Macron asks Attal to stay as PM for now as France faces hung parliament

President seeks to ensure stability during transition after green-left alliance’s surprise electoral win Emmanuel Macron has asked Gabriel Attal to stay on temporarily as France’s prime minister to maintain stability after a snap general election left the country facing a … Read More

Hungary’s Orban unexpectedly visits China, backs Xi’s peace plan

BEIJING/BUDAPEST, July 8 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday to discuss a potential Ukraine peace deal, paying the unexpected visit to Beijing days after his talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin angered some … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – July 5, 2024

Greetings from Tyler, Rishi Sunak has been unceremoniously kicked to the curb in England.  Keir Starmer has been elected the new Prime Minister.  His wing man is none other than Barack Obama, the two having met in college.  Apparently Obama … Read More

Hungary’s Orbán meets Putin for talks in Moscow in a rare visit by a European leader

MOSCOW (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Moscow on Friday for a rare meeting by a European leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed peace proposals for Ukraine, which triggered condemnation from Kyiv and some European leaders … Read More

Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a protest against a Supreme Court orderfor them to begin enlisting for military service. The landmark decision last week ordering the government … Read More

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