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Ukraine and Russia both marked Orthodox Easter on Sunday by accusing each other of thousands of breaches of an agreed Easter truce. In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended a service at the city's St. Sophia Cathedral during which he praised his country for withstanding more than four years of Russian invasion, saying: "We place

Fatuma Muhumed is glowing as she arrives for an interview with DW just hours before her inauguration as a local councilor in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn — her first political office, on top of her job as a lawyer. Her election was far from certain: She was ranked 15th on the candidate list of the left-leaning GroenLinks-PvdA

Polling stations closed in Benin as people in the West African nation voted for a new president on Sunday, with Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni expected to coast to victory. Nearly eight million voters were eligible to cast ballots to choose a successor to Patrice Talon, Benin's outgoing president who is stepping down after reaching his limit of two

At the moment, governments in more than a dozen countries are trying to limit minors' access to social media. These include France, New Zealand, Norway, Malaysia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom. Germany is also considering taking action. Australia became the first country in the world to introduce social media bans for users under the age

The multi-billion-dollar prediction market Polymarket is currently accepting bets on German regional elections later this year, even though using such sites is illegal in Germany. Prediction markets, which allow people to bet anonymously on anything from military strikes to the second coming of Jesus Christ, have gathered ever more attention in recent years and caused

Skip next section WATCH: Magyar's victory celebrated in Budapest April 13, 2026 WATCH: Magyar's victory celebrated in Budapest In a historic election Hungarians have decided to end 16 years of Orban rule. The biggest opposition party won enough mandates to form a supermajority - Until the new parliament is formed in May, PM Orban and

The Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda's Kibale National Park is the largest known community of wild chimpanzees in the world. Over the last decade, it has split into two distinct groups that are hostile to each other. Aaron Sandel hide caption toggle caption Aaron Sandel In the mid-1970s, more than a decade into her research

Observers film Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they hold a perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tire on Penn Avenue in Minneapolis on Feb. 5. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Two months ago, Democrats in Congress said they would not give immigration enforcement agencies another cent

Izzy Johnson, left, and Jack Beatson are first-year students at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vt. The college has announced that it will close at the end of this semester. Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report hide caption toggle caption Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report CRAFTSBURY COMMON, Vt. — More than a dozen newborn

New U.S. citizens take part in a naturalization ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Jan. 8. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly . Johanan Rivera considered becoming a U.S. citizen for years, but it was never