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​Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema reacts during the announcement of provisional results of the 2025 Gabonese presidential election by the Ministry of the Interior, at the headquaters of the Rassemblement des Batisseurs (RdB), in Libreville, Gabon, April 13, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Gabon suspends social media, Bulgaria to hold yet another election, Japan puts some money on the table, Philippine vice president declares presidential run

2.5 million: The population of Gabon who can no longer get onto certain social media platforms, like YouTube and TikTok, after the government suspended access on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, December 8, 2025.
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Zelensky willing to compromise | Bulgaria’s government falls | US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the National Palace, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic November 26, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Pushback on Venezuela strike, Tax protests in Bulgaria, China-Japan coastguard dispute

​Mourners attend the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on the outskirts of Beirut.
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Hard Numbers: Nasrallah’s funeral crowds, Deadly French attack, Sudan’s cholera outbreak, Bulgarians protest to say “no to euro”

Press conference about Romania and Bulgaria, former Soviet Bloc countries becoming EU members.
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Romania and Bulgaria will join the border-free Schengen area

For Romania and Bulgaria, former Soviet Bloc countries that are now EU members, the light finally changed from red to green on Thursday as EU interior ministers agreed to let the two countries fully join the border-free Schengen zone on Jan. 1.

​Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Moldova's President Maia Sandu and President of the European Council Charles Michel attend a joint press conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 21, 2023.
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Europe flirts with the East but won’t yet commit

The European Union has expanded to the East in recent years, but some would-be members remain in line to join the club.

Mehrdad Bazrpash, an Iranian politician and the Minister of Roads and Urban Development, is speaking to the media at a media center in the Iranian Interior Ministry building after registering as a Presidential elections candidate during the last day of candidates' registration for Iran's early Presidential elections, in Tehran, Iran, on June 3, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Iran’s candidates, Stronach’s sex crime charges, Bulgarians vote again, US border crossings drop

AI vs. truth: Battling deepfakes amid 2024 elections
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AI vs. truth: Battling deepfakes amid 2024 elections

European Parliament member Eva Maydell said she fears we will soon be unable to separate fact from deepfake fiction.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has a virtual discussion with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 21, 2021
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What We're Watching: Chinese tennis star reappears, Bulgarian president re-elected, US Fed chief renominated

Hard Numbers: COP26 is a wrap, Argentines & Bulgarians vote, Thai royal offenses
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Hard Numbers: COP26 is a wrap, Argentines & Bulgarians vote, Thai royal offenses