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Macron hopes to contain far right in national elections after it surged in EU vote. It's a risky bet 06/10/2024 05:28pm • The surge of the far right in France in elections for the European Parliament was widely expected. What came next was not. French President Emmanuel Macron called for a snap legislative election, saying he could not ignore the new political reality after his pro-European party was handed a chasteni US will store aid on secure beach in Gaza as UN pauses distribution from pier 06/10/2024 05:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. military said Monday that it plans to stockpile aid shipments on a secure beach in Gaza during a U.N. pause on distributing food from the American-built pier after one of the deadliest days of the Israel-Hamas war. The U.N. World Food Program, which works with U.S. offic The Latest | Election shifts the European Parliament further right 06/10/2024 02:47pm • Far-right parties made big gains in the European Parliament in election results that rattled the traditional powers and made French President Emmanuel Macron call snap legislative elections. Macron���s party suffered a heavy defeat from the far-right National Rally party, while in Germany support f Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti warns of snub to FIFA Club World Cup before his bosses backtrack 06/10/2024 10:49am • GENEVA (AP) ��� Real Madrid is the main attraction at the biggest ever Club World Cup next year in the United States but the Champions League winner was ready to boycott it, according to coach Carlo Ancelotti on Monday, citing a dispute with FIFA over money. Not so, his employer said hours later, ba Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war���s toll rises, AP data analysis finds 06/10/2024 09:27am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply, an Associated Press analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data has found, a trend that both coincides with Israel���s changing battlefield tactics and contradicts the European election dents German leader's authority, boosts conservatives and the far right 06/10/2024 06:18am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Dismal results for Germany's governing parties in the European Parliament election have dented Chancellor Olaf Scholz's authority and could prompt even more of the infighting that just cost the government dearly. A clear win for Germany's mainstream conservative opposition boosts its Trump backs Sam Brown in US Senate race, widening momentum gap in crowded Nevada GOP field 06/09/2024 11:29pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� Former president Donald Trump endorsed Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown in the Nevada U.S. Senate race on Sunday, choosing a candidate widely seen as the front-runner over a crowded primary field of candidates who have angled to align themselves with the former president. Trump���s e UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback 06/09/2024 10:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has ���paused��� its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was ���concerned about the safety of our people" after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war the Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz 06/09/2024 08:59pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron. On a night where the 27-member bloc palpably shifted to the right, Italian Pr Here's what happened in some key countries in the EU Parliament elections 06/09/2024 08:04pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� It���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. FRANCE This wa Reasons to Take Social Security Late at Age 70 06/09/2024 08:00pm • You can claim Social Security as early as age 62, or you can wait until your full retirement age, which is 66 or 67 for most people. You could also opt to take benefits later, such as at age 70. While it may seem reasonable to start Social Security benefits as soon as possible, your monthly payments How to Reduce Your Tax Bill by Saving for Retirement 06/09/2024 08:00pm • U.S. adults continue to be jittery about their retirement savings. That's especially the case as the price tag for a secure retirement continues to rise. According to a recent study by Northwestern Mutual, Americans believe they'll need $1.46 million to retire comfortably. That figure is 15% higher Stranded migrants confront violence and despair as Tunisia partners to keep them from Europe 06/09/2024 03:08pm • EL AMRA, Tunisia (AP) ��� For 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, Ukraine says it struck a top fighter plane deep inside Russia 06/09/2024 01:40pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the front lines. Kyiv���s main military intelligence service shared satellite photos it said showed the aftermath of the attack. If confirmed Narendra Modi's third term as India's prime minister may prove the most challenging 06/09/2024 10:12am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office for a third consecutive term on Sunday, but it may hold more challenges for the popular-but-polarizing leader than his past decade in power. His Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which won by landslides in 2014 and 2019, fai