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Which country has recently seen a big spike in applications for citizenship from US nationals?
What We’re Watching: US and Iran near mini-deal, Europe election extravaganza, Diss tracks at Eurovision
May 15, 2025
An Iranian newspaper with a cover photo of US President Donald Trump and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, is seen in Tehran, Iran, on May 11, 2025.
Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
KAJ performing Bara Bada Bastu for Sweden at the First Semi-Final in St. Jakobshalle
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett
Europe’s glitter-soaked, pyrotechnic-powered, music competition fever dream – otherwise known as the Eurovision Song Contest – takes place Saturday in Basel, Switzerland at 9pm CEST (3pm ET). It’s part talent show, part geopolitical popularity contest, and fully unhinged fun.
A demonstrator looks up at her sign during a rally demanding the Supreme Court uphold the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which grants citizenship to all individuals born within the country’s borders, in Washington, D.C., USA, on May 15, 2025.
Allison Bailey via Reuters Connect
EU leaders visit Kyiv
Kyodo via Reuters
For decades, French governments have talked up the value of “Collective European Defense,” an alliance fully invested in Europe’s security outside of NATO. For decades, the point was academic, because Germany and Britain valued the transatlantic relationship too highly to take steps that might discourage US commitment.
Jess Frampton / GZERO Media
After the exhilaration of one of Canada's greatest-ever political comebacks, Carney is now in the daily grind of making good on his promises. How well is he doing?
An activist in Alberta holds a placard as Alberta sovereigntists and supporters gather outside the Alberta Legislature for the Rally for Alberta Independence, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on May 3, 2025.
Artur Widak/NurPhoto
Secession is a long shot, but even raising the issue could roil politics in the province and nationally.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on May 15, 2025.
REUTERS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky kept a low-level Russian delegation waiting in Istanbul on Thursday while he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan in Ankara.
An American flag flutters over a ship and shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro California, U.S., May 13, 2025.
REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Donald Trump’s supporters like to tout his 1987 book, The Art of the Deal, when they discuss his trade gamesmanship, but, a month after “Liberation Day,” it is getting harder for them to convince skeptical Americans that he is winning more than they are losing.
Annie Gugliotta
US inflation rates have finally started to relax over the past 12 months: Prices rose at an annual rate of 2.3% in April, within touching distance of the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. This chart shows what product categories fed the inflation surge in 2022 — and its subsequent slowdown.
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