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Hungary’s prime minister told U.S. President Donald J. Trump on Friday that it would take a miracle for Ukraine to win the war against Russia. Viktor Orbán made the remarks at the White House, where Trump asked him during a joint news conference about the prospects for Kyiv’s victory.

Growing outrage over Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall (Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw) decision to cancel a Hanukkah concert featuring Jewish-Israeli cantor Shai Abramson has prompted an open letter from the heirs of Holocaust survivor and musician Lex van Weren, urging sponsors to withdraw support until the venue reverses course.

Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will meet U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the White House on Friday amid growing signs that their long-time political bromance may be cooling.

Typhoon Kalmaegi slammed into Vietnam on Thursday, after survivors told Worthy News they saw dead bodies and destruction in the Philippines, where authorities feared the super storm killed more than 200 people.

Canada’s Jewish community was in shock Wednesday after the Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue in Toronto was vandalized again — marking the tenth such attack in about 18 months.

A driver deliberately rammed his vehicle into pedestrians and cyclists on France’s Île d’Oléron island off the Atlantic coast, wounding at least five people — two of them critically — before being arrested, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez confirmed Wednesday.

A media company closely tied to Hungary’s powerful right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has purchased the country’s most widely-read daily tabloid, marking another major consolidation of media influence less than six months before next year’s national elections.

Authorities in Bosnia were struggling Wednesday to find shelter for elderly residents after a fire at a retirement home in the northeastern town of Tuzla killed at least 11 people and injured more than 30, officials and local media said.

The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally known as Tino, climbed sharply Tuesday as at least 26 people were confirmed dead and hundreds of thousands displaced across the central Philippines, authorities said.

The Vatican has ordered the world’s estimated 1.4 billion Catholics to no longer refer to Mary as the “co-redeemer” of the world, reaffirming that only Jesus Christ came to save humanity by offering salvation and eternal life to all who believe in Him.

At least seven people were killed and several others injured Tuesday after a passenger train crashed into a cargo train in central India, according to senior local government officials and railway sources.

Christians appealed for prayers Tuesday after Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally known as Tino, left at least one person dead and forced tens of thousands to flee as it swept through the central Philippines, officials and aid workers said.

The Dutch left-wing alliance GroenLinks–PvdA (GreenLeft–Labour) named Jesse Klaver, 39, as its new leader Monday after former European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans stepped down following disappointing results in last week’s parliamentary elections.

Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, 71, announced Monday that he had formed a new governing coalition with right-wing and anti-Islam partners, triggering immediate controversy over his plan to appoint a foreign minister accused of racist and abusive behavior.

The aftermath of Spain’s worst flooding in recent memory became clearer Monday as Valencia’s regional president, Carlos Mazón, resigned after enduring months of political and public backlash over his handling of the 2024 floods that killed more than 200 people.