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European Commission President and European People's Party (EPP) lead candidate for re-election, Ursula von der Leyen, greets delegates before giving a speech at the party congress of the German conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) at the Estrel Berlin Hotel in Berlin, 8 May 2024. John MacDougall | Afp | Getty Images The European Union's three main political groups have reached an agreement on who will fill the bloc's top positions, according to three officials who spoke to CNBC. That deal has caused some dissatisfaction among some lawmakers in Europe. The officials, who remained anonymous due to the sensitive nature of…

Violence erupted in Kenya on Tuesday as protesters clashed with police in the streets and stormed the country's parliament building after lawmakers passed a bill to raise taxes. Columns of thick smoke poured from the Parliament complex. Protesters furious at the tax increase foreseen by the budget law threw stones and blocked the streets. The protests have paralyzed Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and images of protesters storming parliament and entering the complex have shocked the nation. More than 30 protesters have been injured and at least five killed, according to several civic groups. Protests spread across the country to Nakuru, Mombasa,…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, former Russian defense minister, and Russian General Valery Gerasimov, in connection with alleged crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This brings to eight the total number of arrest warrants for high-level Russian suspects since the deployment of Russian troops in Ukraine in February 2022. Among those targeted is Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is accused of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia. Although the move was welcomed by Kiev, Moscow rejected it as legally meaningless. The International Criminal Court declared that Shoigu and Gerasimov are suspected of war…

Christopher Bell took the win over the weekend by winning both the Xfinity and Cup races Saturday-Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It was the first time this season that a driver won multiple times in NASCAR National Series races on the same weekend. The move moved Bell from third to second in the standings, and this analysis seemed like a good time to take a look at whether these ranked drivers have ever won a Cup race and another NASCAR National Series race in a weekend and how many times they won. This year I did double duty. Cup…

The forced conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli army has become a controversial issue that has the potential to fracture the ruling coalition. This order, aimed at integrating the ultra-Orthodox community into military service, has sparked heated debate within Israeli politics. Conscription policy has long been a point of contention, as ultra-Orthodox Jews have historically been exempt from compulsory military service. This exemption has its roots in a long-standing agreement between the Israeli government and ultra-Orthodox religious leaders, who argued that their community's religious studies were of paramount importance. However, this agreement has faced growing criticism from secular and…

Mike Tyson's fight with Jake Paul is now set for November 15 after the former world heavyweight champion fell ill on a flight last month. The game was originally set for July 20 in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and will be broadcast on Netflix. Tyson felt nauseous and dizzy during the last hour of the flight from Miami to Los Angeles. His plane was met by first responders, while Tyson's camp attributed the episode to an ulcer problem and said he would need to do light training for several weeks. Tyson will turn 58 on June…

“I don't like 'aww,'” he told me, referring to the audience's worried expression. “I just want to laugh. “Aww” bothers me. 'Aww' grates on my spirit. Robinson doesn't just brag. He's worried enough about getting cheap approval for making jokes intended to alienate, he said. If an audience member doesn't laugh, he points the cane at them and says, "Don't you like black handicapped people?" Once a woman responded by bursting into tears. The club paid for her ticket. With changes in movement and speech, Robinson's stand-up has a new gravitas and rhythm. After extensive speech therapy, she can tell…