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Snowden has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the U.S. after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs. He has said he made the disclosures because he believed the U.S. had wrongly infringed on civil liberties.

Sometimes the smallest moments of joy are the only ones that feel possible. That’s what Nora McInerny learned in 2014, when she lost her 35-year-old husband and her father to cancer and her second baby to miscarriage—all within the span

‘He doesn’t realize the truth,’ Krakow councilman says of the Pink Floyd co-founder who has blamed NATO and Ukraine; previous reports said Waters had canceled the gigs

The British pound has fallen to an all-time low against the U.S. dollar after the government pledged a sweeping package of tax cuts that have fueled concerns about its economic policy.

Mississippi spent millions in welfare money on Brett Favre’s pet project, a university volleyball arena. The retired NFL quarterback then tried to get additional money for another sports facility. (Image credit: Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

The boat overturned while carrying about 100 Hindu pilgrims from a temple on the Karatoa River in Panchagarh district in northern Bangladesh. (Image credit: AP)

The boat overturned while carrying about 100 Hindu pilgrims from a temple on the Karatoa River in Panchagarh district in northern Bangladesh. (Image credit: AP)

For more than a decade, Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has been locked in battle with the European Union over the democratic rules that Brussels expects E.U. member states to uphold. His commitment to “illiberal” Christian democracy has long since

State Department spokesman Ned Price will hold a news briefing on Monday amid reports that Russians are avoiding a military call-up to fight in Ukraine and a Russian military officer was shot at an enlistment office.

Europe’s nationalist parties warmly welcome apparent victory of Giorgia Meloni; Spanish FM warns ‘catastrophe’ always follows populists