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Far-right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome on Sunday.

Italy is set to usher in its first far-right government since World War II

9:16pm September 25, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party is on track to be the biggest party in parliament, according to early projections based on vote counts.

Russians against the war seek refuge in Turkey

5:09pm September 24, 2022

by Fatma Tanis

Russian men are fleeing the country to avoid being forced into the military and the war in Ukraine. Many are going to Turkey, where they do not need a visa to enter.

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Italy braces for far-right victory in elections

5:09pm September 24, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

Italians head to the polls Sunday in what could be a pivotal election with far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni poised to be Italy's first female prime minister.

Police officers detain a man in Moscow on Saturday following calls to protest against the military draft announcement.

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Russians protested in dozens of cities against Putin's military draft

2:57pm September 24, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Russians held scattered demonstrations across the country on Saturday despite threats of arrest and a heavy police presence. The Kremlin has ordered 300,000 more troops for the war in Ukraine.

From left, The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni and Noi Con l'Italia's Maurizio Lupi attend the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome on Thursday. If polling is correct, Italians will elect their country's most right-wing government since the end of World War II on Sunday.

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Giorgia Meloni may become Italy's 1st far-right leader since World War II

3:02am September 24, 2022

by Adam Raney

Far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni is favored to be voted in as Italy's next prime minister Sunday. Her Brothers of Italy party has roots in the neo-fascist movement that emerged after World War II.

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Italy appears likely to elect its most right wing leader since World War II

4:51pm September 23, 2022

by Adam Raney

Italy heads for a historic election. If Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party wins Sunday's election, she could also make history by becoming the country's first woman prime minister.

From left: Philippa, 23, from Sydney, Australia; Laura, 23, from Melbourne; and Isabella, 23, from Sydney wait in line to enter Tresor, one of Germany's popular nightclubs for electronic music, in Berlin in the early morning hours of Sept. 4.

How a whiskey-fueled meeting in 1949 led to Berlin's famed techno scene

4:51pm September 23, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

All-night clubs in the German capital have long drawn "techno tourists." That might never have happened had a hotelier failed to negotiate the end of the city's curfew following World War II.

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People arrive at a parking lot in Zaporizhzhia from places like Melitopol and Kherson, areas that have been occupied by Russia for months now.

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Russia begins annexation vote, illegal under international law, in occupied Ukraine

1:07pm September 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ukrainians are fleeing from Russian-held areas to avoid the sham referendums, which could pave the way for annexation. "It was all staged," said one Ukrainian. "How can you vote when they have guns?"

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What's next for the war in Ukraine

4:38pm September 22, 2022

Nearly seven months of war in Ukraine, Kyiv's counteroffensive succeeded and Russia ordered more troops to mobilize. Ukrainian lawmakers have been visiting Washington to petition for more arms.

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Yaroslav Holovatenko (left) and a friend with their McDonald's meals in Kyiv on Wednesday.

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McDonald's reopens in Ukraine, feeding customers' nostalgia — and future hopes

11:34am September 22, 2022

All of the chain's 100-plus locations in Ukraine closed after Russia invaded in February. Three reopened in Kyiv this week, for delivery only. "It's a nice gift from McDonald's," one customer says.

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