EU ends rule of law proceedings against Poland under liberal Tusk The European Union Commission is to end six years of rule of law proceedings against Poland, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, marking the opening of a ew chapter for the country. The proceedings were launched when far-right populist party PiS ruled the country. Donald Tusk, a pro-EU liberal, became prime minister last year, putting Poland on a more pro-EU course. The EU said in a statement that Poland had

Biden meets Jordan's King Abdullah as Gaza ceasefire hopes dim President Joe Biden will meet Middle East ally, Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the White House on Monday with prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appearing slim and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israeli officials blaming each other for the impasse. On Sunday, Hamas reiterated its demand for an end to the war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly ruled that out. Hamas also attac

Ukrainian drones kill six, injures 35 in Russia's Belgorod region, governor says (Changes source, updates number of injured, adds details) MOSCOW, May 6 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drone attacks on two buses taking people to work killed six people and injured another 35 in the Belgorod region of Russia, the governor said on Monday. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the attack took place near the village of Berezovka. He published a picture of a bus with its windows blown out. Gladkov said one man was i

Russian attacks on Kharkiv, surrounding area kill one, injure 17, officials say Russian attacks on Orthodox Easter Sunday killed a woman buried under rubble and injured 24 in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv and the surrounding region, regional officials said. Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said six people were injured in an overnight drone attack on the Osnovyanskyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city. Prosecutors in Kharkiv region

Soccer-Klopp confident successor can hit the ground running with 'Liverpool 2.0' Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is confident that the Premier League club is well set up to continue improving once he has handed over the reins to his successor at the end of the season. Klopp, who announced in January that he would leave the Merseyside outfit after nine years in charge, is expected to be replaced by Dutchman Arne Slot. Slot will inherit a team that is already in the early stages of a makeover, with

North Korea's UN ambassador says new sanctions monitoring groups will fail (Changes headline from U.S-led to ew, in first paragraph adds other Western countries, full quote from English KCNA in paragraph 4) SEOUL, May 5 (Reuters) - Efforts led by the U.S. and other Western countries to form new groups to monitor sanctions on North Korea will fail, the country's U.N. envoy said on Sunday, according to state media KCNA. Ambassador Kim Song made the comment in response to a joint statement the U.S