Here in Eastern Europe, it’s the day after of the last day of voting in the U.S. elections - and perhaps nowhere else are the results being watched as anxiously as in Ukraine. Thousands of people in Tel Aviv took to the streets late Tuesday after the beleaguered Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, fired the hugely popular defense minister Yoav Gallant
Read MoreIt’s the last day of voting in the United States in a tumultuous election that’s being billed as the most significant in a generation. But virtually every prominent pundit seems to agree: for all the polls, no one can say with confidence who is going to win.
Read MoreThe pro-Russian Georgian Dream party is set to extend its control of parliament, but there are cries of a "stolen election" from the pro-Western opposition. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a linchpin of U.S. space efforts has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022
Read MoreBritain’s Labour Party won a landslide election victory Friday morning, sweeping the Conservative Party out of power after 14 years in an anti-incumbent revolt that heralded a new era in British politics. Only days into it taking over the rotating presidency of the European Council and Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán has drawn the ire of Brussels for his unscheduled visit to Vladimir Putin in Moscow
Read MoreForeign ministers from the G7 group of nations say Russia must immediately hand back control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine. President Zelensky calls upon western countries to up sanctions on Russia by banning their nationals from EU member states
Read MoreRussia's blockade of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a "real war crime", says the EU. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelensky says it’s bid to join the bloc could bring “greater hostile activity” from Russia.
Read MoreThe sharp rise in US gas prices to more than $5-a-gallon was blamed on the war in Ukraine by President Biden’s press secretary. Ukrainians are resorting to more desperate measures to flee Russian aggression
Read MoreIt’s Nov. 3, 2020! The last day of voting in one of the most consequential elections in our lifetime. My first hot take from the critical state off Florida, where a winner-takes-all 29 electoral votes are up for grabs.
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