Spanish general election tipped to put the far right back in office for the first time since Franco

[ad_1] MADRID — Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a major upheaval after five years under a left-wing government. Here’s what you need to know about the vote. ___ WHAT IS AT STAKE? Opinion polls indicate the political right has the edge going into the election, and that raises…

"Spanish general election tipped to put the far right back in office for the first time since Franco"

Potentially classified documents from Biden’s time as VP found in former private office

[ad_1] The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington, D.C., office space of President Joe Biden’s former institute, the White House said Monday. Special counsel to the president Richard Sauber said that “a small number of documents with classified markings” were discovered as Biden’s personal lawyers were clearing out the offices of the Penn Biden Center, where the president kept an office after he left the vice-presidency in…

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Sri Lanka protesters storm president’s residence and office in fury at economic meltdown

[ad_1] Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo stormed the president’s official residence and his secretariat on Saturday, amid months of mounting public anger over the country’s worst economic crisis in seven decades. Some protesters, holding Sri Lankan flags and helmets, broke into the president’s residence, video footage from a local TV news channel showed. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators moving around inside the palace and swimming in the outdoor pool.…

"Sri Lanka protesters storm president’s residence and office in fury at economic meltdown"