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Emmanuel Macron becomes France's next President

Pro-EU centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has become France’s youngest President in a landslide victory Monday. Macron, 39, an investment banker, defeated Le Pen 66 percent to 33 percent and became the first President from outside the two traditional parties - Socialists and the Republicans - that have governed since the World War II.

Europe | 2017-05-08 10:08

France's next leader: centrist Macron vs. far-right Le Pen

France’s presidential election has advanced to a run-off between pro-Europe centrist Emmanuel Macron vowing to battle the “threat of nationalism” and far-right populist Marine Le Pen vowing to “liberate the French People.”

Europe | 2017-04-24 13:45

Five Koreans injured in deadly London terror attack

Five South Korean tourists were injured in a bloody terror attack near the Houses of Parliament in central London on Wednesday (local time). Five people died and 40 were hurt. The attack started when a man mowed down pedestrians with a car on Westminster Bridge. He then fatally stabbed a policeman outside the parliament building before being shot dead.

Europe | 2017-03-23 15:19

Sweden to reintroduce conscription

Sweden will bring back military conscription because of mounting tension in the Baltic area, the government has announced. Starting with the enrolment of 100,000 applicants of both genders and born between 1999 and 2000, the Scandinavian nation will then select 13,000 who will either volunteer or be conscripted. Within the pool, the final 4,000 will be conscripted and start t...

Europe | 2017-03-07 17:08

BBC radio to launch Korean service

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has begun strengthening its global news coverage by launching a Korean radio service. The international multimedia broadcaster said on its website early this week that the Korean language program would be part of the BBC World Service that reached a weekly audience of 320 million globally on platforms like shortwave, AM, FM, digital ...

Europe | 2017-02-07 17:19

Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, left, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, center, and Britain's Prince Harry take part in a relay race, during a training event to promote the charity Heads Together, at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, Sunday. / AFP-Yonhap

Europe | 2017-02-06 16:49

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