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To Europe's relief, France's Emmanuel Macron wins but far-right gains

A chorus of European leaders hailed Macron's victory, since France has played a leading role in international efforts to punish Russia with sanctions and is supplying weapons to Ukraine

Voter turnout at 26.1% at midday in French presidential elections

The two candidates for France's presidential runoff have cast their ballots and basked in adoring crowds outside their polling stations

Spain authorities pledge transparency in probe of Pegasus spyware use

The Spanish government has not denied nor confirmed whether it uses Pegasus or other hard-to-detect spyware, saying that any surveillance is conducted under the supervision of judges

US President Biden marks 'Armenian genocide', aims to stop 'atrocities'

Biden commemorated the 107th anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide, issuing a statement in memory of the 1.5 million Armenians

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy speaks of hope & victory on Easter Sunday

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken of hope and victory for his nation during an Easter Sunday address.

Ukraine battered again; President Zelenskyy says US officials to visit

Russian forces in Ukraine tried to storm a steel plant housing soldiers and civilians in the southern city of Mariupol on Saturday in an attempt to crush the last pocket of resistance

China promotes coal power in setback for efforts to cut emissions

China is promoting coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive a sluggish economy, prompting warnings Beijing is setting back efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions

Turkey closes its airspace to Russian flights between Russia and Syria

Turkey's top diplomat says Ankara has closed the Turkish airspace to Russian civilian and military flights between Russia and Syria.

French election: President Macron in pole position, Le Pen racing hard

Polls also forecast a possibly record-high number of people who will either cast a blank vote or not vote at all

Poland: 10 miners missing at 2nd coal mine after underground tremor

The accident at 3:40 a.m. on Saturday at the Borynia-Zofiowka mine occurred 900 metres underground

Sanctions hit Russian economy, although Putin says otherwise

While Russia can claim some symbolic victories, the full impact of Western sanctions is starting to be felt in very real ways.

Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing a policy already in place at Google.

Israel closes crossing to Gaza workers after rockets were fired

The re-opening of the crossing will be decided accordingly with a security assessment, Israeli military body said

Beijing on alert after 10 students test Covid positive in school

City officials suspended classes in the school for a week following the positive test results. The Chinese capital also reported four other confirmed cases on Friday that were counted separately

Donbas counterattacks slowing Russian attack: Ukrainian, British officials

Britain's Ministry of Defense said despite their increased activity Russian forces have made no major gains in the last 24 hours as Ukrainian counter-attacks continue to hinder the efforts

French election: Emmanuel Macron in pole position, Le Pen racing hard

A victory in Sunday's runoff vote would make Macron the first French president in 20 years to win a second term

European Union reaches landmark deal on hate speech, disinformation

EU Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager said, with today's agreement we ensure that platforms are held accountable for the risks their services can pose to society and citizens

Looking to deepen pain for Putin, West studying oil and gas sector

Cutting off Russian profits from oil and natural gas sales has become a main topic among world leaders looking at what else they can do to force Putin to end his invasion

Russia's Ukraine invasion does not threaten its position in G-20

While Russia has been rendered a pariah country by Western states, it will remain part of the G-20 and associated organisations unless member countries achieve a consensus that it should go

Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33: Taliban official

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's deputy culture and information minister, said the bombing in the town of Imam Saheb, in Kunduz Province, also wounded another 43 people, many of them students