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On August 22, 2024, Bart De Wever of the New Flemish Alliance group in Belgium resigned as his efforts to form a government had stalled. His...

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On July 19, 2024, the UN’s court rendered an opinion to the UN’s General Assembly on the legality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian terr...

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Whereas just one presidency applies to the U.S. at the federal level, the E.U. has several. There is a president of the European Commission,...