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Progressive Bulgaria, the party led by former President Rumen Radev, won a landslide victory in general elections in Bulgaria, official results showed on Monday. The party secured 44.6% of the votes after counting was complete. That means Radev's party is on course to win around 130 seats in the 240-seat parliament. It represents a better-than-expected performance and appears to be

Published April 20, 2026 last updated April 20, 2026 Russian authorities said one man was killed in a Ukrainian drone raid on city of Tuapse. Meanwhile, Russia arrested a German woman in an alleged bomb plot. DW has the latest. https://p.dw.com/p/5CTJS Ukraine said its military had struck the Tuapse oil refinery, one of Russia's key

Skip next section Israeli leaders vow 'harsh action' over Jesus statue damage April 20, 2026 Israeli leaders vow 'harsh action' over Jesus statue damage Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was "stunned and saddened" about reports an Israeli soldier had damaged a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon. Earlier on Monday

The US military said it killed three men in a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean on Sunday This is the latest in a controversial campaign that has killed at least 180 people since last year, according to the AFP news agency. The US Southern Command said that it "conducted a lethal

Skip next section CologneRhineRuhr Olympic bid backed by 66% of voters April 20, 2026 CologneRhineRuhr Olympic bid backed by 66% of voters Germany's Olympic body, DOSB, has announced that 66% of voters backed a potential bid to host the Summer Olympics in either 2036, 2040, or 2044 in a public referendum. The "CologneRheinRuhr" bid would

In the past few days, Spanish airline Iberia has resumed landing in Caracas, and American Airlines has also announced plans to return to Venezuela. Paraguay, meanwhile, is building support to reverse the suspension of Venezuela's membership in the South American trade bloc Mercosur. "This is one of the initiatives we'd like to advance during Paraguay's pro-tempore presidency,"

When it became clear to renowned German actress Tilla Durieux and her husband Ludwig Katzenellenbogen, a businessman of Jewish origin, in mid‑1934 that their residence permit in Switzerland would not be renewed, the two decided to leave for Zagreb — the capital of Croatia, in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Few Europeans really had

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday that his country's strong economic ties to the US have turned from strength into weakness.   "The world is more dangerous and divided," Carney said in a 10-minute video address, adding that "the US has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen

Skip next section Oil prices up, stocks down amid Strait of Hormuz standoff April 20, 2026 Oil prices up, stocks down amid Strait of Hormuz standoff Crude prices jumped and the US dollar rose but equity futures fell in early Asian trading on Monday. The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, soared as much

Bayern Munich secured yet another Bundesliga title after beating Stuttgart 4-2 at home on Sunday. Top scorer Harry Kane scored his 32nd goal of the season after coming on as a second-half substitute as the Bavarians won their 35th German league title — 34 of them coming in the Bundesliga era. "To finish the league off