NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the Western military alliance is close to making a decision on whether to increase its troop numbers in Afghanistan to help with the battle against Islamist insurgents. …
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has officially opened a refinery on the Gulf that he says will make the country self-sufficient in gasoline production, a project he credits the 2015 nuclear deal for making possible. …
President Donald Trump is defending his decision not to name China a currency manipulator while, at the same time, reaffirming his determination to put the interests of American workers first. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs continue to preoccupy a president who regularly bashed China during last year’s campaign, but …
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Whether or not Emmanuel Macron wins the French presidency in next Sunday’s runoff, he has already accomplished the unthinkable. That’s thanks to an unorthodox, American-style grassroots campaign, which has harvested ideas from the left and the right, tossed them with a dose of startup culture and business school acumen and produced a political phenomenon. …
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Former premier Matteo Renzi regained the Democratic Party leadership, handily winning a Sunday primary that he hopes will bolster the center-left’s ability to counter growing support for populist politicians in Italy ahead of national elections. “Forward, together,” Renzi tweeted, invigorated by his comeback after a stinging defeat in a December reforms referendum aimed in part …
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Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, ranked No. 13 in the world, beat Belgium’s Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-4 on April 30 to capture her third title of the season on the clay courts of the Istanbul Cup tennis tournament. …