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- A middle way forward for a divided France? Macron voters hope so.
Emmanuel Macron, the current favorite to be elected France's next president, is offering voters both the sort of economic deregulation that right favors and the pro-Europe safety net espoused by the left. But critics say he is just another elitist politician.
- Now on the threshold of the French presidency, who is Marine Le Pen?
The nationalist candidate is now one win away from becoming France's leader. Though currently trailing centrist Emmanuel Macron, her victory is a conceivable outcome – and would change France and Europe.
- First LookLondon library makes denying the Holocaust a little harder
The library has published online catalog of World War II war crimes files that is now accessible to visitors to the Wiener Library for the Study of Holocaust & Genocide or the US Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
- Is the tumult of France's presidential race a sign of longing for lost grandeur?
Charles de Gaulle declared that 'France cannot be France without greatness.' But after decades of watching their country go from colonial power to more typical nation-state, the French feel particularly removed from exceptionalism.
- FocusIn Balkans, a fragile order grows brittle, threatening stability
Yugoslavia's breakup a quarter-century ago unleashed wars that killed about 140,000 people and unleashed deep ethnic hostilities. Today, the region’s carefully calibrated path to recovery hangs in the balance.
- First LookISIS claims responsibility for shooting of Paris officer
Adding to tensions around the tightest presidential race in recent memory, a gunman open fired in Paris Thursday evening. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.
- Is anyone mightier than Le Pen?
How a win by the nationalist in the coming French presidential elections – a distant but conceivable outcome – would change France and Europe.
- First LookShooting incident rattles Paris as election nears
Local media broadcast footage of the Arc de Triomphe monument and top half of the Champs-Elysees packed with police vans and heavily armed police shutting the area down.
- Moscow plans to give people new apartments, but is there a catch?
Many of the Moscow apartment buildings slated for demolition are indeed dilapidated. But residents may be moved to replacements far from their old homes – and the prime real estate they vacate could mean big profit for developers.
- First LookMacron maintains slim lead as first round of French elections approaches
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron currently holds 23 percent support, with Marine Le Pen at 22 percent, Francois Fillon with 20 percent, and Jean-Luc Melenchon at 19 percent.
- First LookBritish PM Theresa May makes a surprise call for early election to win stronger Brexit mandate
The new elections would take place on June 8 if her proposal wins the support of two thirds of parliament.
- First LookPresidency up for grabs, French candidates mount last campaign push
With much of the voting public still undecided, four candidates could reach the runoff.
- Cover StoryThe world's greenest island
How a group of gritty farmers turned Samsø, Denmark, into a premier global model of renewable energy.
- To make life easier for German Turks, locals try sharing their personal histories
Germans of Turkish descent often find little understanding between themselves and their Germanic peers – especially amid a contentious referendum in Turkey that has Berlin and Ankara at odds. Some are trying to jump-start dialogue between the groups.
- Does Trump have a foreign policy? Mixed US messages leave Russia wondering.
Despite Trump's warm words about Putin during his presidential campaign, the Kremlin has found little common ground with the new administration – and little indication that the US has a coherent plan in Syria or elsewhere.
- First LookWhy the EU is threatening Hungary and Poland with legal action
The post-communist countries have refused to accept asylum seekers under the bloc's migration plan, but a court case would drag out the issue instead of finding a quick resolution.
- First LookSoros-founded university, an island of liberal thought, can stay open, says Hungary
Opponents of a law that could close Central European University call the measure a way for Hungary's ruling party – proponent of 'illiberal democracy' – to clamp down on academic freedom.
- Presidential hopeful Fillon's staying power highlights France's conservative face
Despite slipping in the polls since being charged with paying his wife and children for work they did not do, François Fillon maintains about 20 percent support. And pollsters say that given the unpredictability of this election, he can’t be written off.
- First LookAs suspect in Stockholm attack confesses, mourning and resolve from Swedes
Swedes observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the four people killed and 15 wounded in Friday's attack.
- First LookFrom Britain, first China-bound freight train sets off with exports
The train will haul British exports through seven countries before reaching its destination of Yiwu in efforts to Britain to boost its trade links with the rest of the world as it prepares to leave the EU.