Three Italians were named in a dead journalist’s last story. Now they’ve been detained.

Police in Slovakia said Thursday that they have detained three businessmen named in a report on organized crime and corruption that was written by a slain Slovak journalist and published posthumously earlier this week. “Raids and detentions are being carried out in several places,” Tibor Gaspar, Slovakia's chief of police, told reporters in the town of Michalovce, where a raid took […]

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Why Silvio Berlusconi looks like stability to many Italians

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is 81 years old. During his many years leading the country, he gained a reputation as a would-be authoritarian and a key European ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin — though he was probably better known for his “bunga bunga” parties and various scandals than his policies. Berlusconi hasn't been prime minister since 2011, when he […]

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A teenager allegedly tried to kill Queen Elizabeth in 1981. Police suspect a coverup.

In October 1981, Queen Elizabeth took a trip to New Zealand. Her week-long tour included a visit to a science fair  in Dunedin. On her way, she stepped out of her motorcade to greet onlookers. That's when 17-year-old Christopher Jones Lewis decided to act, recently released records say. According to the records: The troubled teenager […]

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Norway and Australia move forward with new gun control measures, as U.S. debate rages on

As more U.S. companies were indicating their support for stricter gun laws this week, two foreign governments announced that they had made significant progress in regards to restricting firearms access on Wednesday. In Australia, authorities revealed that citizens handed over 57,000 illegal firearms between July and September last year during a gun amnesty. Meanwhile, the […]

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China’s Xi sets himself up to govern for life, and 5 other global stories you might have missed

In this occasional series, The Washington Post brings you up to speed on some of the biggest stories of the week. This week: In China, a dash of Putin and an echo of Mao. The biggest story: China’s Xi sets himself up to rule for life  China's Communist Party announced this week that it planned to abolish its two-term […]

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