By Agence France-Presse Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders appeared Monday to have persuaded his preferred coalition partners to keep negotiating but reportedly major “stumbling blocks” remain over his hardline anti-Islam, anti-European views. Wilders delivered a political earthquake in the Netherlands and across Europe last month by handily winning elections and putting his PVV Freedom Party […]
By Agence France-Presse With less than eight months to go before the Paris Olympics, the organisers and the French government are entering an awkward period in which cracks in the preparations are straining relationships. The main areas of concern are the environmental issues around the surfing venue in Tahiti, the safety of the unprecedented opening […]
By Agence France-Presse Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington Tuesday to meet President Joe Biden and plead his case before Republicans balking at sending more money for his fight against Russia, amid warnings aid will run out in weeks. In a flurry of diplomatic activity after the White House announced Zelensky’s visit, an aide […]