With none of the major political blocs willing to forge an alliance with anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, the formation of a new stable government could be a tricky affair.
The far-right Sweden Democrats, riding on populist, anti-immigrant wave, have emerged as the kingmaker after the country’s two mainstream blocs, tied for the top spot, fell well short of the majority.
Playing down Chancellor Philip Hammond’s bleak Treasury forecasts in case of a no-deal Brexit, British PM Theresa May said the U.K.’s crashing out of the E.U. without a deal “wouldn’t be the end of the world.”
Rescuers toiled hard overnight to dig out mountains of debris, extracting victims and locating the survivors after the Morandi bridge in Italy’s Genoa collapsed on Tuesday, leaving at least 37 people dead.
The collapse of the Turkish currency lira amid Ankara’s diplomatic standoff with the U.S. had a cascading effect on the global markets as it weighed down the euro to a one-year low on Monday.
A day after U.S. President Donald Trump poured scorn on allies over failing to meet their commitments for Nato military spending, the leaders plan to shift focus to the Afghan conflict on the second day of the summit.
The leaders agreed to share out migrants on a voluntary basis and to shoulder the burden of Italy, which prior to the deal, had threatened to veto the summit’s entire agenda.
In an impassioned appeal in the parliament, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the EU leaders to come together on the “make-or-break” issue of irregular migration.
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been re-elected as the country's president, a victory that hands him sweeping powers to control the cabinet, make judicial appointments and issue decrees with the force of law.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was ousted from office after he lost a no-confidence vote on Friday, as various small parties joined hands to unseat the leader whose party has been implicated in a corruption scandal.
