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By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own. With most votes counted, conservative New Democracy took a commanding lead of 40.8%, trouncing the radical leftist Syriza, which governed from 2015 to 2019, which polled 20.1%. Greece’s interior ministry projected […]

By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own. With most votes counted, conservative New Democracy took a commanding lead of 40.8%, trouncing the radical leftist Syriza, which governed from 2015 to 2019, which polled 20.1%. Greece’s interior ministry projected […]

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s conservative New Democracy party was on course for a crushing victory in a national election on Sunday, official results showed. New Democracy had a lead of 40.8% of the vote based on 80% of the votes counted versus 20.1% for the leftist Syriza party. Following are the official results released by the Interior Ministry. PARTIES VOTES% ND 40.8 SYRIZA 20.1 PASOK 11.7 KKE 7.1 EL 4.5 Other […]

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s conservative New Democracy party was on course for a crushing victory in a national election on Sunday, official results showed. New Democracy had a lead of 40.8% of the vote based on 80% of the votes counted versus 20.1% for the leftist Syriza party. Following are the official results released by the Interior Ministry. PARTIES VOTES% ND 40.8 SYRIZA 20.1 PASOK 11.7 KKE 7.1 EL 4.5 Other […]

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s ruling conservative New Democracy party held a decisive lead in a national election on Sunday, early official results showed. New Democracy had a lead of 41.1% of the vote based on nearly 31% of the votes counted versus 20.1% for the Syriza party. Following are the official results released by the Interior Ministry. PARTIES VOTES% ND 41.1 SYRIZA 20.1 PASOK 12.7 KKE 6.7 EL 4.5 Niki 2.9 […]

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Sunday that its forces were still advancing around the edges of Bakhmut, aiming to encircle the ruined eastern city after Moscow congratulated the Wagner private army and Russian troops for capturing it. Russia said on Saturday it had completely taken Bakhmut, which, if confirmed, would mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15-month war. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his regular […]

CANNES (Reuters) – Lily Gladstone, who grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and stars in Martin Scorsese’s study of white society’s treachery, said the director was a powerful ally in telling the world what communities like hers had always known. In the film “Killers of the Flower Moon”, which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Gladstone plays Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation whose family members […]

(Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck the offshore Northern California on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake, which stuck offshore Northern California, was at a depth of 2km (1.24 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru; Editing by Aurora Ellis) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

AUGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) -Striker Sebastien Haller scored twice as Borussia Dortmund beat 10-man Augsburg 3-0 on Sunday to take control of the Bundesliga title race going into next week’s season finale. Ivory Coast international Haller, who missed much of the campaign after being diagnosed with testicular cancer during pre-season last July, broke the deadlock in the 58th minute. He tapped in his ninth league goal of the season six minutes […]