m crown in Rome on Saturday in the perfect tonic for the upcoming Paris Games. Jacobs timed a season’s best of 10.02 seconds to claim gold. Italian teammate Chituru Ali took silver in 10.05sec, with Briton Romel Glave claiming bronze in 10.06sec. After three poorly-attended sessions, there […]